Malfador Machinations

Malfador Machinations was a small game company based in Santa Rosa, California. They were best known for their Space Empires series.

Malfador Machinations
TypePrivate
IndustryVideo games
Founded1995
Defunct2006
HeadquartersSanta Rosa, California
Key people
Aaron Hall
Russell Saito
ProductsThe Space Empires series
ParentStrategy First
Websitewww.malfador.com

Brief history

Malfador Machinations was created by Aaron Hall to publish Space Empires II, the sequel to his self-produced 4X game, Space Empires, which was released two years earlier in 1993.[1][2] Space Empires II was a strong success, often being included in limited form in shareware collections, including Romtech's best selling Galaxy of Games series. On September 6, 2002 Malfador Machinations broke with its reputation for space themed games by releasing a hack-n-slash role-playing game entitled Dungeon Odyssey, but this was not as successful as the Space Empires games and never received a sequel.

On April 5, 2006, Malfador Machinations was acquired by Strategy First.[3][4]

Malfador's last game was Space Captain, which was released to the Google Play store in 2014.[5] While it continued many concepts from the Space Empires series, it was more focused on elements of combat and exploration rather than the micromanagement that the series had been known for, and is the last release from the company.

Games

References
  1. "IGN - Malfador Machinations". Retrieved 2017-04-20.
  2. ""Interview with Aaron Hall, creator of Space Empires"". Retrieved 2021-04-04.
  3. Dobson, Jason (April 5, 2006). "Strategy First Acquires Malfador Machinations". Gamasutra. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
  4. "Strategy First Acquires The Assets Of Malfador Machinations". gamesindustry.biz. April 5, 2006. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
  5. "Space Captain on Google Play". Archived from the original on 2015-06-18. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
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