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=== Re-release === In 2000 the former Dreamers Guild co-founder Joe Pearce started a new company, Wyrmkeep Entertainment.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.adventuregamers.com/articles/view/17628 |title=Joe Pearce Interview |last=Dickens |first=Evan |date=October 1, 2003 |website=[[Adventure Gamers]] |access-date=September 7, 2019}}</ref> In 2002 Pearce acquired the rights for the game, and self-published ''Inherit the Earth'' on his website for Windows and [[macOS]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://applelinks.com/index.php/weblog/more/inherit_the_earth/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080606190437/http://applelinks.com/index.php/weblog/more/inherit_the_earth/ |title=Inherit the Earth |last=Marceau |first=Erica |date=September 2, 2004 |archivedate=June 6, 2008}}</ref> The full version was offered for $20 via [[PayPal]] and Kagi.com, while a free [[Game demo|demo]] was downloadable.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wyrmkeep.com/ite/purchase.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030811224730/http://www.wyrmkeep.com/ite/purchase.html|title=Purchase Inherit the Earth |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2002 |archivedate=August 11, 2003 |access-date=July 17, 2018}}</ref> In late 2004 Pearce provided the [[ScummVM]] developers with the [[source code]] of Inherit the Earth's SAGA [[game engine|engine]] (Scripts for Animated Graphic Adventures),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/01/maniac-tentacle-mindbenders-of-atlantis-how-scummvm-kept-adventure-gaming-alive/2/ |title=Maniac Tentacle Mindbenders: How ScummVM's unpaid coders kept adventure gaming alive |last=Moss |first=Richard |date=January 16, 2012 |website=[[Ars Technica]] |access-date=September 7, 2019}}</ref> which made [[Source port|ports]] to alternative platforms, like [[Linux]], possible. In March 2007, a [[Pocket PC]] edition was released, followed by a port to the [[iPad]] in 2010.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100403053436/http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/inherit-the-earth/id325440598?mt=8 Inherit the Earth] by iPhSoft on [[iTunes]]</ref> The game has also been [[Digital distribution|released digitally]] on [[GOG.com]] and [[Steam (service)|Steam]] in June 2013.<ref>[https://www.gog.com/news/release_inherit_the_earth Release: Inherit the Earth] on [[GOG.com]]</ref>
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