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{{Short description|American video game developer}}
{{Other uses}}{{More citations needed|date=December 2024}}{{Infobox company
| name = Dynamix, Inc.
| logo = [[File:Dynamix-logo.jpg|200px|Dynamix logo]]
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1984}}
| defunct = {{end date|2001|8|14}};<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sierra-shifts-course/1100-2804424/ |title=Sierra shifts course}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sierra-reorganizes-its-operations/1100-2804362/ |title=Sierra reorganizes its operations}}</ref> {{Years ago|2001}} years ago
| location_city = [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]], [[Oregon]]
| location_country = U.S.
| founder = [[Jeff Tunnell]]<br/>[[Damon Slye]]
| num_employees = 
| parent = [[Sierra On-Line]] (1990–2001)
| industry = [[Video game industry|Video games]]
| revenue = 
| net_income = 
| homepage = [https://web.archive.org/web/20001019035152/http://www.dynamix.com/ dynamix.com (archived)]
}}
'''Dynamix, Inc.''' was an American developer of video games from 1984 to 2001, best known for the [[flight simulator]] ''[[Red Baron (1990 video game)|Red Baron]]'', the [[puzzle video game|puzzle game]] ''[[The Incredible Machine (video game)|The Incredible Machine]]'', the ''[[Front Page Sports]]'' series, ''[[Betrayal at Krondor]],'' and the online multiplayer game ''[[Tribes (video game)|Tribes]]''.

==History==
The company was founded in [[Eugene, Oregon]] in 1984 by [[Jeff Tunnell]] and [[Damon Slye]]. Their first title, ''[[Stellar 7]]'', was released before company founding and was later [[Video game remake|remade]] with the Dynamix name on it. They made a number of games for the [[Commodore 64]], among them [[Project Firestart]], which was one of the most atmospheric titles for the C64.

In the following years, Dynamix created a line of action games for [[Penguin Software]] and [[Electronic Arts]], including one of the first games for the [[Amiga]], ''[[Arcticfox]]''. Later titles were developed for [[Activision]]. After self-publishing their games for a short while, in 1990 Dynamix was bought by [[Sierra Entertainment|Sierra On-Line]].

Dynamix had published ''[[A-10 Tank Killer]]'' and distributed it through [[Mediagenic]], but the acquisition occurred during the development of ''[[Red Baron (1990 video game)|Red Baron]]'', which became the first game in Dynamix's "Great Warplanes" [[flight simulator]] series published by Sierra.{{r|basham199405}} Dynamix created some of their most famous games, including a line of [[adventure game|adventures]] and simulators that included ''Red Baron'' and ''[[The Adventures of Willy Beamish]]''. They also created the puzzle game ''[[The Incredible Machine (video game)|The Incredible Machine]]'', along with the spinoff ''[[Sid & Al's Incredible Toons]]''.  Another successful product line was the [[Front Page Sports]] series, designed by Pat Cook and Allen McPheeters which included Football, Baseball, and Golf. Versions of Red Baron and Front Page Sports Football were included as part of the [[ImagiNation Network]].

As a developer, Dynamix was notable for their early use of digitized graphics, animations and sounds effects in PC, Atari ST and Amiga games. The techniques were first used in 1988 in ''Pete Rose Pennant Fever'', and used most notably in movie tie-in games like [[Die Hard]] and [[Ghostbusters II]], as well as [[David Wolf: Secret Agent]] and [[Death Track]].

By 1994 Slye agreed with a ''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' statement that "Now when someone hears 'Dynamix' they immediately think 'flight simulator'".<ref name="basham199405">{{Cite magazine |last=Basham |first=Tom |date=May 1994 |title=Ace Over The PC |url=https://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=118 |magazine=Computer Gaming World |pages=72–76 |type=interview}}</ref> In 1994, the first game in a new series called ''[[Metaltech (disambiguation)|Metaltech]]'' was released, a giant robot combat game with similarities to the ''[[BattleTech]]'' universe and games. This series resulted in two ''[[Earthsiege (disambiguation)|Earthsiege]]'' games and eventually ''[[Starsiege]]''. As a side development of the ''Starsiege'' game, the successful ''[[Tribes (video game)|Tribes]]'' series was created. Dynamix also created ''[[Outpost 2: Divided Destiny]]'', the second game in Sierra's strategy/survival franchise, ''[[Outpost (1994 video game)|Outpost]]''.

The Dynamix studio was closed by [[Sierra On-Line]] on August 14, 2001, as part of Sierra's restructuring under [[Vivendi Universal Interactive Publishing]]. Several veterans of the studio (including Tunnell), however, stayed in Eugene and founded a new studio / electronic publisher, [[GarageGames]].

