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</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Access Software, Inc.</li><li>(1982–2000)</li><li>Salt Lake Games Studio</li><li>(2000–2003)</li><li>Indie Games</li><li>(2003–2004)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="Video_game_industry" title="Video game industry">Video games</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">November 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1982-11</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founders</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="Bruce_Carver" title="Bruce Carver">Bruce Carver</a></li><li><a href="Chris_Jones_(Access_Software)" title="Chris Jones (Access Software)">Chris Jones</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defunct</th><td class="infobox-data">May 1, 2006<span style="display: none;"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2006-05-01</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fate</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Dissolution_(law)" title="Dissolution (law)">Dissolved</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality"><a href="Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a>, <a href="Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a></div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name">US</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Bruce Carver</li><li>(<a href="President_(corporate_title)" title="President (corporate title)">president</a>; 1982–2003)</li><li>Chris Jones</li><li>(<a href="Chief_financial_officer" title="Chief financial officer">CFO</a>; 1982–1999)</li><li>Steven D. ZoBell</li><li>(president; 2003–2006)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><i><a href="Beach_Head_(video_game)" title="Beach Head (video game)">Beach Head</a></i> series</li><li><i><a href="Tex_Murphy" title="Tex Murphy">Tex Murphy</a></i> series</li><li><i><a href="Links_(series)" title="Links (series)">Links</a></i> series</li><li><i><a href="Top_Spin_(video_game)" title="Top Spin (video game)">Top Spin</a></i> series</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Parent_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent company">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a></li><li>(1999–2000)</li><li><a href="Microsoft_Game_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft Game Studios">Microsoft Game Studios</a></li><li>(2000–2004)</li><li><a href="Take-Two_Interactive" title="Take-Two Interactive">Take-Two Interactive</a></li><li>(2004–2005)</li><li><a href="2K_(company)" title="2K (company)">2K</a></li><li>(2005–2006)</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><b>Indie Built, Inc.</b>, formerly known as <b>Access Software</b>, <b>Salt Lake Games Studio</b> and <b>Indie Games</b>, was an American <a href="Video_game_developer" title="Video game developer">video game developer</a> based in <a href="Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a>, <a href="Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a>. Founded in November 1982 by <a href="Bruce_Carver" title="Bruce Carver">Bruce Carver</a> and <a href="Chris_Jones_(Access_Software)" title="Chris Jones (Access Software)">Chris Jones</a>, the company created the <i><a href="Beach_Head_(video_game)" title="Beach Head (video game)">Beach Head</a></i>, <i><a href="Links_(series)" title="Links (series)">Links</a></i> and <i><a href="Tex_Murphy" title="Tex Murphy">Tex Murphy</a></i> series, as well as <i><a href="Raid_over_Moscow" title="Raid over Moscow">Raid over Moscow</a></i>. Access Software was acquired by <a href="Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> in April 1999, transitioning in name twice before being acquired by <a href="Take-Two_Interactive" title="Take-Two Interactive">Take-Two Interactive</a> in October 2004, who renamed it Indie Built. In January 2005, Access Software became part of Take-Two's <a href="2K_(company)" title="2K (company)">2K</a> label. Following poor financial performance after the acquisitiom, Indie Built was closed down in May 2006.

</p><p>TruGolf, a company that develops indoor <a href="Golf_simulator" class="mw-redirect" title="Golf simulator">golf simulators</a>, was formerly a subsidiary of Access Software based on the display technology they had made for the <i>Links</i> games and spun out to its own company during the Microsoft acquisition. Following the closure by Take-Two, many of the studio's developers went to TruGolf. Separately, Jones has established <a href="Big_Finish_Games" title="Big Finish Games">Big Finish Games</a> to continue the <i>Tex Murphy</i> series.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_Access_Software_(1982–1999)">As Access Software (1982–1999)</h3></div>

