The Dreamers Guild

The Dreamers Guild was a North American video game publisher and developer that operated from 1988 until 1997 (since 1994 in Chatsworth, California).

The Dreamers Guild

Founded	1988; 37 years ago (1988)
Defunct	1997 (1997)
Key people	Robert McNally (president & co-founder) Walter Hochbrueckner (co-founder) Bradley W. Schenck (art department)
Number of employees	Over 100 (1997)

History

Authors Bryan Kritzell and David C. Logan reported that The Dreamers Guild was founded on an "open, consensus-driven" business model, in which employees voted to decide the company's corporate moves. It was based on the model of a guild.^[1] The company's art department was run by artist Bradley W. Schenck, who had previously created The Labyrinth of Time at Terra Nova Development.^[2] At final count, The Dreamers Guild employed over 100.

Employee Joe Pearce recalled that most of the Dreamers Guild's games were "a mixed bag success-wise." He cited Inherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb as a commercial flop, and called I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream "a modest seller."^[3] Halls of the Dead: Faery Tale Adventure II (1997) was The Dreamers Guild's final game before the company's closure. According to Retro Gamer, the developer "rushed out" the game before its bankruptcy.^[4] Pearce noted that "it barely got out the door."^[3]

Games

• Nick of Time – (unreleased)
• Skulls, Bones and Buccaneers – (unreleased)
• Halls of the Dead: Faery Tale Adventure II – 1997
• The Legend of Kyrandia: Malcolm's Revenge (port to Mac OS) – 1996
• Dinotopia Adventure Game for PC – 1996
• I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream – 1995
• FiefQuest – 1995
• The Labyrinth of Time (port to Mac OS) – 1995
• Inherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb – 1994
• Fast Action Paq – 1994
• Solitaire and Other Card Games – 1994
• Deluxe Music 2.0 – 1993
• The Legend of Kyrandia (port to Mac OS) – 1993
• More Vegas Games – 1993
• A-Train & A-Train Construction Set (port to AmigaOS and Mac OS) – 1993
• Robosport (port to AmigaOS) – 1992
• PGA Tour Golf (port to Mac OS) - 1991
• Faery Tale Adventure – 1990
• Ebonstar – 1988