==Torque Game Engine==
{{Main|Torque Game Engine}}
Some of the core Dynamix members started GarageGames, an [[Independent video game developer|independent]]-friendly engine developer and game publisher. They negotiated an agreement with Sierra for the [[source code]] to the [[Tribes 2]] [[game engine]]. After reworking the code, GarageGames released it as a V12 but were soon told that an engine already had the name, so it was then called the [[Torque Game Engine]] (or TGE). The source code for TGE, a professional-grade [[3D computer graphics|3D]] engine, was available to nearly anyone for fees starting at [[United States dollar|USD]]$100, but has since been released as [[Open-source license|open source]] under the [[MIT License]].

==List of games developed by Dynamix==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!Title!!Release!!Publisher
|-
|''[[Stellar 7]]''
|1983 (Apple II)<br/>1984 (C64)
|Software Entertainment Company<br/>[[Penguin Software]] (C64)
|-
|''Sword of Kadash''
|1985 (Apple II, C64)<br/>1986 (Atari ST, MacOS)
|[[Penguin Software]]<br/>[[Polarware]] (MacOS)
|-
|''[[Skyfox (1984 video game)|Skyfox]]'' (ports only)
|1986 (Atari ST, MacOS)
|[[Electronic Arts]]
|-
|''[[Arcticfox]]''
|1986 (Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, C64)<br/>1987 (DOS)<br/>1988 (Amstrad CPC, PC-98, ZX Spectrum)<br/>1989 (MSX)
|[[Electronic Arts]]<br/>[[DROsoft]] (MSX)
|-
|''[[GBA Championship Basketball: Two-on-Two]]''
|1986 (Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, C64, DOS)<br/>1987 (Apple IIGS, ZX Spectrum)
|[[Activision]]
|-
|''[[Championship Baseball]]''
|1987 (Amiga, Atari ST)
|[[Activision]]
|-
|''[[Skyfox II: The Cygnus Conflict]]''
|1987 (C64)<br/>1988 (Amiga, DOS)<br/>1989 (Atari ST)
|[[Electronic Arts]]
|-
|''[[The Train: Escape to Normandy]]''
|1988 (DOS)
|[[Accolade, Inc.|Accolade]]
|-
|''Pete Rose Pennant Fever''
|1988 (DOS)
|Gamestar, Inc.
|-
|''[[Caveman Ughlympics]]''
|1988 (C64)<br/>1989 (DOS)<br/>1990 (NES)
|[[Electronic Arts]]<br/>[[Data East]] (NES)
|-
|''F-14 Tomcat''
|1988 (C64)<br/>1990 (DOS)
|[[Activision]]
|-
|''[[Abrams Battle Tank]]''
|1989 (DOS)<br/>1991 (Genesis)
|[[Electronic Arts]]<br/>[[Sega]] (Genesis)
|-
|''[[Suzuki's RM 250 Motocross|Motocross]]''
|1989 (DOS)
|Gamestar, Inc.
|-
|''[[MechWarrior (1989 video game)|MechWarrior]]''
|1989 (DOS)<br/>1992 (X68000)<br/>1993 (PC-98)
|[[Activision]]<br/>Cross Media Soft (PC-98, X68000)
|-
|''[[A-10 Tank Killer]]''
|1989 (DOS)<br/>1991 (Amiga)
|Dynamix
|-
|''[[Ghostbusters II (computer video game)|Ghostbusters II]]''
|1989 (DOS)
|[[Activision]]
|-
|''[[Deathtrack]]''
|1989 (DOS)
|[[Activision]]
|-
|''Die Hard''
|1989 (C64, DOS)
|[[Activision]]
|-
|''[[David Wolf: Secret Agent]]''
|1989 (DOS)
|Dynamix
|-
|''[[Project Firestart]]''
|1989 (C64)
|[[Electronic Arts]]
|-
|''[[Stellar 7|Stellar 7 (re-release)]]''
|1990 (DOS)<br/>1991 (Amiga)<br/>1993 (MacOS)
|Dynamix 
|-
|''[[Red Baron (1990 video game)|Red Baron]]''
|1990 (DOS)<br/> 1992 (Amiga, MacOS)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[Rise of the Dragon]]''
|1990 (DOS)<br/>1991 (Amiga, MacOS)<br/>1992 (Sega CD)<br/>2017 (Windows)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]<br/>Dynamix (Sega CD)<br/>[[Activision]] (Windows)
|-
|''[[The Adventures of Willy Beamish]]''
|1991 (DOS)<br/>1992 (Amiga, MacOS)<br/>1993 (Sega CD)<br/>2017 (Windows)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]<br/>[[Sega]] (Sega CD)<br/>[[Activision]] (Windows)
|-
|''[[Nova 9: The Return of Gir Draxon]]''
|1991 (DOS)<br/>1992 (Amiga)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[Heart of China]]''
|1991 (Amiga, DOS)<br/>1992 (MacOS)<br/>2017 (Windows)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]<br/>Dynamix (DOS)<br/>[[Activision]] (Windows)
|-
|''Red Baron: Mission Builder''
|1991 (DOS)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''WWII: 1946''
|1992 (DOS, Windows 3.x)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[Aces of the Pacific]]''
|1992 (DOS, Windows 3.x)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[The Incredible Machine (video game)|The Incredible Machine]]''
|1992 (DOS)<br/>1994 (3DO)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]<br/>Dynamix (3DO)
|-
|''[[Front Page Sports Football]]''
|1992 (DOS)
|Dynamix
|-
|''[[Take a Break! Crosswords]]''
|1992 (Windows)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[Stellar 7: Draxon's Revenge]]''
|1993 (3DO)
|Dynamix (3DO)
|-
|''Stellar-Fire''
|1993 (Sega CD)
|Dynamix
|-
|''[[Sid & Al's Incredible Toons]]''
|1993 (DOS)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[Betrayal at Krondor]]''
|1993 (DOS)<br/>2010 (Windows)
|Dynamix<br/>[[Activision]] (Windows)
|-
|''[[Alien Legacy]]''
|1993 (DOS)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[Space Quest V]]''
|1993 (DOS)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[Front Page Sports Football Pro]]''
|1993 (DOS)
|Dynamix
|-
|''Aces Over Europe''
|1993 (DOS)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[Take a Break! Pinball]]''
|1993 (Windows 3.x)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''Sierra Soccer''
