Video games in the Czech Republic
[9] The first games were developed in Czechoslovakia during the late 1970s as part of experimentation with Czechoslovak computers SM 52/11 (minicomputer version of PDP-11).
Some games were competitive such as Dělostřelba (Cannonade) in which player had to count the trajectory of his cannon shot to hit his rival.
Text adventures were very popular, accounting for more than half of the total output of Czechoslovak programmers.
During this period, the company Vochozka Trading was established, which first distributed games for Amiga computers, such as Světák Bob.
The game was not successful; however, in 1994 Vochozka Trading released the first Czech commercial games for PC, two adventure titles – Tajemství Oslího ostrova (Donkey Island) and 7 dní a 7 nocí (Seven Days and Seven Nights).
This was followed by adventures like Dračí Historie (Dragon History, the first Czech dubbed game on CD, 1995), Gooka (the first Czech game on Windows, 1997), Horké léto (Hot Summer, 1997) and DreamLand: Final Solution (1999).
Among the most widespread Czech logical DOS games were also Vlak (Train, 1993), Achtung, die Kurve!
[14][15][16][17] More notable games by Illusion Softworks include Flying Heroes (2000), Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven (2002) and Vietcong (2003).
In 2008 American publisher Take-Two Interactive acquired Illusion Softworks and renamed it to 2K Czech.
The dark adventure Black Mirror from 2003 was a great success abroad, but two more sequels have already been made in Germany.
Bohemia Interactive became the most successful Czech developer with its worldwide bestseller[18] Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis and the series of ARMA games, first released in 2006.
The success of Bohemia Interactive is regarded as having overshadowed other independent development studios.
[16][19][20] Czech development studios such as Amanita Design along with their Machinarium from 2009, Altar Games with its Original War and UFO series and SCS Software with its Euro Truck Simulator were established in these years.
In July 2011, several people formerly of 2K Czech and Bohemia Interactive opened Warhorse Studios, which produced Kingdom Come: Deliverance (2018).
[25] MU Game Studies is an association composed of Masaryk University students and graduates.
Command & Conquer takes place in Central Europe and some missions occur within the country's borders.
In Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, the title character is sent to save kidnapped Czech scientist Dr. Kio Marv.
One part of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, occurred in Prague-inspired city with Czech signs and Vltava-inspired Volta River.
One character, Smoke (real name Tomas Vrbada), in Mortal Kombat is also Czech originating from Prague.
In Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, a huge part of the story takes place in cyberpunk Prague, where the mix of modern architecture and historical building is very apparent from each other.
