Epyx

1978 / 1978 tot 1 1979 / 1978 tot 14 1980 / 1978 tot 24 1981 / 1978 tot 53 1982 / 1978 tot 80 1983 / 1978 tot 113 1984 / 1978 tot 135 1985 / 1978 tot 162 1986 / 1978 tot 191 1987 / 1978 tot 239 1988 / 1978 tot 300 1989 / 1978 tot 321 1990 / 1978 tot 338 1991 / 1978 tot 340 1992 / 1978 tot 345 1993 / 1978 tot 347 1994 / 1978 tot 349 1997 / 1978 tot 350 2007 / 1978 tot 352 2015 / 1978 tot 353
Founded in 1978 closed in 1993
Status: dead
Country: USA

aka(s): Automated Simulations

Epyx, Inc. was a video game developer and publisher active in the late 1970s and 1980s. The company was founded as Automated Simulations by Jim Connelly and Jon Freeman, originally using Epyx as a brand name for action-oriented games before renaming the company to match in 1983. Epyx published a long series of games through the 1980s. The company is currently owned by Bridgestone Multimedia Group Global.

It is known for Barbarian series by Palace, Dunjonquest, Gauntlet, Impossible Mission

Releases per year

19781
197913
198010
198129
198227
198333
198422
198527
198629
198748
198861
198921
199017
19912
19925
19932
19942
19971
20072
20151
353 video games with valid date were considered (99.1%)

Overall rankings

7
88
40
6
1

Common gametypes

sport19%role-play14%action/reflex9%strategy8%simulation7%other40%

Top platforms

Apple II E 66
C64 58
MS-DOS 45
Atari 400/800 40
Amiga 22
Atari ST 22
TRS-80 15
Amstrad CPC 13
Apple IIGS 9
Commodore PET 9
Lynx 8
Tandy Coco 7
VIC-20 7
Mac OS Classic 5
ColecoVision 4