|1994 (Amiga)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[Metaltech: Battledrome]]''
|1994 (DOS)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[Metaltech: Earthsiege]]''
|1994 (DOS)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''Front Page Sports: Baseball '94''
|1994 (DOS)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[Bouncers (video game)|Bouncers]]''
|1994 (Sega CD)
|[[Sega]]
|-
|''[[3-D Ultra Pinball (video game)|3-D Ultra Pinball]]''
|1995 (Windows, Windows 3.x, MacOS)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[Command: Aces of the Deep]]''
|1995 (Windows)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[The Incredible Machine 3]]''
|1995 (Windows, Windows 3.x)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[Earthsiege 2]]''
|1995 (Windows, Windows 3.x)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''Aces of the Deep Expansion Disk''
|1995 (DOS, Windows, Windows 3.x)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[Trophy Bass]]''
|1995 (Windows, Windows 3.x)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[Silent Thunder: A-10 Tank Killer II|Silent Thunder]]''
|1996 (Windows, Windows 3.x)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[MissionForce: CyberStorm]]''
|1996 (Windows)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''Front Page Sports: Trophy Bass 2''
|1996 (Windows, Windows 3.x)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[3-D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night]]''
|1996 (Windows, Windows 3.x, MacOS)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[Hunter Hunted (video game)|Hunter Hunted]]''
|1996 (Windows)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''Front Page Sports: Trophy Bass 2 - Northern Lakes''
|1997 (Windows, Windows 3.x)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[3-D Ultra Pinball|3-D Ultra Pinball: The Lost Continent]]''
|1997 (MacOS, Windows, Windows 3.x)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[Red Baron II]]''
|1997 (Windows)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''Front Page Sports: Trophy Rivers''
|1997 (Windows, Windows 3.x)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[Front Page Sports: Ski Racing]]''
|1997 (Windows)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''Red Baron With Mission Builder''
|1997 (DOS, Windows)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[Outpost 2: Divided Destiny]]''
|1997 (Windows)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[Sierra Pro Pilot 98: The Complete Flight Simulator]]''
|1997 (Windows)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dynamix.com/pr/pp-pr.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19980627112336/http://www.dynamix.com:80/pr/pp-pr.html |title=A Civilian Flight Simulator For Everyone |website=dynamix.com |archivedate=June 27, 1998 |date=December 5, 1997 |accessdate=April 24, 2022}}</ref>
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[3-D Ultra NASCAR Pinball]]''
|1998 (Windows)<br/>1999 (MacOS)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[Starsiege]]''
|1999 (Windows)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[Starsiege: Tribes]]''
|1998 (Windows)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[CyberStorm 2: Corporate Wars]]''
|1998 (Windows)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''Pro Pilot '99''
|1998 (Windows)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[Red Baron 3D|Red Baron 3-D]]''
|1998 (Windows)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[Driver's Education '99]]''
| 1998(Windows)
| [[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''Field & Stream: Trophy Bass 3D''
|1999 (Windows)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''Curse You! Red Baron''
|1999 (Windows)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[3D Ultra Lionel Traintown]]''
|1999 (Windows)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''3-D Ultra Radio Control Racers''
|1999 (Windows)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''3-D Ultra Cool Pool''
|1999 (Windows)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''Field & Stream: Trophy Bass 4''
|2000 (Windows)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''Field & Stream: Trophy Hunting 4''
|2000 (Windows)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[Return of the Incredible Machine: Contraptions]]''
|2000 (Windows)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''RC Racers II''
|2000 (Windows)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[Tribes 2]]''
|2001 (Linux, Windows)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''[[The Incredible Machine: Even More Contraptions]]''
|2001 (MacOS, Palm OS, Windows)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|-
|''Mini Golf Maniacs'' (Unreleased)
|2001 (Windows, PS2)
|[[Sierra On-Line]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20001019035152/http://www.dynamix.com/ Official website] via [[Internet Archive]]
* {{Moby company|dynamix-inc}}

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