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744: 498:. Meretzky described this as a "fusion of the depth and detail of Infocom games with a graphical presentation that would be more in keeping with what audiences circa 1990 demanded", which led to greater sales than their former studio had. Although Legend was worried that the game's raunchy humor might upset their investors in the defense industry, they were relieved that their investors were supportive. At the same time, Bates was developing 629: 344:. However, the company's expenses for graphics were rising without a similar increase in sales, causing Random House to exit the game industry. Legend found game publishers to take over marketing and distribution so it could focus its efforts exclusively on development. While the studio's adventure titles suffered in the changing marketplace, working with game publishers allowed Legend to experiment with more 36: 5374: 5362: 801:. The 1996 release was considered a modest commercial success, surpassing 100,000 sales in its first two months of distribution. Legend continued to report sales of 100,000–150,000 copies for their adventure games, at a time where the future of the adventure genre was in question. However, 1997 brought the commercial failure of 734:
Both Legend founders described this period as a "blessing and a curse", gaining higher graphical fidelity and simplified development on a single compact disc, but slowly watching their costs rise until their games were no longer commercially sustainable. In hindsight, Bates lamented the loss of the
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using Legend's now-established adventure game engine. While all of Legend's games featured graphics, it was possible to turn off graphics for their first few games, and play them as if they were classic text adventures. By the end of 1992, Legend were able to buy back American Systems Corporation's
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in 1999, a first-person action game that represented a major shift from their reputation for adventure games. The game enjoyed more critical than commercial success, overshadowed by other major titles in the first-person shooter genre. Bates lamented that "it was hard to watch as adventure games
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The business strategy at Legend was clear. ... We were going to make high-quality text adventures for the niche audience that had been abandoned by Infocom. We'd increase the accessibility of the games with great art and a menu-input system in the hope of drawing in a larger audience over time.
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software industry. At the time, this investment secured Legend from the rising competition due to the booming interest in CD-ROM-based games. Their relationship with Random House also encouraged them to work with more of their authors, leading to the 1995 release of
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fame. These games were the studio's most graphically complex thus far, but sales were not enough to offset their rising development costs. Random House decided to abandon its ventures into interactive fiction and terminated their partnership with Legend.
875:. Legend co-founder Mike Verdu left the company in 2001, deciding he was not happy in the multi-national corporate environment. Although Bates had similar feelings, he continued with the company. Epic Games was impressed with Legend's work on 460:. Bates decided to seek investment for a new game company, hoping to succeed where Infocom had declined. He told investors that the adventure genre was still viable, but it needed to evolve beyond just text. After securing funding from 735:
text interface, which removed the "magic" of having players see that the game recognized and rewarded surprising inputs. Meretzky also felt the shift towards graphics made the games easier and less literary, as well as more expensive.
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games had moved onto other projects, so Accolade hired Legend to create the third game because of the team's enthusiasm for the series. As Legend was beginning to explore opportunities outside the adventure game genre,
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Legend pitched a few ideas to their parent company, conversing with Atari's offices in New York and Infogrames's in France. However, none of Legend's ideas fit with the company's corporate strategy. After shipping the
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American Systems Corporation, Legend Entertainment opened by the end of the year, choosing the name "Legend" for its connotations in storytelling. Through its lifetime, the studio operated out of
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s 1994 "Role-Playing Game of the Year" award, praising Meretzky's comedic dialog and imagination. However, the game sold fewer than 25,000 copies and became Meretzky's last title with Legend.
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expansion, Atari shut down Legend Entertainment on January 16, 2004. Many of the former Legend staff went on to have successful careers elsewhere in the industry. Bob Bates became the
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While the company still experienced sales growth each year, the adventure genre was being outsold by other genres. Legend shifted strategies with the rising popularity of the
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was expected to be released in late 2000. However, the game's development was fraught with challenges, and the 2003 release was met with an underwhelming reception.
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as their last graphic adventure that could still be played in a text-only mode. The studio continued to expand their game engine, adapting to the popularity of the
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the following year. These first two games earned attention for continuing the legacy of Infocom and signaled a potential rebirth for the adventure game genre.
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as an author and developer. Founder Bob Bates worked with Meretzky on the company's first games. Although they had experience developing an adventure
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These industry changes led to difficult competition by the mid-1990s, especially in the adventure game genre. Legend secured an investment from
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as a first-person action game. However, Legend's sales continued to dwindle, followed by the difficult development and commercial failure of
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Legend earned a reputation for comedic adventures. However, Legend's business also began to shift with rising production costs for
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acquired Infocom in 1986. They closed the studio three years later due to rising costs, falling profits, and technical issues with
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Initially, the studio recruited former colleagues from Infocom for their experience, including programmer Mark Poesch, and
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Vintage Games: An Insider Look at the History of Grand Theft Auto, Super Mario, and the Most Influential Games of All Time
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became less popular. But it was exciting to take our expertise in storytelling and puzzle design into a whole new genre."
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Adventure games were at their peak in the early 1990s, but the studio was facing difficult competition in the genre from
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would be Legend's final game, by which point GT Interactive had been rebranded as Infogrames, Inc., and later
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with the goal of proving there was still a market for adventure games with intricate puzzles. Legend released
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After a difficult year for parent company GT Interactive, they were acquired by French game company
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s story and their skill with the Unreal Engine, and agreed to let Legend develop the sequel to
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in 2003. The studio was shut down in January 2004, with staff moving to other game companies.
