Malfador Machinations launched itself onto the gaming scene through the shareware days of the mid-nineties, releasing the sci-fi 4X title Space Empires II in 1995 (Space Empires I was never publicly released) to a very positive response. Since then several subsequent Space Empires titles were released, along with a trip to the fantasy genre with Dungeon Odyssey. Malfador Machinations is based in Santa Rosa, California.