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  • May 13: Vector Vendetta, the shooting game, has been upgraded to v2.3.
  • Mar 20: We officially join forces with Heroine's Quest.
  • Feb 23: Quest for Yrolg, the twisted adventure game, has been translated into German in v1.5.
  • Feb 15: Infinite Monkeys wins third place for Adventure Treff's Fanadventure of the Year.
  • Jan 10: Leylines expanded edition has been updated to v2.2.
  • Jan 7: Warthogs, the Harry Potter parody, has been translated into German in v1.5.

2009

  • Dec 9: Infinite Monkeys, the quirky adventure game, has been translated into German in v1.1.
  • Oct 12: Warthogs has been translated into Brazilian Portuguese in v1.4.
  • Oct 5: Vector Vendetta, the shooting game, has been upgraded to v2.2.
  • Oct 3: Quest for Yrolg has been translated into Portuguese in v1.4.
  • Sep 29: Leylines expanded edition v2.0 finally has its first release candidate.
  • Sep 26: SubTerra and SubTerra 2 are once again released for Linux.
  • Sep 16: Warthogs has been translated into Spanish in v1.3.
  • Sep 3: Quest for Yrolg has been translated into Spanish in v1.3, and has a Czech voice pack.
  • Aug 2: Vector Vendetta has been upgraded to the Vengeance Version, v2.0.
  • Jun 17: Root of all Evil, the short adventure game, has been upgraded to v1.1.
  • Jun 5: Quest for Yrolg, has been translated into French and Czech in v1.2.
  • Apr 8: Warthogs has been translated into French in v1.2.
  • Apr 5: SubTerra and SubTerra 2 have been upgraded to v2.6 and v1.4 respectively.
  • Feb 17: GameJolt does a feature on A Tale of Two Kingdoms.

2008

  • Dec 21: Quest for Yrolg, an adventure game with a twist, releases a voice pack in v1.1.
  • Dec 16: A Tale of Two Kingdoms releases a jukebox tool.
  • Nov 16: Vector Vendetta, the shooting game, has been upgraded to v1.1.
  • Sep 25: KATA, the surrealistic sequel to META, has been released.
  • Sep 2: Screen 7 awards Quest for Yrolg second place for Game of the Year 2008.
  • Jul 25: Vector Vendetta, a frantic shooting game, has been released.
  • Jun 16: Quest for Yrolg, an adventure game with a twist, has been released.
  • Mar 25: All download the Hypnotoad!
  • Feb 17: A Tale of Two Kingdoms wins the AGS Awards for best animation, sound, puzzles, and manual.
  • Feb 3: SubTerra has been upgraded to v2.5; Subterra 2 has been upgraded to v1.3.
  • Jan 12: Games for Windows magazine has a feature on A Tale of Two Kingdoms.
  • Jan 3: GamePro magazine has a feature on A Tale of Two Kingdoms.
  • Jan 2: Screen 7 names A Tale of Two Kingdoms the Game of the Year for 2007.

2007

  • Dec 1: SubTerra appears on TV, courtesy of Locomotion Films.
  • Nov 30: Crystal Shard participates in the 2007 Adventure Developers Online Conference.
  • Nov 24: SubTerra 2 has been upgraded to v1.2.
  • Nov 18: Warthogs, the Harry Potter parody, releases a voice pack in v1.1.
  • Nov 1: PC Zone magazine names A Tale of Two Kingdoms the Freeware Game of the Month.
  • Sep 24: Leylines offers a beta version of the expanded edition.
  • Sep 21: Root of all Evil, a short adventure game, has been released.
  • Sep 1: Pixel Hunt, a short joke game, has been released.
  • Aug 28: A Tale of Two Kingdoms has been upgraded to v1.2.
  • Aug 25: Adventure Europe offers to host A Tale of Two Kingdoms.
  • Aug 12: Our website has been revamped into the version you're looking at now.
  • Jul 29: Quest Fighter 2, a celebrity deathmatch of adventure protagonists, has been released.
  • Jul 15: A Tale of Two Kingdoms, an epic fairy tale adventure game, has been released.
  • Jul 10: CGempire offers to host A Tale of Two Kingdoms.
  • Jan 24: SubTerra 2 has been upgraded to v1.1.

2006

  • Dec 31: A Tale of Two Kingdoms shows a public demo of the introduction sequence.
  • Dec 28: SubTerra 2, a devious action/puzzle game, has been released.
  • Nov 28: Crystal Shard participates in the 2006 Adventure Developers Online Conference.
  • Nov 21: Warthogs, a short Harry Potter parody, has been released.
  • Aug 29: META has been upgraded to the "Cuppit shuts the hell up" edition.
  • Jun 30: The MegaVerb GUI, an add-on for AGS, has been released.
  • Jun 30: Infinite Monkeys, a graphic adventure game for the 5-year MAGS anniversary, has been released.
  • Apr 14: Our website on Crystalshard.net has been revamped.
  • Apr 1: Quest Fighter is released by Mortal Wombat.
  • Mar 13: A Tale of Two Kingdoms has a trailer movie available.

2005

  • Dec 8: META, an AGS meta-game, has been released, featuring Cuppit the Mighty Blue Cup!
  • Nov 24: MOTLPAA, an experiment in 3-d mazes, has been released.
  • Jun 8: SubTerra 2 releases a playable beta version, with a slight lack of levels.
  • May 12: SubTerra is re-released as promotion for Caravel Games.
  • May 10: Caravel Games offers to host us, on our own domain crystalshard.net.
  • Apr 1: Hero of Infamous Kingdoms, an April Fools joke, has been released.

2004

  • Dec 29: A Tale of Two Kingdoms releases a three-room public demo.
  • Oct 13: Our website has been revamped on Geocities.
  • Aug 6: SubTerra is now available as freeware.
  • Jul 27: King's Quest III+ releases its first beta version; the game was last updated in october.
  • Apr 20: King's Quest 2½ releases a short demo; the game was abandoned in december.
  • Apr 19: Radiant FontEdit, a tool for AGS, has been released.
  • Mar 22: Gamethoughts offers to publish Leylines.
  • Feb 24: Leylines has been upgraded to v1.3.

2003

  • Dec 28: Leylines, a fantasy turn-based strategy game, has been released.
  • Dec 19: Binary People offers to publish SubTerra and Leylines.
  • Dec 1: SubTerra has been upgraded to v2.2.
  • Nov 22: Our website on Liacs has been revamped.
  • Apr 27: Home of the Underdogs gives a Top Dog award to SubTerra.
  • Apr 1: SubTerra has been upgraded to the Remastered Edition, v2.0.
  • Mar 1: SubTerra is now available for Linux as well.
  • Feb 2: Home of the Underdogs gives a Top Dog award to Block-O-Mania.

2002

  • Jul 26: Leylines is first available as a public alpha version.
  • Jul 16: SubTerra has been upgraded to v1.3.
  • Feb 28: The prototypical Crystal Shard website launches on Liacs.

2001


Previous millennium

  • 2000: Hollow Earth, the predecessor to Leylines, releases a short playable demo.
  • 2000: Homeland, a role-playing game, has been released by DragonLore.
  • 1999: The Creativity Abounds website launches on Liacs.
  • 1999: Simplex, a pen-and-paper role playing system, has been released.
  • 1998: ADVance, a text adventure engine, has been released.
  • 1996: ElfQuest, an RPG based on the popular comic, releases a short demo game.
  • 1995: My original Archmage page launches on Geocities (then called GeoPages).
  • 1989: Block-O-Mania, a puzzle game, has been released over BBS.

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