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Aspyr Media, Inc. (pronounced /əˈspaɪər/) is an Austin, Texas based company that specializes in porting Windows games to Mac OS. It has been in business since 1996, and as of 2003 owns 60 percent of the Mac entertainment market. Aspyr has worked with partners like Universal, Paramount, Warner Bros., LucasArts, Electronic Arts, Activision and Eidos.
In recent years, it has begun porting console games to Windows and Game Boy Advance and publishing games, such as Wideload's Stubbs the Zombie in "Rebel Without a Pulse", for Mac OS, Windows, and the Xbox. In addition, Aspyr has produced and distributes several albums and documentaries.
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Copy protection
Aspyr used SecuROM copy protection on PC game discs, such as in Stubbs the Zombie and Dreamfall.
Copy Protection-Free Era
As of the year 2009, Aspyr have published DRM-free games such as:
- Men of War
- Death Track: Resurrection
- Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason
- NecroVisioN
- 4x4 Hummer
- Defense Grid: The Awakening
- Death to Spies: Moment of Truth
- XIII Century: Gold
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