Editing Thalion Software

{{short description|German video game company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name                = Thalion Software
| logo                = 
| industry            = [[Video game industry|Video games]]
| founded             = 1988
| defunct             = {{end date|1994}}
| hq_location_city    = [[Gütersloh]]
| hq_location_country = [[Germany]]
| num_employees       = 11<ref name="STM">{{cite magazine |title=Le petit coin desdemos |journal=ST Magazine |date=January 1992 |issue=57 |pages=132–135 |url=https://archive.org/details/st-magazine-057/page/n131/mode/2up |publisher=SARL Pressimage |language=French |quote=Disons qu'il y a onze personnes à temps plein.}}</ref>
| num_employees_year  = 1992
}}

'''Thalion Software''' was formed by members of the Atari ST [[demoscene]] in October 1988, in [[Gütersloh]], Germany. The main aim of Thalion Software was to produce cutting edge technology games. Despite the technical quality, sales of the games never really matched expectations and by the end of 1994 the developers had left and the company eventually closed. The two founders were Erik Simon (of [[The Exceptions]]) and Holger Flöttmann. Flöttmann later went on to found another video games company, [[Ascaron]].

==Game releases==
*''[[Warp (1989 video game)|Warp]]'' (1989)
*''[[Chambers of Shaolin]]'' (1989)
*''[[The Seven Gates of Jambala]]'' (1989)
*''[[Leavin' Teramis]]'' (1990)
*''[[Atomix (video game)|Atomix]]'' (1990)
*''[[Dragonflight (video game)|Dragonflight]]'' (1990)
*''[[Wings of Death]]'' (precursor of ''[[Lethal Xcess]]'') (1990)
*''[[Magic Lines]]'' (1990)
*''[[Tower FRA]]'' (1990)
*''[[Enchanted Land]]'' (1990)
*''[[A Prehistoric Tale]]'' (1991)
*''[[Ghost Battle]]'' (1991)
*''[[Tangram (video game)|Tangram]]'' (1991)
*''[[Trex Warrior]]'' (1991)
*''[[A320 Airbus (video game)|A320 Airbus]]'' (1991)
*''[[Amberstar]]'' (1992)
*''Neuronics'' (1992)
*''[[No Second Prize (video game)|No Second Prize]]'' (1992)
*''[[Lionheart (video game)|Lionheart]]'' (1993)
*''[[A320 Airbus (video game)|A320 Airbus Edition:Europa]]'' (1993)
*''[[A320 Airbus (video game)|A320 Airbus Edition:USA]]'' (1993)
*''[[Ambermoon]]'' (1993)

==References==
<references/>An in depth article on the story of Thalion appeared in issue 126 of Retro Gamer magazine

==External links==
* [http://thalion.atari.org/ Thalion Webshrine]
* [http://thethalionsource.w4f.eu/ Thalion Source] {{in lang|de}}
* [http://www.mobygames.com/company/thalion-software-gmbh ''Thalion Software''] profile on [[MobyGames]]

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[[Category:Defunct video game companies of Germany]]
[[Category:Video game companies established in 1988]]
[[Category:Companies based in North Rhine-Westphalia]]