Brief history of ALTAR interactive
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ALTAR interactive is a sister company of ALTAR publishing, the creator and publisher of the most successful fantasy role-playing game in the Czech Republic, Dragon's Lair, and other fantasy and board games.

In 1997 the partners of ALTAR publishing decided to capitalize on the wealth of contacts and expertise from hobby games and founded ALTAR interactive. After the "warm-up" that took form of a light-hearted puzzle game Fish Fillets (1998), the company proceeded to undertake a major project, Original War (2001). This real-time strategy game was distributed worldwide by Virgin Interactive/Titus Entertainment and has won critical acclaim at all territories.

Our most recent project is small squad tactical combat game with an alien twist, UFO: Aftermath (2003). It uses a custom 3D engine capable of generating endlessly changing landscapes, features an innovative simultaneous turn-based system, and combines the global strategy management with small-scale tactical missions.

Our company is devoted exclusively to games development. We want to develop innovative games that are thrilling, exciting, and beautiful, but most importantly, fun to play.

Completed projects:

UFO: Aftermath (2003)
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UFO: Aftermath combines deep global strategy with tense tactical missions, weaving them together with a compelling storyline and a richly strategic, RPG-like approach to each soldier's attributes and skills.
Main features:
In UFO: Aftermath you have to cope with the role of the Earth's last hope, the commander of the last, scattered humans left on the planet. It is up to you to guide your forces through the planet's time of crisis, and overcome the alien threat. Gameplay highlights include:

o Simultaneous turn-based combat: combines the best of the real-time and turn-based combat systems;
o Randomly generated tactical missions: each playing field is unique, no two games are the same;
o Strong RPG elements: your soldiers will improve as they gain more experience, allowing you to educate specialists like snipers, medics, and many more;
o Intricate, rich, and frighteningly alien setting displayed in full 3D.

Praise for UFO: Aftermath:

"Unterm Strich ist UFO: Aftermath ein sensationell komplexes, höchst spannendes Taktikspiel von epischer Dauer und mit knackigem Schwierigkeitsgrad."
4Players, 86/100

"Velmi dùstojné pokraèování UFA, za které se autoøi rozhodnì nebudou stydìt."
Doupì, 8/10

"Hell, one of the reasons this review has taken so long to write is that I can't stop playing."
ESCmag, 9/10

"Ich finde es zwar nach wie vor schade dass ich keine Gebäude betreten kann und die taktische Tiefe eines "UFO: Enemy Unknown" nicht ganz erreicht wird, aber trotzdem hat UFO:AM meine Erwartungen erfüllt und ist ganz klar eines DER Taktik-Spiele dieses Jahres."
GameNova, 85/100

"In a market saturated by mediocre Command and Conquer iterations and empire building epics, UFO: AM is both a revelation and a refreshing shock to the system; truly a game on two levels."
Gamer Nation, 90%, Gold Award

"Jestli jsme si nìjak pøedstavovali pokraèování oblíbené série taktických strategií, tak právì takhle."
GameStar, 84/100

"All-in-all, UFO: Aftermath is an excellent strategy game. Its fluid joining of several play types into one game helps to give it a fresh look that should appeal to real-time, turn-based and squad-based strategy fans."
GameVortex, 8.5/10

"Anyone looking for a deep tactical RTS would do well to check out UFO: Aftermath."
GameZone UK, 8.5/10

"Jezeli jarales sie kiedykolwiek UFO, to naprawde musisz zagrac w Kolejne Starcie."
Gry Interia, 8.5/10

"Do rúk sa nám dostala vel'ká vzácnost' - špièková zábava, ktorá sa len tak neomrzí, elegantná grafika a reálne zvuky..."
hry.PC.sk, 9/10

"To sum things up, if you can remember the original UFO (X-Com) titles that you should find this game just as enjoyable."
Icronticgames, 88%, Gold Award

"W sumie okreslilbym nowa inkarnacje UFO jako produkcje bardzo udana, która godnie podtrzymuje tradycje swietnych poprzednikow. Ladna, zgrabna, pelna swietnych pomyslow - zapewni dobra rozrywke na dlugie jesienno-zimowe wieczory."
Imperium Gier, 9/10

"Luckily, Aftermath gets better with every passing moment."
PC Zone UK, 82%, Essential Award

"V pøípadì pøímého srovnání s UFO: Enemy Unknown, kterému se prostì nešlo vyhnout, dopadlo UFO: Aftermath vcelku pøíznivì. Kdyby nedošlo ke zjednodušení managementu základen, bylo by výsledné hodnocení možná ještì vyšší."
Tiscali Games, 85/100

"Vynikající hra, která plynulým zpùsobem navazuje na tradici milované série UFO."
Score, 86/100

"Nachdem die letzten Titel der Reihe in eine andere Richtung gingen, warteten die Fans bislang vergebens auf einen würdigen Nachfolger."
withingames.net, 8.5/10, TOP Silber Award

Legend of Dragon's Lair (2003)
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Fantasy game for the biggest mobile operator in Czech Republic, Eurotel, started on July 1st, 2003 and become very popular among players, who demand more new features every day. The game occurs in Eurotel's TOP10 most popular games regularly!

Original War (2001)
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A unique blend of real-time strategy and role-playing, Original War puts the player in charge of either American or Russian forces, fighting over the deposits of a precious mineral. Innovative game mechanics, multiply branched missions structure, and unique and memorable characters are but some of the highlights of the game. It was published and distributed by Virgin/Titus in Europe, US and Japan.

Praise for Original War:

"If you simply must have a strategy game on your shopping list for your next batch of games buying, make sure Original War is on it."
8/10, GameSpot UK

"A creative, innovative, fresh twist on real-time tactical gaming."
88/100, GameSpy

"Overall as a RTS title, Original War is pretty impressive - it's got unequalled levels of playability, and stacks of features which really should have been exploited year sago."
8/10, GamesPaper

"Original War may not be up there in terms of cutting-edge 3D engine real-time strategy technology, but what it does have is a mountainous abundance of gameplay tomore than make up for it."
8/10, PC Gameplay

Fish Fillets (1998/2002 freeware)
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Fish Fillets is strictly a puzzle game. The goal in each one of the seventy levels is always the same: find a safe way out. The fish utter witty remarks about their surroundings, the various inhabitants of their underwater realm, quarrel among themselves or comment on the efforts of your fish.

Fish Fillets was released as a freeware in December 2002 and downloaded by dozens of thousands people from all over the world through the Internet. Fish Fillets was cover-mounted by magazines like GameStar, Level or PC World (and others) and thus was released on more that 200,000 CDs!