<p>In 1982, <a href="Bruce_Carver" title="Bruce Carver">Bruce Carver</a>, an engineer for <a href="Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a>-based company Redd Engineering, created a <a href="Sprite_(computer_graphics)" title="Sprite (computer graphics)">sprite</a>-editing program called Spritemaster.<sup id="cite_ref-Yakal198606_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yakal198606-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RG_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RG-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He presented the product to Steve Witzel, who operated Computers Plus, a retail computer store in Salt Lake City's <a href="Midvale%2C_Utah" title="Midvale, Utah">Midvale</a> suburb; Witzel provided Carver with several improvement suggestions for the program. After Carver had implemented these changes, he began selling them under the name "Access Software" through Computers Plus. The name was chosen Carver and some of his friends had searched through a dictionary, considering "Action Software" and "Center Soft" before sticking with "Access Software".<sup id="cite_ref-RG_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RG-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November that year, Carver, together with <a href="Chris_Jones_(Access_Software)" title="Chris Jones (Access Software)">Chris Jones</a>, incorporated Access Software with a starting capital of <span style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>25,000</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gamasutra_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gamasutra-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In its early days, Access Software operated out of Carver's basement.<sup id="cite_ref-RG_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RG-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>One of Access' key products were a series of <a href="Sprite_(computer_graphics)" title="Sprite (computer graphics)">sprite</a>-based golfing games in the <i><a href="Links_(series)" title="Links (series)">Links</a></i>. In 1984, while there were other golf games on the market, most used a top-down approach, while Bruce Carver wanted to create a game that was shown from behind the golfer. With little artistic skill among their team, the developers set up a small studio in the basement, projecting frame-by-frame <a href="VHS" title="VHS">VHS</a> footage of Roger Carver's golf swing onto a clear sheet, tracing his outline onto the sheets as to then convert them into sprites within the Commodore 64 system. This became the basis of <i><a href="Leader_Board" title="Leader Board">Leader Board</a></i>, the first game considered part of the <i>Links</i> series, and would establish the behind-the-golfer view for most other golf simulation games that followed. As Access continued to develop the <i>Links</i> games for computers, they established a subsidiary, TruGolf, that created <a href="Indoor_golf" title="Indoor golf">golf simulators</a>, with Roger Carver overseeing this division.<sup id="cite_ref-RG_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RG-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_Salt_Lake_Games_Studio_and_Indie_Games_(1999–2003)">As Salt Lake Games Studio and Indie Games (1999–2003)</h3></div>

<p>In April 1999, Access Software was acquired by <a href="Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> for an undisclosed sum. Microsoft sought to acquire Access to gain its <i>Links</i> series of golf games; Access had created <i>Microsoft Golf</i> as one of the first games to run within the <a href="Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a> operating system based on <i><a href="Links_386_Pro" title="Links 386 Pro">Links 386 Pro</a></i>. According to Steve Witzel, Microsoft looked to acquire Access after <i><a href="USA_Today" title="USA Today">USA Today</a></i> reviewed both <i>Microsoft Golf</i> and <i>Links</i> and rated the latter much higher; Microsoft thought it would be easier to buy Access than try to compete.<sup id="cite_ref-RG_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RG-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Microsoft desired to produce a high-end line of golf games based on <i>Links</i> with Access, while offering <i>Microsoft Golf</i> as lower-budget titles. With the acquisition, Access's principal offices remained in Salt Lake City.<sup id="cite_ref-RG_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RG-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Access divested itself of the TruGolf division and made the company its own entity with Microsoft's purchase.<sup id="cite_ref-RG_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RG-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Upon the formation of <a href="Microsoft_Game_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft Game Studios">Microsoft Game Studios</a> (then called Microsoft Games) in 2000, Microsoft rebranded Access Software as Salt Lake Games Studio.<sup id="cite_ref-RG_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RG-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Initially working on products to for the personal computer, Salt Lake City Studio transitioned to <a href="Xbox_(console)" title="Xbox (console)">Xbox</a> versions of <i>Links</i> as well as the <i><a href="Amped%3A_Freestyle_Snowboarding" title="Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding">Amped</a></i> snowboarding and <i><a href="Top_Spin_(video_game)" title="Top Spin (video game)">Top Spin</a></i> tennis sports games, following the console's introduction in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In 2003, Microsoft rebranded Salt Lake Games Studio as Indie Games.<sup id="cite_ref-RG_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RG-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That year, Carver left the company to pursue new interests, eventually founding Carver Homes, a construction company, in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-RG_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RG-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gamasutra_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gamasutra-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died from <a href="Cancer" title="Cancer">cancer</a> on December 28, 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-Gamasutra_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gamasutra-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_Indie_Built_(2004–2006)">As Indie Built (2004–2006)</h3></div>

