Overview
Located in Houston, Texas, Atomic Games is a privately held corporation. The company was founded in 1989 by
Keith Zabalaoui,
Ed Rains and
Larry Merkel. The initial idea was to bring their passion, wargaming board games, to computers, and their first title was
V for Victory: D-Day Utah Beach (1991). They did three more games in the
V for Victory series for
Three‑Sixty Pacific, Inc., and some similar games for
Avalon Hill (e.g.
World at War: Stalingrad) and
Mattel.
The real breakthrough came in 1996 when they teamed up with
Microsoft for
Close Combat. The game was a huge success and spawned many
sequels. However, the company closed its doors in December 2000, until it was picked up by
Destineer Studios in May 2005. They are currently working on
Close Combat: Red Phoenix.
The company is considered one of the pioneers in electronic historical wargaming.
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