MacSoft Games is a computer game publisher and porter specializing in portingMicrosoft Windows computer games to the Macintosh. Among its releases are Civilization II, Quake, Lode Runner 2, Duke Nukem 3D, Unreal, Age of Empires, Age of Mythology, Rainbow Six, and Halo. MacSoft is owned by Microsoft. A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... In computer science, porting is the adaptation of a piece of software so that it will function in a different computing environment to that for which it was originally written. ... Microsoft Windows is a series of popular proprietary operating environments and operating systems created by Microsoft for use on personal computers and servers. ... Mac OS, which stands for Macintosh Operating System, is a range of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Computer for their Macintosh computers. ... Civilization II is a computer game, the sequel to Sid Meiers Civilization. ... Zombies attacking the player. ... Lode Runner 2 was a computer game released in 1998 for Mac OS and Windows. ... Duke Nukem 3D is a first-person shooter developed by 3D Realms and released on January 29, 1996 by Apogee Software, featuring the adventures of Duke Nukem, based on a character that had appeared in earlier platform games by the company: Duke Nukem and Duke Nukem II. // Synopsis Murderous aliens... Unreal is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Epic Games and published by GT Interactive on May 22, 1998. ... Age of Empires, abbreviated to AoE, is a history-based real-time strategy computer game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft, released in 1997. ... // Age of Mythology (sometimes abbreviated AoM) is a real-time strategy computer game by Ensemble Studios. ... Rainbow Six is a novel and a successful computer and video game series created by author Tom Clancy. ... Halo around the sun at the South Pole (NOAA) A halo (also known as a nimbus or Gloriole) is a ring of light that surrounds an object. ... Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKEx: 4338) is the worlds largest software corporation, with 2005 global annual sales of close to $40 billion USD and about 64,000 employees in 85 countries and regions. ...
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