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Homesoft Benelux a game distributor/republisher established in 1984 by Harry van Horen, who started in the industry in 1983 and headed up Homesoft for 10 years beginning in 1986.

Funsoft acquired Homesoft in August 1994. It was then sold to GT Interactive in 1998, then Cryo Interactive in 2000.

Of the company's 11 employees, five were involved in sales and marketing.

Credited on 22 Games from 1990 to 2003

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Atlantis Trilogy (2003 on Windows)
Egypt II: The Heliopolis Prophecy (2000 on Windows, PlayStation, Macintosh)
Grim Fandango (1998 on Windows)
The Curse of Monkey Island (1997 on Windows, Macintosh)
Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II (1997 on Windows)
Outlaws (1997 on Windows)
Normality (1996 on Linux, DOS, Windows...)
Kingdom O' Magic (1996 on DOS)
Command & Conquer (1995 on DOS, Windows, SEGA Saturn...)
Full Throttle (1995 on DOS, Windows, Macintosh...)
The Daedalus Encounter (1995 on Windows 3.x, 3DO, Macintosh)
Discworld (1995 on DOS, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn...)
Star Wars: Dark Forces (1995 on Linux, DOS, Windows...)
Ascendancy (1995 on DOS, iPad, iPhone)
Roberta Williams' Phantasmagoria (Deluxe Limited Edition) (1995 on DOS, Windows)
The 11th Hour (1995 on DOS, Windows, Macintosh)
The C.H.A.O.S. Continuum (1994 on Windows 3.x, Macintosh)
Who Killed Taylor French?: The Case of the Undressed Reporter (1994 on Windows, Windows 3.x, Macintosh)
Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle (1993 on DOS, Macintosh)
Fables & Fiends: Hand of Fate (1993 on DOS, Windows, PC-98...)

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May 2000

Infogrames sold HomeSoft to Cryo Interactive Entertainment.

December 1998

Funsoft sold HomeSoft to GT Interactive Software Corp.'s newly formed GT Interactive European Holdings B.V.

August 1994

HomeSoft acquired by Funsoft.

1984

Company was established by Harry van Horen in the Netherlands.

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