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Multi-display

Video game concept

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21
games
9
platforms

Player has or can have multiple displays of the game world and various aspects of it open at the same time on single screen.

Notable people involved: Stephen Cameron, Greg Lesher., Will Wright, Chris Taylor and Steve Lehar

Alternate names: Multiple displays, Windows

SimEarth: The Living Planet (Windows 3.1)
SimEarth: The Living Planet
W31 1990
The Neverending Story II: The Arcade Game (MS-DOS)
The Neverending Story II: The Arcade Game
DOS 1991
Hired Guns (Amiga OCS)
Hired Guns
OCS 1993
Space Hulk (MS-DOS)
Space Hulk
DOS 1993
LV-426 (Windows)
LV-426
WIN 2007-06-29
eXperience112 (Windows)
eXperience112
WIN 2007-09-17
Space Hulk (Amiga OCS)
Space Hulk
OCS 1993
Sanxion (Commodore 64)
Sanxion
C64 1986
SimEarth: The Living Planet (MS-DOS)
SimEarth: The Living Planet
DOS 1990
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance (Windows)
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
WIN 2007-09-05
spellcast (Linux)
spellcast
LIN ? *
Xbattle (Linux)
Xbattle
LIN ? *
Not to be confused with display devices or multihead setup or picture-in-picture.

These may be fixed "screens" or movable "windows".

Example from eXperience112:

Popular tags

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Parent group

Interface

Games by year

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The first Multi-display video game was released in 1986.

Space Bullet Dynamics Corporation, Thalamus, Electronic Arts and Maxis published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows7
Linux4
MS-DOS3
Amiga2
ZX Spectrum1
C641
Win3.11
Mac OS X1
BSD1

Most common companies

Space Bullet Dynamics Corporation2
Thalamus2
Electronic Arts2
Maxis2
THQ2
Merit Studios1
Psygnosis1
Vivendi Universal1
DreamCatcher Interactive1
The Adventure Company1
Techland1
Derbian Games1