<p>Around 2004, Microsoft opted to leave the sports-game development market due to the impact of the <a href="EA_Sports" title="EA Sports">Electronic Arts Sports</a> (EA Sports) label, using their strength to produce sports-related games for the Xbox console. Microsoft had laid off about 76 employees with Microsoft Game Studios, and around August and September, sold Indie Games to <a href="Take-Two_Interactive" title="Take-Two Interactive">Take-Two Interactive</a>, who renamed the studio to Indie Built.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Take-Two had been keen on challenging the dominance of EA Sports, and its acquisition of Indie Built was among <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$80 million</span> it had spent through 2005 acquiring developers. In early 2005, Take-Two Interactive established the publishing label <a href="2K_(company)" title="2K (company)">2K</a>, which would henceforth manage their development studios for sports games, including Indie Built.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>While part of Take-Two, Indie Built created sequels for <i>Amped</i> and <i>Top Spin</i>, but these titles were not strong successes. Take-Two's 2006 fiscal year was poor as the company was dealing with both <a href="Security_and_Exchange_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Security and Exchange Commission">Security and Exchange Commission</a> investigations related to its past reporting, and harsh criticism for the <a href="Hot_Coffee_mod" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot Coffee mod"><i>Hot Coffee</i> mod</a> as part of <i><a href="Grand_Theft_Auto%3A_San_Andreas" title="Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas">Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Indie Built was closed in May 2006 by Take-Two as part of a re-alignment of their business strategy to overcome the weak fiscal year.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Following Indie Built's closure, most of the employees transitioned to TruGolf, helping to improve the golf simulations. Additionally, Jones and Conners established <a href="Big_Finish_Games" title="Big Finish Games">Big Finish Games</a> in 2007, where they planned to continue more narrative games, including expanding the <i>Tex Murphy</i> series.<sup id="cite_ref-RG_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RG-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Games_developed">Games developed</h2></div>

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<td rowspan="2">1983

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<td><i>Neutral Zone</i>

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<td><i><a href="Beach_Head_(video_game)" title="Beach Head (video game)">Beach Head</a></i>

</td></tr>

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<td rowspan="3">1984

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<td><i><a href="The_Scrolls_of_Abadon" title="The Scrolls of Abadon">The Scrolls of Abadon</a></i>

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<td><i><a href="Ollie's_Follies" title="Ollie's Follies">Ollie's Follies</a></i>

</td></tr>

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<td><i><a href="Raid_over_Moscow" title="Raid over Moscow">Raid over Moscow</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1985

</td>

<td><i><a href="Beach_Head_II%3A_The_Dictator_Strikes_Back" title="Beach Head II: The Dictator Strikes Back">Beach Head II: The Dictator Strikes Back</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="3">1986

</td>

<td><i><a href="Leader_Board" title="Leader Board">Leader Board</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i><a href="Leader_Board" title="Leader Board">Leader Board: Executive Edition</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i><a href="10th_Frame" title="10th Frame">10th Frame</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="3">1987

</td>

<td><i><a href="Leaderboard_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="Leaderboard Tournament">Leaderboard Tournament</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i><a href="World_Class_Leader_Board" title="World Class Leader Board">World Class Leader Board</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i><a href="Echelon_(1987_video_game)" title="Echelon (1987 video game)">Echelon</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1988

</td>

<td><i><a href="Heavy_Metal_(1988_video_game)" title="Heavy Metal (1988 video game)">Heavy Metal</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1989

</td>

<td><i><a href="Mean_Streets_(video_game)" title="Mean Streets (video game)">Mean Streets</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="3">1990

</td>

<td><i>Crime Wave</i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i><a href="Countdown_(video_game)" title="Countdown (video game)">Countdown</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i><a href="Links%3A_The_Challenge_of_Golf" title="Links: The Challenge of Golf">Links: The Challenge of Golf</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1991

</td>

<td><i><a href="Martian_Memorandum" title="Martian Memorandum">Martian Memorandum</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="3">1992

</td>

<td><i><a href="Amazon%3A_Guardians_of_Eden" title="Amazon: Guardians of Eden">Amazon: Guardians of Eden</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i><a href="Links_386_Pro" title="Links 386 Pro">Links 386 Pro</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i><a href="Microsoft_Golf" title="Microsoft Golf">Microsoft Golf</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1993

</td>

<td><i><a href="Microsoft_Golf" title="Microsoft Golf">Microsoft Golf: Multimedia Edition</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1994

</td>

<td><i><a href="Under_a_Killing_Moon" title="Under a Killing Moon">Under a Killing Moon</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="2">1995

