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Sirotech Software |
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Industry | Video games |
Founded | 1979 |
Founder | Norman Sirotek, Robert Woodhead |
Defunct | 2003 |
Products | Wizardry |
Sir-Tech Software, Inc. was a United States based video game developer and publisher.
In the fall of 1979, Sirotech Software, was founded by Norman Sirotek and Robert Woodhead. Sirotech Software published Info Tree, a database management program, Galactic Attack and a beta version of Wizardry: Dungeons of Despair which was later renamed Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord and formally released in the fall of 1981. It was the first game in the Wizardry series.
In the spring of 1981, Sir-Tech Software, Inc. was incorporated as a United States based video game developer and publisher.
In 1998, Sir-Tech USA closed. The Canadian counterpart Sirtech Canada Limited continued to operate until late 2003.
Sir-Tech is best known for Wizardry, the role-playing video game series. The Jagged Alliance series first published by Sir-Tech in 1994, became a popular franchise. The third game in the Jagged Alliance series, Jagged Alliance 2, was still available from its current publisher after 15 years since its initial release.