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which expanded on Infocom's text-based adventures by adding graphics for each of the game's
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In the late 1990s, Legend began seeking new partners to sustain the company, particularly
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in 1993. As the technology of the game industry changed, Legend continued to expand its
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stake in the company, and they were selling enough games to easily sustain themselves.
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had strong sales that sustained the company. Legend also profited from negotiating
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Legend also earned a reputation for comedic adventures, with numerous awards for
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to popular book series, allowing them to create notable game adaptations such as
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in 1999, as the publisher had worked with both Legend and Epic. Legend released
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Honeywell, Steve (September 1994). "Super Hero League of Hoboken Review".
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Legend also benefitted from a strong relationship with traditional
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Around this time, Mark Poesch joined full-time as the director of
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that was poorly marketed by Take-Two. In 1998, Legend released
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at Infocom, Legend hired an outside team to develop their new
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Honeywell, Steve (February 1993). "Eric the Unready Review".
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Choice Award – Fantasy Adventure Game of the Year Finalist
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Honeywell, Steve (April 1995). "Mission Critical Review".
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Twisty Little Passages: An Approach to Interactive Fiction
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was developing an engine that would eventually become the
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who contributed to Legend's reputation for adventure games
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titles throughout the 1990s. The company was founded by
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had gained valuable design experience from working on
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of their old Infocom engine. Legend's debut title was
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Game Design: The Art & Business of Creating Games
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s Adventure Game of the Year in 1993 (as a tie with
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"Death Gate". 2782: 2780: 2680: 2678: 2676: 2674: 2580:"Adventure Games – What's New and What's Coming" 311:support, and the increased media storage of the 959:List of games developed by Legend Entertainment 859:, which led Legend to be acquired by publisher 406: 5275:Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces of Infocom 5032:Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It 2057:"Classic Reload – 'Lost Treasures of Infocom'" 1360:Premier Awards – Best Adventure Game Finalist 354:. In its final years, Legend fully pivoted to 4726: 4470: 3270:"Blackstone Chronicles – Hardcore Gaming 101" 1370:– Top 100 Electronic Games of the Year Award 992:Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers Get All the Girls 937:. Mike Verdu became an executive producer at 490:Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers Get All the Girls 245:Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers Get All the Girls 8: 3476:"Legend Entertainment – Where Are They Now?" 3015:. Vol. 2, no. 12. pp. 166–175 2731: 2729: 2380:"Playing Catch-Up: Infocom's Steve Meretzky" 2339:. No. 101. December 1992. p. 116. 1250:– 11th Most Memorable Game Hero of All Time 468:, the home of American Systems Corporation. 422:Legend Entertainment was founded in 1989 by 28: 5440:Video game companies disestablished in 2004 5420:Companies based in Fairfax County, Virginia 4121: 4119: 4117: 3755:. No. 159. December 1993. p. 26. 3399:"Infogrames Gets Control of GT Interactive" 2584:The Australian Commodore & Amiga Review 5151: 4929: 4754: 4733: 4719: 4711: 4477: 4463: 4455: 3555:. No. 88. November 1991. p. 58. 1084:Spellcasting 201: The Sorcerer's Appliance 956: 34: 27: 5405:American companies disestablished in 2004 4047:. No. 64. p. 72. Archived from 3692: 3690: 3598:"Game Players Annual PC Game Awards 1991" 1916:"From the Archives: Legend Entertainment" 1566:– Best Story, Script or Writing Finalist 1425:– Role-Playing Game of the Year Finalist 1240:– 9th Funniest Computer Game of All Time 1020:– Adventure Game of the Year (Runner-up) 556:. 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(November 1993). 3524:from the original on August 17, 2021 3173:"An essay on the making of the CD, " 3048:from the original on January 8, 2018 2817:from the original on January 2, 2018 2325: 2323: 2308:from the original on August 17, 2021 2294:Poole, Stephen (February 11, 2002). 2258: 2256: 2254: 1883: 1881: 1879: 1877: 1875: 1873: 1871: 1869: 1867: 1865: 1850:from the original on August 17, 2021 1817:from the original on August 26, 2021 980: 5425:Defunct companies based in Virginia 4399:Shoemaker, Brad (August 26, 2003). 4334:Prekurat, Maciej (April 20, 2019). 3845:"1993 Game Bytes Games of the Year" 3725:Ellsworth, Gregg (December 1992). " 3067:Kalata, Kurt (September 11, 2018). 3005:McDonald, T. 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This led to a partnership with 667:. That same year, Legend released 14: 5134:Quarterstaff: The Tomb of Setmoth 4603:John Saul's Blackstone Chronicles 4442: (archived December 21, 1996) 4376:. August 23, 2004. Archived from 3843:Erickson, Ross (April 29, 1994). 3452:from the original on July 8, 2018 3343:. August 17, 2000. Archived from 3301:Morris, Chris (January 7, 1999). 3282:from the original on July 8, 2018 3268:Kalata, Kurt (February 1, 2012). 3239:Cobbett, Richard (July 1, 2016). 3220:from the original on July 9, 2021 2787:Wilson, Johnny L. (August 1994). 2694:. November 1996. pp. 64–80. 2628:from the original on May 18, 2021 2540:"Legend Entertainment – Timeline" 2055:Musgrave, Shaun (June 22, 2017). 1836:Bates, Jason (October 14, 1998). 1604:John Saul's Blackstone Chronicles 714:. The same year, Legend released 5450:Video game development companies 5372: 5360: 4104:"1995 Game of the Year Awards". 3484:. No. 180. pp. 64–69. 2745:. 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