</td>

<td><i><a href="Links_386_Pro" title="Links 386 Pro">Links 386 CD</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i><a href="Microsoft_Golf_2.0" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft Golf 2.0">Microsoft Golf 2.0</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="3">1996

</td>

<td><i><a href="Links_LS_1997" title="Links LS 1997">Links LS 1997</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i><a href="The_Pandora_Directive" title="The Pandora Directive">The Pandora Directive</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i><a href="Microsoft_Golf_3.0" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft Golf 3.0">Microsoft Golf 3.0</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="2">1997

</td>

<td><i><a href="Tex_Murphy%3A_Overseer" title="Tex Murphy: Overseer">Tex Murphy: Overseer</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i><a href="Links_LS_1998" title="Links LS 1998">Links LS 1998</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1998

</td>

<td><i><a href="Links_LS_1999" title="Links LS 1999">Links LS 1999</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="2">1999

</td>

<td><i><a href="Links_Extreme" title="Links Extreme">Links Extreme</a></i>

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<tr>

<td><i><a href="Links_LS_2000" title="Links LS 2000">Links LS 2000</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="3">2000

</td>

<td><i><a href="Microsoft_Golf_2001_Edition" title="Microsoft Golf 2001 Edition">Microsoft Golf 2001</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i><a href="Links_LS_Classic" class="mw-redirect" title="Links LS Classic">Links LS Classic</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i><a href="Links_2001" title="Links 2001">Links 2001</a></i>

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<tr>

<td rowspan="1">2001

</td>

<td><i><a href="Amped%3A_Freestyle_Snowboarding" title="Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding">Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding</a></i>

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<td rowspan="1">2002

</td>

<td><i><a href="Links_2003" title="Links 2003">Links 2003</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="4">2003

</td>

<td><i><a href="Links_2004" title="Links 2004">Links 2004</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>Inside Pitch 2003</i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i><a href="Amped_2" title="Amped 2">Amped 2</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2005

</td>

<td><i><a href="Amped_3" title="Amped 3">Amped 3</a></i>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2006

</td>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>

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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/19961023171542/http://www.accesssoftware.com/">Official website of Access Software</a> at the <a href="Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (archived October 23, 1996)</li>

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</style><div id="Access_Software179" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>Amped</i> series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Amped%3A_Freestyle_Snowboarding" title="Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding">Freestyle Snowboarding</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Amped_2" title="Amped 2">Amped 2</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Amped_3" title="Amped 3">Amped 3</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>Beach Head</i> series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Beach_Head_(video_game)" title="Beach Head (video game)">Beach Head</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Beach_Head_II%3A_The_Dictator_Strikes_Back" title="Beach Head II: The Dictator Strikes Back">The Dictator Strikes Back</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Links_(series)" title="Links (series)"><i>Links</i> series</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Links%3A_The_Challenge_of_Golf" title="Links: The Challenge of Golf">The Challenge of Golf</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Links_Extreme" title="Links Extreme">Extreme</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Links_2004" title="Links 2004">Links 2004</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Tex_Murphy" title="Tex Murphy"><i>Tex Murphy</i> series</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Mean_Streets_(video_game)" title="Mean Streets (video game)">Mean Streets</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Martian_Memorandum" title="Martian Memorandum">Martian Memorandum</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Under_a_Killing_Moon" title="Under a Killing Moon">Under a Killing Moon</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="The_Pandora_Directive" title="The Pandora Directive">The Pandora Directive</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Tex_Murphy%3A_Overseer" title="Tex Murphy: Overseer">Overseer</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>Top Spin</i> series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Raid_over_Moscow" title="Raid over Moscow">Raid over Moscow</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Leader_Board" title="Leader Board">Leader Board</a></i>

<ul><li><i><a href="World_Class_Leader_Board" title="World Class Leader Board">World Class Leader Board</a></i></li></ul></li>

<li><i><a href="10th_Frame" title="10th Frame">10th Frame</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Countdown_(video_game)" title="Countdown (video game)">Countdown</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Amazon%3A_Guardians_of_Eden" title="Amazon: Guardians of Eden">Amazon: Guardians of Eden</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Bruce_Carver" title="Bruce Carver">Bruce Carver</a></li>

<li><a href="Brent_Erickson" title="Brent Erickson">Brent Erickson</a></li>

<li><a href="Chris_Jones_(Access_Software)" title="Chris Jones (Access Software)">Chris Jones</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="RealSound" title="RealSound">RealSound</a></li>

