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Dynamix, Inc.
Type	Public
Founded	1984
Headquarters	Eugene, Oregon, United States
Key people	Jeff Tunnell, Damon Slye: Founders
Industry	Interactive entertainment
Website	www.dynamix.com

This article is about Dynamix, a defunct video game developer. For the sport and recreational center in Poznań, Poland, see Dynamix (Poznan).

Dynamix, Inc. was an American developer of computer games from 1984 to 2001, best known for their flight simulator, Red Baron, the Front Page Sports series and their online multiplayer game, Tribes.

The company was founded in Eugene, Oregon in 1984 by Jeff Tunnell and Damon Slye. Their first title, Stellar 7, was released before company founding and was later re-released with the Dynamix name on it. They made a number of games for the Commodore 64, among them Project Firestart which was one of the most atmospheric titles for the C64.

In the following years, Dynamix created a line of action games for Electronic Arts, including one of the first games for the Commodore Amiga, Arctic Fox. Later titles were developed for Activision. After self-publishing their games for a short while, in 1990 Dynamix was bought by Sierra On-Line.

Once part of Sierra, Dynamix created some of their most famous games, including a line of adventures and flight simulations that included Red Baron and The Adventures of Willy Beamish. They also created the puzzle game The Incredible Machine, along with the spinoff Sid & Al's Incredible Toons. Another successful product line was the Front Pages Sports series, designed by Pat Cook and Allen McPheeters which included Football, Baseball, and Golf. Versions of Red Baron and Front Page Sports Football were included as part of the ImagiNation Network.

In 1994, the first game in a new series called MetalTech was released, a giant robot combat game with similarities to the BattleTech universe and games. This series resulted in two Earthsiege games and eventually Starsiege. As a side development of the Starsiege game, the successful Tribes series was created. Dynamix also created Outpost 2: Divided Destiny, the second game in Sierra's strategy/survival franchise, Outpost.

The Dynamix studio was closed by its parent company Sierra in August 2001, as part of Sierra's restructuring under Vivendi Universal. Several veterans of the studio (including Tunnell), however, stayed in Eugene and founded a new studio / electronic publisher, GarageGames.

Main article: Torque Game Engine

Some of the core Dynamix members started GarageGames, an independent-friendly engine developer and game publisher. They negotiated an agreement with Sierra for the source code to the Tribes 2 game engine. After reworking the code, GarageGames released it as V12 but were soon told that an engine already had the name so it was then called the Torque Game Engine (or TGE). The source code for TGE, a professional-grade 3D engine, is available to nearly anyone for fees starting at USD$100.

