Klik - History of Click

History of Click

The products in the Click series are listed below; inside the brackets are the approximate years of release, publishers, and other relevant information. The list is as follows:

  • Klik & Play (1994: Maxis in the US, Europress in Europe, and Ubisoft in France – 1996: Portuguese edition distributed by MSD Multimídia in Brazil, this edition was released with a video cassette of a soccer class. More recently, a version of the product was released called "K&P For Schools", which comes with a license restricting it to educational use);

Klik 'n' Play was designed and part programmed by François Lionet, the creator of AMOS Basic on the Amiga, and STOS Basic on the Atari.

  • Click & Create (1996-1998: Corel);
  • The Games Factory (1996: Europress in Europe, Australia, and China – 1998: Europress Brasil in Brazil - 2002: Xplosiv unboxed. TGF is a cut-down version of Click & Create);
  • Multimedia Fusion 1.0 (1998: IMSI in various countries. Although not generally sold in Brazil, a free copy of this product was made available on a cover-CD which was attached to the 21st issue of a Brazilian magazine called PC Master in 2001);
  • Multimedia Fusion Express (1999: IMSI, re-release of Click & Create);
  • Multimedia Fusion 1.2 (2000: IMSI/Clickteam, only available from internet shop);
  • The Games Factory Pro (2000: re-release of The Games Factory with a different distribution agreement. This program came free with issues 161 and 162 of PC Format Magazine, along with a tutorial on how to use it. This was as part of the GameMaker supplement, which when a magazine in its own right during late 2003 also contained a copy of TGF Pro);
  • Multimedia Fusion 1.5 (2001: IMSI/Clickteam, only available from internet shop - 2004: Also available through SoftwareToGo in America and from Tiger Direct);
  • Multimedia Fusion Pro (2002: IMSI/Clickteam, only available from internet shop - 2004: Also available through SoftwareToGo in America and from Tiger Direct);
  • The Games Factory 2 (June 30, 2006: Initially to be sold only at their online shop);
  • Multimedia Fusion 2 (June 30, 2006: Initially to be sold only at their online shop);
  • Multimedia Fusion 2 Developer (June 30, 2006: Initially to be sold only at their online shop);

Interestingly, the first few hundred copies of Click & Create were sold as “Klik and Create” by Europress. Furthermore, the unreleased versions of MultiMedia Fusion were titled “Click and Create 2”, which may have been the name given to the product as part of a mass-transfer of distribution rights, this transfer resulted in IMSI gaining rights to many Corel products. Similarly, The Games Factory was originally going to be released as “Klik & Play 2”. The distributors of these products had the final say in the naming processes, and decided on the new titles for various reasons.

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