First held at the Respawn Game Developer Conference in Cologne in 2013

1. Where do we come from?
100 of the most important &
influential German games
Ralf C. Adam
Virgin Lands GmbH

2. This lecture was first held in August 2013 at the Respawn
Conference in Cologne/GERMANY. The presentation is actually
the 1st part of my speech “Where do we go from here”. It may
not include all original materials shown during the speech
(pictures, videos etc.) and is solely meant as a summary and
handout. All copyrights of presented materials belong to their
respective owners.

3. • Ralf C. Adam
• Managing Director - Virgin Lands 3D Graphics & Animation
• >29 years old
• >20 years in the Games Industry
• Contributed to >80 games
• Tutor at Games Academy in Berlin & Frankfurt
• Hobbys: Movies, Games, Gadgets, Soccer, Karaoke
About myself

5. This is list is a very subjective
summary and makes no claim to
be complete or exhaustive
Source of Pics: MobyGames, PC-Games and other Websites.
All trademarks are the property of their respective owners!

6. Ports of Call (Aegis International)
1987

7. The great Giana Sisters (RainbowArts)
1987

8. Katakis (RainbowArts)
1988

9. BundesligaManager (Kron/Software 2000)
1990

10. M.U.D.S. (RainbowArts)
1990

11. Turrican (RainbowArts/Factor5)
1990

12. Battle Isle (Blue Byte)
1991

13. BundesligaManager Professional (Kron/Software 2000)
1991

14. Mad TV (RainbowArts)
1991

15. Apidya (Kaiko)
1992

16. Patrizier (Ascon)
1992

17. DSA – Die Schicksalsklinge (Attic)
1992

18. Ambermoon (Thalion)
1993

19. Anstoss (Ascon)
1993

20. Die Siedler (Blue Byte)
1993

21. Lionheart (Thalion)
1993

22. Battle Isle 2 (Blue Byte)
1994

23. Magic of Endoria (German Design Group/Sunflowers)
1994

24. Mr. Nutz (NEON)
1994

25. Pizza Connection (Software 2000)
1994

26. Albion (Blue Byte)
1995

27. Chewy – ESC from F5 (Blue Byte)
1995

28. Die Siedler 2 (Blue Byte)
1995

29. Die verrückte Rally (Blue Byte)
1995

30. Die Fugger 2 (Sunflowers/4Head)
1996

31. DSA – Schatten über Riva (Attic)
1996

32. Elizabeth (Ascon)
1996

33. Schleichfahrt (Blue Byte)
1996

34. Tunnel B1 (NEON)
1996

35. Extreme Assault (Blue Byte)
1997

36. Have a N.I.C.E. day (Synetic)
1997

37. Incubation (Blue Byte)
1997

38. Anno 1602 (Max Design/Sunflowers)
1998

39. Die Siedler 3 (Blue Byte)
1998

40. Emergency (16Tons)
1998

41. Urban Assault (Terratools)
1998

42. Airline Tycoon (Spellbound)
1998

43. Panzer Elite (Wings Simulations)
1999

44. X – Beyond the frontier (Egosoft)
1999

45. Anstoss 3 (Ascon)
2000

46. Cultures (Funatics)
2000

47. Thandor (Planet 4/Innonics)
2000

48. America – No peace beyond the line (Related Designs)
2001

49. AquaNox (Massive Development)
2001

50. Desperados (Spellbound)
2001

51. Gothic (Piranha Bytes)
2001

52. RTL Skispringen (VCC/49Games)
2001

53. Wiggles (SEK)
2001

54. Die Gilde (4Head)
2002

55. Gothic 2 (Piranha Bytes)
2002

56. OGame (Gameforge)
2002

57. AquaNox 2 (Massive Development)
2003

58. Project Nomads (Radon Labs)
2003

59. Spelforce – The order of Dawn (Phenomic)
2003

60. Yager (Yager)
2003

61. Townsmen (Handy Games)
2003

62. Port Royale 2 (Ascaron)
2004

63. Sacred (Studio 2/Ascaron)
2004

64. Söldner (Wings Simulations)
2004

65. Far Cry (Crytek)
2004

66. Die Stämme (InnoGames)
2004

67. Travian (Travian Games)
2004

68. Ankh (Deck 13)
2005

69. Legend of Kay (NEON)
2005

70. Sea Fight (BigPoint)
2005

71. Anno 1701 (Related Designs)
2006

72. Darkstar One (Ascaron)
2006

73. Die Gilde 2 (4Head)
2006

74. Geheimakte Tunguska (Fusionphere)
2006

75. ParaWorld (SEK)
2006

76. Spellforce 2 (Phenomic)
2006

77. FIFA Fußball Manager 07 (Bright Future)
2006

78. BiteFight (Gameforge)
2006

79. Crysis (Crytek)
2007

80. Jack Keane (Deck 13)
2007

81. DSA - Drakensang (Radon Labs)
2008

82. Edna bricht aus (Daedelic)
2008

83. Sacred 2 (Studio 2/Ascaron)
2008

84. Ikariam (Gameforge)
2008

85. Wurzelimperium (Upjers)
2008

86. BattleForge(EA Phenomic)
2009

87. Book of unwritten Tales (KingArt)
2009

88. Farmerama (BigPoint)
2009

89. Anno 1404 (Related Designs)
2009

90. Risen (Piranha Bytes)
2009

91. Bubble Island (Wooga)
2010

92. Siedler Online (Blue Byte/Ubisoft)
2010

93. Crysis 2 (Crytek)
2011

94. Drakensang Online (BigPoint)
2011

95. Galaxy on Fire 2 (Fishlabs)
2011

96. Goodgame Empire (Goodgame)
2011

97. The great Jitters – Pudding Panic (kunst-stoff)
2011

98. Anno 2070
2011

99. Tiny Wings (Andreas Illiger)
2011

100. Chaos auf Deponia (Daedelic)
2012

101. Forge of Empires (InnoGames)
2012

102. Royal Revolt (flare keen)
2012

103. Spec Ops (Yager)
2012

104. Crysis 3 (Crytek)
2013

105. Landwirtschaftssimulator (Giants)
2013