<li><i><a href="Tesla_Effect%3A_A_Tex_Murphy_Adventure" title="Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure">Tesla Effect</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="The_Poisoned_Pawn" class="mw-redirect" title="The Poisoned Pawn">The Poisoned Pawn</a></i></li>

<li><a href="Big_Finish_Games" title="Big Finish Games">Big Finish Games</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a></li>

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<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Take-Two_Interactive88" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><div id="Take-Two_Interactive88" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Take-Two_Interactive" title="Take-Two Interactive">Take-Two Interactive</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="2K_(company)" title="2K (company)">2K</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current studios</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="31st_Union" title="31st Union">31st Union</a></li>

<li><a href="Cat_Daddy_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Cat Daddy Games">Cat Daddy Games</a></li>

<li><a href="Cloud_Chamber_(company)" title="Cloud Chamber (company)">Cloud Chamber</a></li>

<li><a href="Firaxis_Games" title="Firaxis Games">Firaxis Games</a>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_games_by_Firaxis_Games" title="List of games by Firaxis Games">games</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Gearbox_Software" title="Gearbox Software">Gearbox Software</a></li>

<li><a href="Hangar_13" title="Hangar 13">Hangar 13</a></li>

<li><a href="HB_Studios" title="HB Studios">HB Studios</a></li>

<li><a href="Mass_Media_(company)" title="Mass Media (company)">Mass Media</a></li>

<li><a href="Visual_Concepts" title="Visual Concepts">Visual Concepts</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former studios</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="2K_Australia" title="2K Australia">2K Australia</a></li>

<li><a href="2K_China" title="2K China">2K China</a></li>

<li><a href="2K_Czech" title="2K Czech">2K Czech</a></li>

<li><a href="2K_Los_Angeles" title="2K Los Angeles">2K Los Angeles</a></li>

<li><a href="2K_Marin" title="2K Marin">2K Marin</a></li>

<li><a href="Frog_City_Software" title="Frog City Software">Frog City Software</a></li>

<li><a href="Irrational_Games" title="Irrational Games">Irrational Games</a></li>

<li><a href="PopTop_Software" title="PopTop Software">PopTop Software</a></li>

<li><a href="Venom_Games" title="Venom Games">Venom Games</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="List_of_2K_games" title="List of 2K games">Notable games</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="BioShock_(series)" title="BioShock (series)"><i>BioShock</i> series</a></li>

<li><a href="Borderlands_(series)" title="Borderlands (series)"><i>Borderlands</i> series</a></li>

<li><a href="Civilization_(series)" title="Civilization (series)"><i>Civilization</i> series</a></li>

<li><a href="Duke_Nukem" title="Duke Nukem"><i>Duke Nukem</i> series</a></li>

<li><i><a href="Evolve_(video_game)" title="Evolve (video game)">Evolve</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Lego_2K_Drive" title="Lego 2K Drive">Lego 2K Drive</a></i></li>

<li><a href="Mafia_(series)" title="Mafia (series)"><i>Mafia</i> series</a></li>

<li><a href="Spec_Ops_(series)" title="Spec Ops (series)"><i>Spec Ops</i> series</a></li>

<li><a href="The_Darkness_(video_game)" title="The Darkness (video game)"><i>The Darkness</i> series</a></li>

<li><a href="X-COM" class="mw-redirect" title="X-COM"><i>XCOM</i> series</a></li></ul>

</div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="2K_series9" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2K series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="2K_Sports_Major_League_Baseball_series" class="mw-redirect" title="2K Sports Major League Baseball series"><i>MLB 2K</i> series</a></li>

<li><a href="NBA_2K" title="NBA 2K"><i>NBA 2K</i> series</a>

<ul><li><a href="NBA_2K_League" title="NBA 2K League">NBA 2K League</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="NHL_2K" title="NHL 2K"><i>NHL 2K</i> series</a></li>

<li><a href="WWE_2K" title="WWE 2K"><i>WWE 2K</i> series</a></li></ul>

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</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Rockstar_Games" title="Rockstar Games">Rockstar Games</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current studios</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Rockstar_Dundee" title="Rockstar Dundee">Rockstar Dundee</a></li>

<li><a href="Rockstar_India" title="Rockstar India">Rockstar India</a></li>

<li><a href="Rockstar_Leeds" title="Rockstar Leeds">Rockstar Leeds</a></li>

<li><a href="Rockstar_Lincoln" title="Rockstar Lincoln">Rockstar Lincoln</a></li>

