reLINE Software

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reLINE Software was a German game design studio active from the late 1980s to 2004. Their most succesful game is business simulation Black Gold.

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   In 1987,Holger Gehrmann (Person) andUwe Grabosch (Person) founded game development studio reLINE Software in Germany (Location). ReLINE software did not publisher their own games at first and struck publishing deals with Magic Bytes (Company), Robtek, Rainbow Arts and others. In collaboration with Magic Bytes (Company), reLINE software become increasingly independent and started co-publishing their own games. ReLINE's most succesful games were oil baron simulation Black Gold (Game) as well as classic RPG Legends of Faerghail. Other releases include Crystal Hammer (Game) and Centerbase (Game). ReLINE Software stirred some controversy with their BiingGame series due to the sexual innuendo of the graphics, but despite the publicity the games never surpassed a status of obscurity and cult game. By 2004. reLINE software ceased to exist.

Developed Games

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Black Gold (Game)

1 May 1989

A turn-based strategy game with some action scenes that is also known in Europe as Oil Imperium. The player slips into the role of an oil magnate to build up an oil empire while leaving his opponents in the competition as far as possible far behind.

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Hollywood Poker Pro (Game)

1 July 1989

A strip poker game and the successor of Hollywood Poker that was developed and published by reLINE Software.

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Crystal Hammer (Game)

1 April 1988

An excellent Arkanoid clone.

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Centerbase (Game)

31 December 1992

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Amegas (Game)

1 January 1987

Amegas is a Breakout clone for the Amiga, released in 1987.

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Fate: Gates of Dawn (Game)

1 May 1991

A complex fantasy RPG with an extremely long main quest (easily over 200 hours of gameplay). It offers a huge game world consisting of cities, multi-level dungeons and a wilderness. The game has a unique feature of allowing to control up to four parties at one time.

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Published Games

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Hard 'n Heavy (Game)

1 October 1989

Intended to be a sequel to the Giana Sisters, Hard 'n' Heavy is a jump n run game released for home computer systems in 1989.

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Crystal Hammer (Game)

1 April 1988

An excellent Arkanoid clone.

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Fate: Gates of Dawn (Game)

1 May 1991

A complex fantasy RPG with an extremely long main quest (easily over 200 hours of gameplay). It offers a huge game world consisting of cities, multi-level dungeons and a wilderness. The game has a unique feature of allowing to control up to four parties at one time.

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Company details

Name

reLINE Software

Abbreviation

Founded

Website

Aliases

Developed Games

• Black Gold (Game)
• Hollywood Poker Pro (Game)
• Crystal Hammer (Game)
• Centerbase (Game)
• Amegas (Game)
• Fate: Gates of Dawn (Game)
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Published Games

• Hard 'n Heavy (Game)
• Crystal Hammer (Game)
• Fate: Gates of Dawn (Game)
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Franchises

• Hollywood Poker (Franchise)
• Pink Panther (Franchise)

People

• Karsten Obarski (Person)

Characters

• Heavy (Character)
• Metal (Character)
• Pink Panther (Character)

Concepts

• ASM Hit (Concept)
• First-Person Perspective (Concept)
• Party System (Concept)
• Side-Scrolling (Concept)
• Single Word Titles (Concept)
• 2D (Concept)
• Boss (Concept)
• Boss Fight (Concept)
• Dungeon Crawling (Concept)
• Extra Life (Concept)
• Moving Platform (Concept)
• Nudity (Concept)
• Nurse (Concept)
• Robot (Concept)
• Same Name, Different Game (Concept)
• Secret Area (Concept)
• SiZZler (Concept)
• Three-Word Game Title with Conjunction or Preposition (Concept)
• Tracker Music (Concept)
• Tycoon (Concept)

Locations

• Hospital (Location)
• Mars (Location)

Objects

• Diamond (Object)
• Flamethrower (Object)
• Mouse (Object)
• Rock (Object)
• Spray Paint (Object)