Games from Activision
Activision Publishing, Inc. is an American video game publisher based in Santa Monica, California. It serves as the publishing business for its parent company, Activision Blizzard, and consists of several subsidiary studios. Activision is one of the largest third-party video game publishers in the world and was the top United States publisher in 2016.
The company was founded as Activision, Inc. on October 1, 1979 in Sunnyvale, California, by former Atari game developers upset at their treatment by Atari in order to develop their own games for the popular Atari 2600 home video game console. Activision was the first independent, third-party, console video game developer.
| Also Known As: |
Activision Publishing, Inc. Activision Value Publishing, Inc. Activision Publishing Activision Asia-Pacific Activision Italia Activision, Inc. Activision (UK) Limited Activision Deutschland GmbH |
| Search Name | Name | Year | Genre(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borrowed Time | Borrowed Time | 1985 | Amiga Apple II Atari ST Commodore 64 Detective First-Person Interactive Fiction Interwar Macintosh Mystery Text Parser Traditional |
| Curse of Monkey Island, The | The Curse of Monkey Island | 1997 | 2D Comedy Macintosh Point and Click Speech Third-Person Traditional Windows |
| King's Quest: Mask of Eternity | King's Quest: Mask of Eternity | 1998 | 3D Action Fantasy First-Person Hybrid Point and Click RPG Speech Third-Person Traditional Windows |
| Mindshadow | Mindshadow | 1984 | 2D Amiga Apple II Atari ST Commodore 64 First-Person Interactive Fiction Macintosh Menu-Driven Mystery Text Parser Traditional ZX Spectrum |
| Manhole, The | The Manhole | 1988 | 2D DOS Educational Exploration First-Person Macintosh PC-98 Point and Click Walking Simulator |
| Return to Zork | Return to Zork | 1993 | 2D DOS Fantasy First-Person FMV Macintosh Point and Click Traditional Windows |
| Zork: Grand Inquisitor | Zork: Grand Inquisitor | 1997 | 3D Comedy Fantasy First-Person Macintosh Point and Click Speech Traditional Windows |
| King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown | King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown | 1984 | 2D Amiga Apple II Apple IIgs Atari ST DOS Fantasy Macintosh Text Parser Third-Person Traditional Windows |
| King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne | King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne | 1985 | 2D Amiga Apple II Apple IIgs Atari ST DOS Fantasy Macintosh Point and Click Text Parser Third-Person Traditional Windows |
| King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! | King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! | 1990 | 2D Amiga DOS Fantasy Macintosh Point and Click Speech Third-Person Traditional Windows Windows 3.x |
| King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow | King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow | 1992 | 2D Amiga DOS Fantasy Macintosh Point and Click Speech Subtitles Third-Person Traditional Windows Windows 3.x |
| King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride | King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride | 1994 | 2D DOS Fantasy Macintosh Point and Click Speech Third-Person Traditional Windows Windows 3.x |
| Leather Goddesses of Phobos | Leather Goddesses of Phobos | 1986 | Amiga Apple II Atari ST Comedy Commodore 64 DOS Interactive Fiction Macintosh Sci-Fi Text Parser Traditional |
| Phantasmagoria | Phantasmagoria | 1995 | 2D DOS FMV Horror Macintosh Point and Click Speech Third-Person Traditional Windows Windows 3.x |
| Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of the Flesh | Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of the Flesh | 1996 | 2D DOS First-Person FMV Horror Point and Click Speech Third-Person Traditional Windows |
| Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz | Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz | 1988 | 2D Amiga Apple II DOS Fantasy First-Person Interactive Fiction Macintosh Text Parser Traditional Windows |
| Spycraft: The Great Game | Spycraft: The Great Game | 1996 | 2D DOS First-Person FMV Investigative Macintosh Mystery Point and Click Speech Spy Windows |
| Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands | Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands | 1996 | 3D DOS Fantasy First-Person FMV Macintosh Point and Click Speech Traditional Windows |
| Shivers | Shivers | 1995 | 3D First-Person FMV Horror Macintosh Point and Click Puzzle Adventure Speech Windows Windows 3.x |
| Shivers Two: Harvest of Souls | Shivers Two: Harvest of Souls | 1997 | 3D First-Person FMV Horror Point and Click Puzzle Adventure Speech Windows Windows 3.x |
| Cold Case Files | Cold Case Files | 2004 | First-Person Mystery Windows |
| Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers | Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers | 1993 | 2D DOS Horror Macintosh Mystery Point and Click Speech Third-Person Traditional Windows Windows 3.x |
| Sam & Max Hit the Road | Sam & Max Hit the Road | 1993 | 2D Comedy DOS Linux Macintosh Mystery Point and Click Speech Third-Person Traditional Windows |
| Labyrinth | Labyrinth | 1986 | 2D Action Apple II Commodore 64 Fantasy Menu-Driven Third-Person Traditional |
| Leather Goddesses of Phobos! 2: Gas Pump Girls Meet the Pulsating Inconvenience from Planet X | Leather Goddesses of Phobos! 2: Gas Pump Girls Meet the Pulsating Inconvenience from Planet X | 1992 | 2D Comedy DOS First-Person Point and Click Sci-Fi Traditional |
| Muppet Treasure Island | Muppet Treasure Island | 1996 | 2D Comedy First-Person FMV Macintosh Point and Click Puzzle Adventure Speech Windows Windows 3.x |
| Murder on the Mississippi | Murder on the Mississippi | 1986 | 2D Apple II Commodore 64 Interactive Fiction Investigative Menu-Driven Mystery Third-Person |
| Portal | Portal | 1986 | 2D Amiga Apple II Atari ST Commodore 64 Interactive Fiction Macintosh Menu-Driven Narrative Adventure Sci-Fi |
| Santa Fe Mysteries: The Elk Town Murder | Santa Fe Mysteries: The Elk Town Murder | 1996 | 2D DOS First-Person FMV Investigative Macintosh Mystery Point and Click Speech Windows |
| Tracer Sanction, The | The Tracer Sanction | 1985 | 2D Apple II Commodore 64 First-Person Interactive Fiction Mystery Sci-Fi Text Parser Traditional |
| Tass Times in Tonetown | Tass Times in Tonetown | 1986 | 2D Amiga Apple II Apple IIgs Atari ST Commodore 64 First-Person Interactive Fiction Macintosh Sci-Fi Text Parser Traditional |
| Zork: The Undiscovered Underground | Zork: The Undiscovered Underground | 1997 | Commodore 64 Fantasy Interactive Fiction Macintosh Text Parser Traditional Windows |
| Santa Fe Mysteries: Sacred Ground | Santa Fe Mysteries: Sacred Ground | 1997 | 2D DOS First-Person FMV Investigative Macintosh Mystery Point and Click Speech Windows |
| Hacker | Hacker | 1986 | 2D Amiga Apple II Atari ST Commodore 64 DOS Experimental First-Person Interactive Fiction Macintosh Sci-Fi Strategy Text Parser ZX Spectrum |