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MicroIllusions

Former computer development company

MicroIllusions was a computer game developer and publisher of the home computer era (late 1980s to early 1990s). Based in Granada Hills, California, the company was a strong supporter of the Amiga and typically released titles on that platform before porting it to others. Activision cancelled it as an affiliated publisher after a year of signing it up.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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MicroIllusions was a computer game developer and publisher of the home computer era (late 1980s to early 1990s). Based in Granada Hills, California, the company was a strong supporter of the Amiga and typically released titles on that platform before porting it to others.2

The story

According to The Digital Antiquarian, "The seeds of MicroIllusions were planted during one day’s idle conversation when Steinert complained to David Joiner that, while the Amiga supposedly had speech synthesis built into its operating system, he had never actually heard his machines talk;.. He proved as good as his word within a few hours. Impressed, Steinert asked if he could sell the new program ' talk to me' in his store for a straight 50/50 split. Given his circumstances, Joiner was hardly in a position to quibble. When the program sold well, Steinert decided to get into Amiga software development in earnest with the help of his wunderkind."

From Wikipedia’s article on MicroIllusions, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Products and brands

Discovery (1986), Amiga, MS-DOS, C64, Mega Drive. Created by David Joiner (Talin). Addons were released: language, Math, Science, Social Studies, Spell, Trivia 1

Discovery 2.0 (1990)

Blackjack Academy (1987), Amiga, MS-DOS, Apple IIGS created by Westwood

Ebonstar (1988), Amiga, created by the Dreamers Guild

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Romantic Encounters at the Dome (1988) Amiga, MS-DOS, Mac

Faery Tale Adventure (1987) Amiga, C64, MS-DOS, Mega Drive

Galactic Invasion (1987) Amiga. Developed by Silent Software.

Tracers (1988) Developed by Hacker Corp. Amiga

Fire Power (1988) Amiga, C64, Apple IIGS, MS-DOS

Mainframe (1988) C64

Craps Academy (1988) Europe-only release, Amiga Developed by Silent Software.

Questmaster 1: Prism of Heheutotol (a.k.a. Dondra: A New Beginning) (1988) C64, MS-DOS (Apple II version by Spectrum Holobyte)

Turbo (1989) Developed by Silent Software. Amiga

Laser Squad (published, 1989) Developed by Blade (Teque) Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, C64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum, MSX, PC-98

Dr. Plummet's House of Flux (1989)

Jetsons George Jetson and the Legend of Robotopia (1989), Amiga, Mac. Developed by The Dreamers Guild

Land Of Legends, Unreleased, Developed by Parsec Soft Systems.

Faery Tale Adventure II: Halls of the Dead (1997), sometimes credited to MicroIllusions, was completed by The Dreamers Guild for various platforms.

From Wikipedia’s article on MicroIllusions, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

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