Arcanum Computing

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Developed Games

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EGATrek (Game)

9 May 1988

A 90s adaptation of the original text-based Star Trek game, released in the early 70s where the player is to command and maintain a starship while having to protect allies and eliminating all enemy ships from the star system.

PC​

Mah Jongg Solitaire (Game)

17 July 1987

One of the earliest shareware mahjong solitaire games for MS-DOS computers.

PC​

Dragons Bane: Mah Jong II (Game)

1 June 1995

The sequel to the 1987 mahjong solitaire shareware game Mah Jongg, with higher-resolution VGA and SVGA graphics and a medieval-fantasy theme.

PC​

Shooting Gallery (Game)

29 January 1990

A collection of seven mini-games where players earn score by shooting various targets.

PC​

SuperFly (Game)

7 July 1990

Play as a fly swatter and kill waves of flies. After enough flies have been killed, a 'SuperFly' will appear; progress to the next level by killing the SuperFly on each level.

PC​

Tile Match (Game)

17 April 1992

A simple concentration game for MS-DOS computers. Its tiles are compatible with later versions of the studio's earlier mahjong solitaire game Mah Jongg.

PC​

Second Guess (Game)

14 November 1994

The sequel to the DOS concentration shareware game Tile Match, featuring updated VGA/SVGA graphics.

PC​

Cipher (Game)

22 January 1990

A shareware cryptogram puzzle game for DOS (and later Windows).

PC​

Published Games

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Mah Jongg Solitaire (Game)

17 July 1987

One of the earliest shareware mahjong solitaire games for MS-DOS computers.

PC​

Dragons Bane: Mah Jong II (Game)

1 June 1995

The sequel to the 1987 mahjong solitaire shareware game Mah Jongg, with higher-resolution VGA and SVGA graphics and a medieval-fantasy theme.

PC​

SuperFly (Game)

7 July 1990

Play as a fly swatter and kill waves of flies. After enough flies have been killed, a 'SuperFly' will appear; progress to the next level by killing the SuperFly on each level.

PC​

Tile Match (Game)

17 April 1992

A simple concentration game for MS-DOS computers. Its tiles are compatible with later versions of the studio's earlier mahjong solitaire game Mah Jongg.

PC​

Second Guess (Game)

14 November 1994

The sequel to the DOS concentration shareware game Tile Match, featuring updated VGA/SVGA graphics.

PC​

Cipher (Game)

22 January 1990

A shareware cryptogram puzzle game for DOS (and later Windows).

PC​

Company details

Name

Arcanum Computing

Abbreviation

Founded

Website

http://www.flightsim.com/arcanum/

Aliases

Developed Games

• EGATrek (Game)
• Mah Jongg Solitaire (Game)
• Dragons Bane: Mah Jong II (Game)
• Shooting Gallery (Game)
• SuperFly (Game)
• Tile Match (Game)
• Second Guess (Game)
• Cipher (Game)
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Published Games

• Mah Jongg Solitaire (Game)
• Dragons Bane: Mah Jong II (Game)
• SuperFly (Game)
• Tile Match (Game)
• Second Guess (Game)
• Cipher (Game)
• view all →

Franchises

• Star Trek (Franchise)

People

• None

Characters

• None

Concepts

• Concentration (Concept)
• Shareware (Concept)
• 2D (Concept)
• Developed by One Person (Concept)
• High Score (Concept)
• Mahjong Solitaire (Concept)
• Pixel Art (Concept)
• Sprite (Concept)
• Chicken (Concept)
• Countdown Timer (Concept)
• Ducks (Concept)
• First-Person Perspective (Concept)
• Flies (Concept)
• Game Over (Concept)
• In-Game Map Editor (Concept)
• Leitmotif (Concept)
• Lives (Concept)
• Palette Swap (Concept)
• Platform Exclusive (Concept)
• Spiders (Concept)

Locations

• Home (Location)

Objects

• Window (Object)
• Alarm Clock (Object)
• Aluminum Can (Object)
• Ball (Object)
• Baseball (Object)
• Bell (Object)
• Bomb (Object)
• Bottle (Object)
• Candle (Object)
• Cup (Object)
• Door (Object)
• Floppy Disk (Object)
• Flowers (Object)
• Fly Swatter (Object)
• Gun (Object)
• Hat (Object)
• Heart (Object)
• Pinwheel (Object)
• Shield (Object)
• Spider Web (Object)