Stardock

Stardock Corporation is a software development company founded in 1991 and incorporated in 1993 as Stardock Systems, later known as Stardock.net. Stardock was initially developed for the OS/2 platform, but switched to Windows after the collapse of the OS/2 software market between 1997 and 1998. Most of their computer programs allow a user to modify or extend a graphical user interface, although they also develop and publish computer games, particularly turn-based strategy games. Stardock also runs TotalGaming.net, an online content delivery system for downloadable personal computer games, where subscribers are given tokens to buy games of their choice, with the option of purchasing more games with extra tokens.

Examples of games available with TotalGaming.net are:

• Galactic Civilizations and Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords
  Turn-based strategy games similar to Civilization, released in 1995 for OS/2 and 2003/2006 for Windows.
• O-R-B: Off-World Resource Base
  A 3D, real-time strategy game where players compete over the resources of an asteroid belt.
• Gish
  A 2D platform game with a ball of tar as the hero.
• The Corporate Machine (previously Entrepreneur, Business Tycoon)
  A 2D strategy game; players attempt to obtain a legal global monopoly in a given market, competing against an AI or other players.
• The Political Machine
  Players compete with the computer or online to become President of the United States.
• Uplink: Hacker Elite
  A game based around the concept of hacking computer systems