Editing Simutronics (section)

{{Short description|American online games company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Simutronics Corp.
| logo = Simutronics.webp
| type = [[Private company]]
| foundation = [[St. Louis, Missouri]], [[United States|U.S.]] (1987)
| location = [[St. Louis, Missouri]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| industry = [[Video game industry|Video games]]
| owner = [[Stillfront Group]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stillfront.com/site/studios/#simutronics|title=Stillfront Group|date=25 April 2024 }}</ref> (55.06%)
| num_employees = 30
| homepage = [http://www.play.net/ Simutronics Official Site]
}}

'''Simutronics''' is an American online [[video game developer|games company]] whose products include ''[[GemStone IV]]'' and ''DragonRealms''.  It was founded in 1987 by [[David Whatley]], with husband and wife Tom & Susan Zelinski. The company is located in [[St. Louis, Missouri]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Games People Play |work=St. Charles Journal|date=January 9, 1994|author=McCrary, William S.}}</ref> It became part of the [[Stillfront Group]] in 2016.

The company's flagship product is the text based game, ''GemStone IV'', which went live in November 2003, with predecessor games running back in 1988. ''GemStone'' was originally accessed through [[General Electric]]'s [[internet service provider]] [[GEnie]], later becoming accessible through [[AOL]], [[Prodigy (online service)|Prodigy]], and [[CompuServe]] before Simutronics finally moved all their games to their own domain in 1997.