"Stellar 7" 1990 re-release title screen

• Stellar 7 — (1982) (Action, Simulation) (Amiga, DOS)
• Skyfox — (1984) (Action, Simulation) (only Amiga and Macintosh ports)
• Championship Baseball — (1986) (Sports) (Atari ST, ZX Spectrum)
• Arctic Fox — (1986) (Action, Simulation) (Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, ZX Spectrum)
• GBA Championship Basketball: Two-on-Two — (1986) (Sports) (Amiga)
• Skyfox II: The Cygnus Conflict — (1987) (Action) (Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS)
• The Train: Escape to Normandy — (1988) (Action, Simulation) (DOS)
• Abrams Battle Tank — (1988) (Simulation) (DOS)
• Pete Rose Pennant Fever — (1988) (Sports) (DOS)
• Caveman Ugh-Lympics — (1988) (Sports) (Commodore 64, DOS, NES)
• Motocross — (1989) (Racing/Driving, Simulation) (DOS)
• MechWarrior — (1989) (Action, Simulation) (DOS)
• A-10 Tank Killer — (1989) (Simulation) (Amiga, DOS)
• Ghostbusters II — (1989) (Action) (DOS)
• Deathtrack — (1989) (Action, Racing / Driving) (DOS)
• Die Hard — (1989) (Action, Adventure) (Commodore 64, DOS)
• David Wolf: Secret Agent — (1989) (Action, Racing/Driving) (DOS)
• Project Firestart — (1989) (Action, Adventure) (Commodore 64)
• Red Baron — (1990) (Simulation) (Amiga, DOS, Macintosh)
• Rise of the Dragon — (1990) (Adventure) (Amiga, DOS, Sega CD, Macintosh)
• The Adventures of Willy Beamish — (1991) (Adventure) (Amiga, DOS, Sega CD)
• Nova 9: Return of Gir Draxon — (1991) (Action) (Amiga, DOS)
• Heart of China — (1991) (Action, Adventure) (Amiga, DOS)
• Red Baron: Mission Builder — (1992) (Simulation) (DOS)
• WWII: 1946 — (1992) (Simulation) (DOS, Windows 3.x)
• Aces of the Pacific — (1992) (Simulation) (DOS, Windows 3.x)
• Sid & Al's Incredible Toons — (1993) (Strategy) (DOS)
• The Incredible Machine — (1993) (Strategy) (3DO, DOS)
• Classic Power Compilation — (1993) (Adventure, Simulation, Strategy) (DOS)
• Betrayal at Krondor — (1993) (Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)) (DOS)
• Alien Legacy — (1993) (Adventure, Strategy) (DOS)
• Space Quest V: The Next Mutation — (1993) (Adventure) (DOS)
• Front Page Sports: Football — (1993) (Simulation, Sports) (DOS)
• Front Page Sports: Football Pro — (1993) (Simulation, Sports) (DOS)
• Aces Over Europe — (1993) (Action, Simulation) (DOS)
• Take a Break! Pinball — (1993) (Action) (Windows 3.x)
• Metaltech: Earthsiege — (1994) (Simulation) (DOS)
• Metaltech: Earthsiege Speech Pack — (1994) (Simulation) (DOS)
• Front Page Sports: Baseball '94 — (1994) (Simulation, Sports) (DOS)
• Bouncers — (1994) (Action, Sports) (Sega CD)
• Metaltech: Battledrome — (1995) (Simulation) (DOS)
• Command: Aces of the Deep — (1995) (Action, Simulation, Strategy) (Windows)
• Aces: The Complete Collector's Edition — (1995) (Simulation) (DOS, Windows, Windows 3.x)
• The Incredible Machine 3 — (1995) (Strategy) (Windows, Windows 3.x)
• Earthsiege 2 — (1995) (Action, Simulation) (Windows, Windows 3.x)
• Aces of the Deep Expansion Disk — (1995) (Simulation) (DOS, Windows, Windows 3.x)
• Silent Thunder — (1996) (Action, Simulation) (Windows, Windows 3.x)
• Mission Force: Cyberstorm — (1996) (Simulation, Strategy) (Windows)
• Front Page Sports: Trophy Bass 2 — (1996) (Simulation, Sports) (Windows, Windows 3.x)
• 3-D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night — (1996) (Action) (Windows, Windows 3.x)
• Front Page Sports: Trophy Bass 2 - Northern Lakes — (1997) (Sports) (Windows, Windows 3.x)

Red Baron 3D boxart

Tribes 2 (2001) screenshot

• Red Baron II — (1997) (Simulation) (Windows)
• Front Page Sports: Trophy Rivers — (1997) (Educational, Sports) (Windows, Windows 3.x)
• Aces: Collection Series — (1997) (Action, Simulation) (DOS, Windows, Windows 3.x)
• Red Baron With Mission Builder — (1997) (Simulation) (DOS)
• Outpost 2: Divided Destiny — (1997) (Strategy) (Windows)
• Sierra Pro Pilot — (1997) (Simulation) (Windows)
• 3-D Ultra NASCAR Pinball — (1998) (Action) (Windows)
• Starsiege — (1998) (Action, Simulation) (Windows)
• Starsiege: Tribes — (1998) (Action, Strategy) (Windows)
• Cyberstorm 2: Corporate Wars — (1998) (Strategy) (Windows)
• Pro Pilot '99 — (1998) (Simulation) (Windows)
• Red Baron 3-D — (1998) (Simulation) (Windows)
• Field & Stream: Trophy Bass 3D — (1999) (Simulation, Sports) (Windows)
• Tribes Action Pack — (1999) (Action) (Windows)
• Curse You! Red Baron — (1999) (Simulation) (Windows)
• RC Racers II — (2000) (Racing/Driving) (Windows)
• Tribes 2 — (2001) (Action, Simulation) (Linux, Windows)
• The Incredible Machine: Even More Contraptions — (2001) (Strategy) (Windows)

• Rap sheet at MobyGames
• Dynamix website