<li><a href="Rockstar_London" title="Rockstar London">Rockstar London</a></li>

<li><a href="Rockstar_New_England" title="Rockstar New England">Rockstar New England</a></li>

<li><a href="Rockstar_North" title="Rockstar North">Rockstar North</a></li>

<li><a href="Rockstar_San_Diego" title="Rockstar San Diego">Rockstar San Diego</a></li>

<li><a href="Rockstar_Toronto" title="Rockstar Toronto">Rockstar Toronto</a></li></ul>

<ul><li><a href="Dhruva_Interactive" title="Dhruva Interactive">Dhruva Interactive</a></li>

<li><a href="Rockstar_Vancouver" title="Rockstar Vancouver">Rockstar Vancouver</a></li>

<li><a href="Rockstar_Vienna" title="Rockstar Vienna">Rockstar Vienna</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="List_of_video_games_published_by_Rockstar_Games" title="List of video games published by Rockstar Games">Notable games</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Bully_(video_game)" title="Bully (video game)">Bully</a></i></li>

<li><a href="Grand_Theft_Auto" title="Grand Theft Auto"><i>Grand Theft Auto</i> series</a></li>

<li><i><a href="L.A._Noire" title="L.A. Noire">L.A. Noire</a></i></li>

<li><a href="Manhunt_(video_game)" title="Manhunt (video game)"><i>Manhunt</i> series</a></li>

<li><a href="Max_Payne" title="Max Payne"><i>Max Payne</i> series</a></li>

<li><a href="Midnight_Club" title="Midnight Club"><i>Midnight Club</i> series</a></li>

<li><a href="Red_Dead" title="Red Dead"><i>Red Dead</i> series</a></li>

<li><i><a href="The_Warriors_(video_game)" title="The Warriors (video game)">The Warriors</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Technology</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Rockstar_Advanced_Game_Engine" title="Rockstar Advanced Game Engine">Rockstar Advanced Game Engine</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Zynga" title="Zynga">Zynga</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current studios</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="NaturalMotion" title="NaturalMotion">NaturalMotion</a>

<ul><li><a href="BossAlien" title="BossAlien">BossAlien</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Peak_Games" title="Peak Games">Peak Games</a></li>

<li><a href="Small_Giant_Games" title="Small Giant Games">Small Giant Games</a></li>

<li><a href="Zynga_Eugene" title="Zynga Eugene">Zynga Eugene</a></li>

<li><a href="Zynga_with_Friends" title="Zynga with Friends">Zynga with Friends</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Chess_with_Friends" title="Chess with Friends">Chess with Friends</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Empires_%26_Allies_(2015_video_game)" title="Empires & Allies (2015 video game)">Empires & Allies</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="FarmVille" title="FarmVille">FarmVille</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Gems_with_Friends" title="Gems with Friends">Gems with Friends</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Word_Streak_with_Friends" title="Word Streak with Friends">Word Streak with Friends</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Words_with_Friends" title="Words with Friends">Words with Friends</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Zynga_Poker" title="Zynga Poker">Zynga Poker</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Technology</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Chartboost" title="Chartboost">Chartboost</a></li>

<li><a href="Euphoria_(software)" title="Euphoria (software)">Euphoria</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Ghost_Story_Games" title="Ghost Story Games">Ghost Story Games</a></li>

<li><a href="Nordeus" title="Nordeus">Nordeus</a></li>

<li><a href="Socialpoint" title="Socialpoint">Socialpoint</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_Take-Two_Interactive_games" title="List of Take-Two Interactive games">List of games</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_acquisitions_by_Take-Two_Interactive" title="List of acquisitions by Take-Two Interactive">List of acquisitions</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former labels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Double_Take_Comics" title="Double Take Comics">Double Take Comics</a></li>

<li><a href="Gathering_of_Developers" title="Gathering of Developers">Gathering of Developers</a></li>

<li><a href="Global_Star_Software" class="mw-redirect" title="Global Star Software">Global Star Software</a></li>

<li><a href="Gotham_Games" title="Gotham Games">Gotham Games</a></li>

<li><a href="Jack_of_All_Games" title="Jack of All Games">Jack of All Games</a></li>

<li><a href="Private_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Private Division">Private Division</a></li>

<li><a href="Take-Two_Licensing" class="mw-redirect" title="Take-Two Licensing">Take-Two Licensing</a></li>

<li><a href="TalonSoft" title="TalonSoft">TalonSoft</a></li></ul>

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