William C. Appleton
aka:
Bill Appleton
Moby ID: 5331
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Bill Appleton is a programmer with a long history in the games industry. He originally worked on his own, making Macintosh games such as Creepy Castle (1991) and tools such as the point-and-click adventure game creation system World Builder (1986).
In 1993 Appleton founded Cyberflix, based in Knoxville (USA) and active until 1999. Known for its interactive movies, the studio relied almost entirely on the DreamFactory technology he designed to power its games. Appleton announced he would leave the company in November 1998.
Credited on 13 games
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| Disney's Math Quest with Aladdin (1998, Windows) | Dream Factory Technology |
| RedJack: The Revenge of the Brethren (1998, Macintosh) | Dream Factory Technology |
| Titanic: The Lost Mission (1998, Windows) | The Titanic Team is |
| Skull Cracker (1996, Macintosh) | Technology |
| Titanic: Adventure Out of Time (1996, Macintosh) | DreamFactory Technology |
| Saban's Power Rangers Zeo Versus The Machine Empire (1996, Windows 3.x) | Technology |
| Timelapse (1996, Windows) | Programming |
| Total Distortion (1995, Windows 3.x) | Special Thanks To |
| Lunicus (1994, Macintosh) | Programming |
| Jump Raven (1994, Macintosh) | Technology |
| Creepy Castle (1991, Macintosh) | Game by |
| Apache Strike (1989, DOS) | Copyright 1987 |
| Enchanted Scepters (1985, Macintosh) | Programmed by |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 8 games with Scott Scheinbaum
- 7 games with Jamie Wicks
- 7 games with Jay Nevans
- 6 games with Ben Calica
- 6 games with Erik S. Quist
- 6 games with Robb Dean
- 6 games with Ian McLean
- 5 games with Rand Cabus
- 5 games with Erik Holt
- 5 games with Michael Kennedy
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Companies
- 9 games with Cyberflix Incorporated
- 3 games with GTE Entertainment
- 3 games with Hammerhead Entertainment
- 2 games with Zygote Media Group Inc.
- 2 games with Paramount Interactive
- 2 games with Nightdive Studios, LLC
- 2 games with BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment...
- 2 games with Valve Corporation
- 1 game with Reactor Inc.
- 1 game with THQ Inc.
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