Encom International
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- | '''Encom''' is the world's largest manufacturer of computer software and video games. Founded by Dr. Walter Gibbs in 1972, Encom first emerged into the public eye in 1980, when testing of [[Alan Bradley]]'s advanced computer security program Tron first began and [[Kevin Flynn]]'s video games started a national arcade craze unlike any other before it. Flynn would take over as CEO in 1983, and by 1985 Encom had secured its position as number one in the industry. Flynn's mysterious disappearance in 1989 caused the company's stock to plunge, but Encom was able to rebuild itself by expanding into more fields in the industry, albeit at the cost of the innovative ideas that had marked the Kevin Flynn era. | + | '''Encom''' is the world's largest manufacturer of computer software and video games. Founded by Dr. [[Walter Gibbs]] in 1972, Encom first emerged into the public eye in 1980, when testing of [[Alan Bradley]]'s advanced computer security program Tron first began and [[Kevin Flynn]]'s video games started a national arcade craze unlike any other before it. Flynn would take over as CEO in 1983, and by 1985 Encom had secured its position as number one in the industry. Flynn's mysterious disappearance in 1989 caused the company's stock to plunge, but Encom was able to rebuild itself by expanding into more fields in the industry, albeit at the cost of the innovative ideas that had marked the Kevin Flynn era. |
* Website: [[Encominternational.com]] ([http://encominternational.com link]) | * Website: [[Encominternational.com]] ([http://encominternational.com link]) | ||
+ | * [[Encom Employee Badge]]s | ||
+ | * [[Encom Intranet]] | ||
=== Encom CEOs === | === Encom CEOs === | ||
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=== Products === | === Products === | ||
===== Games ===== | ===== Games ===== | ||
- | * [[Space Paranoids]] | + | * [[Space Paranoids]] ''([[Space Paranoids Online]])'' |
- | * Laser Maximus | + | * [[Laser Maximus]] |
- | * Arc Wars | + | * [[Arc Wars]] |
- | * Gravitron X | + | * [[Gravitron X]] |
- | * Vice Squad | + | * [[Vice Squad]] |
- | * Kraz-BOT! | + | * [[Kraz-BOT!]] |
- | * Matrix Blaster | + | * [[Matrix Blaster]] |
- | * D-Con 4 | + | * [[D-Con 4]] |
* [[Tron]] | * [[Tron]] | ||
- | * Astro Gunner | + | * [[Astro Gunner]] |
- | * Intruder | + | * [[Intruder]] |
- | * Proton Bombers | + | * [[Proton Bombers]] |
- | * Code Wars | + | * [[Code Wars]] |
===== Non-Gaming Software ===== | ===== Non-Gaming Software ===== | ||
* [[Tron]] (security program) | * [[Tron]] (security program) | ||
* Millenium Proofer (Y2K repair tool) | * Millenium Proofer (Y2K repair tool) | ||
- | * Verbisware | + | * Verbisware (operating system) |
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+ | === Subsidiaries === | ||
+ | * [[Dumontshipping.com|Dumont Shipping]] | ||
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+ | === Partners === | ||
+ | * [[Mcclaskeyairstrip.com|McClaskey Airstrip]] |
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Encom is the world's largest manufacturer of computer software and video games. Founded by Dr. Walter Gibbs in 1972, Encom first emerged into the public eye in 1980, when testing of Alan Bradley's advanced computer security program Tron first began and Kevin Flynn's video games started a national arcade craze unlike any other before it. Flynn would take over as CEO in 1983, and by 1985 Encom had secured its position as number one in the industry. Flynn's mysterious disappearance in 1989 caused the company's stock to plunge, but Encom was able to rebuild itself by expanding into more fields in the industry, albeit at the cost of the innovative ideas that had marked the Kevin Flynn era.
[edit] Encom CEOs
- 1972-1979: Walter Gibbs
- 1979-1983: Ed Dillinger
- 1983-1989: Kevin Flynn
- 1989-1990: Alan Bradley
- 1990-present: Kurt Hardington
[edit] Products
[edit] Games
- Space Paranoids (Space Paranoids Online)
- Laser Maximus
- Arc Wars
- Gravitron X
- Vice Squad
- Kraz-BOT!
- Matrix Blaster
- D-Con 4
- Tron
- Astro Gunner
- Intruder
- Proton Bombers
- Code Wars
[edit] Non-Gaming Software
- Tron (security program)
- Millenium Proofer (Y2K repair tool)
- Verbisware (operating system)