1987
GemStone (I) demoed to GEnie under Simutronics' pre-incorporation name "Crystal Blade"
October 23, 1987
Simutronics incorporated in Virginia
April 1988
GemStone ][ opens on GEnie
September 1988
Orb Wars contract with GEnie signed
December 1, 1989
GemStone III Open Beta on GEnie
February 1, 1990
GemStone III officially launches on GEnie
August, 1990
GemCon (I) in St. Louis
August, 1992
CyberStrike demoed to GEnie
February, 1993
CyberStrike opens on GEnie
June, 1993
(related news) GEnie drops prices
1993
CyberStrike wins award for first "Online Game of the Year" from Computer Gaming World magazine
Simutronics signs with Time Warner for Modus Operandii
Development of GSIV (later renamed to DragonRealms) begins
June, 1993
GEnie's peak as online service (115K total customers, 2000 simultaneous users)
March, 1994
Simutronics moves into new office at 800 First Capitol Drive
1994
GemStone III converted from Mark III to UNIX
Simutronics signs contract with Microprose to do online version of Magic: The Gathering
November, 1994
CyberStrike offered retail via Microprose
June 1, 1995
Modus Operandi goes into beta on GEnie
Fall 1995
Magic contract with Microprose goes *poof*
GemStone III De-ICEd, opens on AOL
February 1, 1996
DragonRealms opens on Genie
May 1, 1996
Simutronics moves to new office: 1500 Wall Street
June 3, 1996
DragonRealms Open Beta on AOL
July 2, 1996
Simutronics signs contract with CompuServe
July 25, 1996
DragonRealms live on AOL
October 15, 1996
DragonRealms opens on Prodigy
December 1, 1996
AOL switches to flat-rate pricing
Simutronics customers' hours per month go from 750,000 -> 2 Million!
December, 1996
GemStone III and DragonRealms are the top two titles (hours/month) in industry
GemStone III does over 1.4 Million hours in one month, with over 2000 simultaneous users
May 29, 1997
SimuCon ][ convention takes place near St. Louis airport
July 3, 1997
Simutronics website opens: http://www.play.net
September 4, 1997
Simutronics & Universal announce Hercules & Xena game
November 1997
Sony & Simutronics announce CyberStrike 2
April 1998
Hercules & Xena: Alliance of Heroes goes live
December 1998
CyberStrike 2 opens
January 25, 1999
DragonRealms Province IV released (Maritime Expansion)
September 1999
SimuCon 99 at King Henry VIII Hotel
September 25, 1999
First GS3 Radio Broadcast
October 1, 1999
(related news) Prodigy Classic online service shuts down
Fall 99
GS3 portal on CompuServe shut down
October 15, 1999
Simutronics listed as #295 on Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing private companies in the country
December 27, 1999
(related news) Genie closes its doors
January 2000
First GS3 character portrait pack goes into the game (Werlin, Thuunk, Crenshaw, Dazee, Declanne, Dorren, Miah, Witcheaven, Jadow, Iscikella)
February 1, 2000
GemStone III's 10-year anniversary
February 3, 2000
First DragonRealms character portrait goes into the game
August 28, 2000
Simutronics opens Stratics IRC chat rooms
September 1, 2000
BloodLust opens in DR Platinum
October 23, 2000
(related news) ex-partner Iron Crown Enterprises files for bankruptcy
January 20, 2001
VegasCon 2001. Fan-organized, about 400 attendees!
June 7-10, 2001
SimuCon 2001 at St. Louis Airport Hilton
September 5, 2001
eScape Web FE goes beta in all IFE games
September 11, 2001
WTC & Pentagon Attacks
September 12, 2001
Simutronics Crisis Center Launched
October 1, 2001
Web 2.0 & eScape go live
October 18, 2001
Platinum prices drop from 50ドル to 10ドル extra
February 25, 2002
DragonRealms Fallen goes live (5ドル added subscription, or free for Platinum)
February 28, 2002
Announcement goes out that base price will go up from 9ドル.95 to 12ドル.95 in April. (affects all games except CyberStrike Classic)
June 2002
SimuCon 2002 at the Hilton, first year with a live band and dancing
June 5-8, 2003
SimuCon 2003 at the Westport Sheraton, first year with karaoke, Radio Free SimuCon and wireless access. New and improved Hero's Journey engine is demoed to the attendees, and betatest applications distributed
June 10, 2003
GemStone IV goes into alpha testing
July 23, 2003
Hercules & Xena: Alliance of Heroes game officially changes name to Alliance of Heroes
September 15, 2003
GemStone IV begins first phase of beta testing
October 6, 2003
GemStone IV goes into open beta
November 21, 2003
GemStone IV officially launches, along with new version of play.net website and new StormFront Front End.
June 2004
SimuCon 2004 at the Westport Sheraton
November 2004
GemStone IV Paladin Expansion
June 2005
SimuCon 2005 at Westport Sheraton
March 2006
New HeroEngine product announced at GDC
May 2006
Hero's Journey demo-ed at E-3
June 2006
"UnofficialCon" aka SimuCon-Lite, at Westport Sheraton
August 2006
Bioware becomes first licensee for HeroEngine
March 2007
Three more HeroEngine licensees: Virgin/Trianit, Colony Studios, and Stray Bullet Games
July 26-29, 2007
SimuCon 2007 at Doubletree St. Louis Westport
February 2008
IT Territory licenses HeroEngine for new MMORPG
August 8-10, 2008
SimuCon 2008 at Westport Sheraton
June 23-28, 2009
SimuCon 2009, Westport Plaza Chalet
May 28, 2010
Simutronics moves from St. Charles Wall Street office to Maryland Heights Millwell Drive office (different parts of St. Louis)
May/June 2010
Simutronics sells its HeroEngine division to European company Idea Fabrik
July 7-11, 2010
SimuCon 2010, Westport Plaza Chalet
October 19, 2010
Fantasy University opens on Facebook
February 2011
Fantasy University opens on Kongregate
July 2011
Simutronics hosts St. Louis Game Jam
August 3-7, 2011
SimuCon 2011 at Sheraton Westport Plaza Hotel
September 2011
Tiny Heroes released on iOS
April 2012
Simutronics hosts St. Louis Game Jam
April 30, 2012
Fantasy University closes its doors
August 1-5, 2012
SimuCon 2012 at Sheraton Westport Lakeside Chalet
August 2012
Simutronics hosts St. Louis Game Jam
August 2012
One Epic Knight released on iOS
April 2013
Spring 2013 St. Louis Game Jam hosted at Simutronics offices
May 2013
One Epic Knight released on Android
September 2013
Fall 2013 St. Louis Game Jam
September 27-29, 2013
SimuCon/UnCon, Sheraton Westport Chalet
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