No edit summary |
(General update of information, including the company's bankruptcy and acquirement.) Tags: VE apiedit |
||
| (5 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{realworld}} |
{{realworld}} |
||
| − | '''West End Games''' (aka '''WEG''') |
+ | '''West End Games''' (aka '''WEG''') was a company founded in 1974 that made various [[games]]. Products included [[role-playing]] games based on ''Star Wars'', ''Ghostbusters'', and ''DC Heroes''. Their most recent product line focused mainly on the ''{{W|D6 System}}'' of RPGs (a game engine focusing on the use of standard six-sided dice, or d6s), which had been licensed by [[Amarillo Design Bureau]] for anow out-of-print version of their ''[[Prime Directive (game)|Prime Directive]]'' RPG. |
| − | WEG produced three boxed games based on ''[[Star Trek]]'': |
+ | In 1985, WEG produced three boxed games based on ''[[Star Trek]]'': |
* ''[[Star Trek: The Adventure Game]]'' |
* ''[[Star Trek: The Adventure Game]]'' |
||
* ''[[Star Trek: The Enterprise^4 Encounter|Star Trek: The Enterprise<sup>4</sup> Encounter]]'' |
* ''[[Star Trek: The Enterprise^4 Encounter|Star Trek: The Enterprise<sup>4</sup> Encounter]]'' |
||
* [[Star Trek III - Three Solitaire Games In One!|''Star Trek III'' - Three Solitaire Games In One!]] |
* [[Star Trek III - Three Solitaire Games In One!|''Star Trek III'' - Three Solitaire Games In One!]] |
||
| + | The company was merged into Humanoids Inc. in 1999, a year after declaring bankruptcy. Its' name changed to '''D6 Legends''', then to '''Purgatory Publishing''' in 2003. |
||
| − | ==External |
+ | ==External links== |
| − | * [http://www.westendgames.com/ West End Games Homepage] |
||
* {{wikipedia|West End Games}} |
* {{wikipedia|West End Games}} |
||
[[Category:Game companies]] |
[[Category:Game companies]] |
||
Revision as of 23:46, 28 March 2015
Template:Realworld West End Games (aka WEG) was a company founded in 1974 that made various games. Products included role-playing games based on Star Wars, Ghostbusters, and DC Heroes. Their most recent product line focused mainly on the D6 System of RPGs (a game engine focusing on the use of standard six-sided dice, or d6s), which had been licensed by Amarillo Design Bureau for anow out-of-print version of their Prime Directive RPG.
In 1985, WEG produced three boxed games based on Star Trek:
- Star Trek: The Adventure Game
- Star Trek: The Enterprise4 Encounter
- Star Trek III - Three Solitaire Games In One!
The company was merged into Humanoids Inc. in 1999, a year after declaring bankruptcy. Its' name changed to D6 Legends, then to Purgatory Publishing in 2003.