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Looking Glass Studios was an American video game developer founded in 1990 as Blue Sky Productions by Paul Neurath in Salem, New Hampshire. The company's first game was ''Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss'' in 1992, which received widespread critical acclaim and sold nearly 500,000 units. Looking Glass proceeded to develop titles in multiple genres, including role-playing, sports, flight simulation, and stealth video games. These titles were primarily published by Origin Systems, Electronic Arts and Eidos Interactive, with three titles self-published by Looking Glass Studios. Looking Glass' products were praised for innovations in video game technology and design.〔 Several of their successes, such as ''Flight Unlimited'' and ''Thief: The Dark Project'', sold over half a million copies each. Poor sales of their final two self-published games—''Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri'' (1996) and ''British Open Championship Golf'' (1997)—left the company in financial turmoil, however. This, combined with multiple failed business deals, including a temporary merger with Intermetrics to become Intermetrics Entertainment Software from 1997–99, led the company to close on May 24, 2000 and cancel several projects in development.〔 Its final project, ''Jane's Attack Squadron'', was completed by Mad Doc Software and released by Xicat Interactive in 2002. In total, Looking Glass Studios released 12 original games in its 10 years of activity, alongside several ports and other spin-offs. ==Games== (FM Towns version) | multiplereleasedates=yes | release=1992 – DOS〔 1993 – FM Towns〔 1997 – PlayStation〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=''Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss'' for PlayStation )〕 2002 – Windows Mobile | notes= *First-person computer role-playing game, set in the fantasy world of the ''Ultima'' series *Developed by Blue Sky Productions and published by Origin Systems〔 *Ported in Japan to FM Towns by Origin〔 *Ported to Windows Mobile by ZIO Interactive〔 }} | multiplereleasedates=yes | release=1992 – Sega Genesis〔 | notes= *Genesis version of ''John Madden Football '93'' *Developed by Looking Glass Technologies and published by Electronic Arts }} (FM Towns version) | multiplereleasedates=yes | release=1993 – DOS〔 1994 – FM Towns | notes= *Sequel to ''Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss'' that continues the first-person computer role-playing game style, in the fantasy world of the ''Ultima'' series. *Developed by Looking Glass Technologies and published by Origin Systems〔 *Ported in Japan to the FM Towns by Origin〔 }} | multiplereleasedates=yes | release=1994 – DOS〔 1994 – Macintosh〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=''System Shock'' for Mac )〕 | notes= *First-person science fiction game inspired by ''Ultima Underworld''〔 *Originally released on floppy discs; re-released months later on CD-ROM with voice acting *Developed by Looking Glass Technologies and published by Origin Systems〔 }} | multiplereleasedates=yes |release=1995 – DOS〔 1995 – Windows 1997 – Macintosh〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=''Flight Unlimited'' for Mac )〕 |notes= *Aerobatic flight simulator that uses real-time computational fluid dynamics *The first game self-published by Looking Glass Technologies〔 *A commercial success, with 780,000 units in sales〔 }} | multiplereleasedates=yes |release=1996 – DOS〔 |notes= *Tactical shooter with squad mechanics and outdoor environments *Looking Glass Technologies' second self-published game〔 *A commercial failure, with 100,000 units in sales〔 }} 〕 |canceled=Spring 1997 |notes= *A tie-in to ''Star Trek: Voyager''〔 *Developed by Looking Glass Technologies and published by Viacom New Media *Developed for 18 months before cancellation }} |multiplereleasedates=no |release=1997 – Windows〔 |notes= *Golf game based on The Open Championship *Third and final self-published game by Looking Glass Technologies〔 *A commercial failure〔 }} |multiplereleasedates=yes |release=1997 – Windows〔 |notes= *Sequel to ''Flight Unlimited'', focused on general aviation *Developed by Looking Glass Studios and published by Eidos Interactive〔 }} |multiplereleasedates=yes |release=1998 – Windows〔 |notes= *A first-person stealth game *Developed by Looking Glass Studios and published by Eidos Interactive〔 *A commercial success, with over 500,000 units in sales〔 }} |multiplereleasedates=yes |release=1999 – Nintendo 64〔 |notes= *Nintendo 64 version of ''Command & Conquer'' *Developed by Looking Glass Studios and published by Nintendo〔 }} |multiplereleasedates=yes |release=1999 – Windows〔 |notes= *Sequel to ''System Shock'' *Developed by Looking Glass Studios and Irrational Games and published by Electronic Arts }} |multiplereleasedates=yes |release=1999 – Windows〔 |notes= *A general aviation flight simulator and the third ''Flight Unlimited'' game *Developed by Looking Glass Studios and published by Electronic Arts〔 }} |multiplereleasedates=yes |release=1999 – Nintendo 64〔 |notes= *A port of ''Destruction Derby'' to the Nintendo 64 *Developed by Looking Glass Studios and published by THQ〔 }} |release=1999 – Windows〔 |multiplereleasedates=yes |notes= *Expanded re-release of ''Thief: The Dark Project'' that features three additional missions〔 *Developed by Looking Glass Studios and published by Eidos Interactive〔 }} |multiplereleasedates=yes |release=2000 – Windows〔 |notes= *Stealth game sequel to ''Thief: The Dark Project'' *Developed by Looking Glass Studios and published by Eidos Interactive〔 }} |multiplereleasedates=yes |notes= *Combat flight simulator video game *Initially developed by Looking Glass Studios to be published by Electronic Arts, later finished by Mad Doc Software and released by Xicat Interactive }} }} 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of Looking Glass Studios video games」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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