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The Software MacKiev Company

Moby ID: 17542

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Software MacKiev was founded in April 1997 in Boston, Massachusetts, and primarily develops and ports games for the Macintosh Platform. In October 2011, The company has acquired most of the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt companies (The Learning Company, Edmark, and Broderbund) to create Mac OS X versions of the Thinkin' Things Series, Kid Pix Deluxe 3D, the ClueFinders Series, and the Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing series. Not only do they develop for Mac OS X, they also develop for Windows, iOS and Android tablets as well. The company's development studio is located in Kiev, Ukraine. (Hence the company's name.)

Credited on 5 Games from 1999 to 2015

Kid Pix Deluxe 3D (2010 on Windows, Macintosh)
SimCity 3000 (1999 on Windows, Macintosh)
Thinkin' Things Collection 1: Toony the Loon’s Lagoon (1999 on Windows, Macintosh, iPad)
Chessmaster 6000 (1998 on Windows, Macintosh)
Stellaluna (1996 on Windows, Windows 16-bit, Macintosh...)

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April 1, 1997

Software MacKiev founded by the late Merton D. Minsky

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Contact Information (2014):

The Software MacKiev Company

30 Union Wharf

Boston, MA, 02109

USA

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