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Frostbite (video Game)
''Frostbite'' is a 1983 action game designed by Steve Cartwright for the Atari 2600 and published by Activision in 1983. In the game a player controls Frostbite Bailey, who must hop across several ice floes to collect ice while avoiding falling in the water and avoiding the hazardous natural elements such Polar bear, polar bears and Snow goose, snow geese. Cartwright developed the game for Activision after making several other games for the company since 1982. It was the last game he made for the Atari 2600. While critics often compared the game to ''Frogger'' and ''Q*bert'', Cartwright said he based it only on ''Frogger'' and had not played ''Q*bert'' before completing the game. Upon its release, some critics complimented the game's arcade-like action as being a novel twist on ''Frogger'' and ''Q*bert'', while others lamented that the game seemed out-of-date with its simple gameplay and was not as visually appealing as other Activision titles. ''Retro Gamer'' included the game i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Activision
Activision Publishing, Inc. is an American video game publisher based in Santa Monica, California. It serves as the publishing business for its parent company, Activision Blizzard, and consists of several subsidiary studios. Activision is one of the largest third-party video game publishers in the world and was the top United States publisher in 2016. The company was founded as Activision, Inc. on October 1, 1979, in Sunnyvale, California, by former Atari, Inc., Atari game developers upset at their treatment by Atari in order to develop their own games for the popular Atari 2600 home video game console. Activision was the first independent, third-party, console video game developer. The video game crash of 1983, in part created by too many new companies trying to follow in Activision's footsteps without the experience of Activision's founders, hurt Activision's position in console games and forced the company to diversify into games for home computers, including the acquisition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Activision Anthology
''Activision Anthology'' is a compilation of most of the Atari 2600 games by Activision for various game systems. It also includes games that were originally released by Absolute Entertainment and Imagic, as well as various homebrew games. The Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X versions are titled ''Activision Anthology: Remix Edition'', and include the most games. The PlayStation Portable version is titled ''Activision Hits Remixed''. The game features the original gameplay of the Atari 2600 emulated on modern systems. After achieving high scores in some of the games, the player can unlock special modes where the colors are distorted, or the game is projected on a rotating cube as added difficulty. ''Activision Anthology'' uses a virtual child's bedroom as the main menu. The player can select several viewpoints to check high scores, choose a video game cartridge from a rotating stand, change the background music on a virtual tape deck, or change game settings while being zoomed in o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atari 2600 Games
Atari () is a brand name that has been owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by French holding company Atari SA (formerly Infogrames) and its focus is on "video games, consumer hardware, licensing and blockchain". The original Atari, Inc., founded in Sunnyvale, California, United States in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, was a pioneer in arcade games, home video game consoles, and home computers. The company's products, such as ''Pong'' and the Atari 2600, helped define the electronic entertainment industry from the 1970s to the mid-1980s. In 1984, as a result of the video game crash of 1983, the assets of the home console and computer divisions of the original Atari Inc. were sold off to Jack Tramiel's Tramel Technology Ltd., which then renamed itself to Atari Corporation, while the remaining part of Atari, Inc. was renamed Atari Games Inc. In early 1985, Warner established a new corporation jointly with Namco subsequently named Ata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Activision Games
Activision Publishing, Inc. is an American video game publisher based in Santa Monica, California. It serves as the publishing business for its parent company, Activision Blizzard, and consists of several subsidiary studios. Activision is one of the largest third-party video game publishers in the world and was the top United States publisher in 2016. The company was founded as Activision, Inc. on October 1, 1979, in Sunnyvale, California, by former Atari game developers upset at their treatment by Atari in order to develop their own games for the popular Atari 2600 home video game console. Activision was the first independent, third-party, console video game developer. The video game crash of 1983, in part created by too many new companies trying to follow in Activision's footsteps without the experience of Activision's founders, hurt Activision's position in console games and forced the company to diversify into games for home computers, including the acquisition of Infocom. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Video Games
1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 6 – Pope John Paul II appoints a bishop over the Czechoslovak exile community, which the ''Rudé právo'' newspaper calls a "provocation." This begins a year-long disagreement between the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Vatican City, Vatican, leading to the eventual restoration of diplomatic relations between the two states. * January 14 – The head of Bangladesh's military dictatorship, Hussain Muhammad Ershad, announces his intentions to "turn Bangladesh into an Islamic state." * January 18 – United States Secretary of the Interior, U.S. Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt makes controversial remarks blaming poor living conditions on Indian reservation, Native American re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McFarland & Company, Inc
McFarland may refer to: People *McFarland (surname) Places in the United States *McFarland, California, a city *McFarland, Kansas, a city *McFarland, Missouri, a ghost town *McFarland, Wisconsin, a village Other uses * USS ''McFarland'' (DD-237), a US Navy destroyer *'' McFarland, USA'', a 2015 sports drama film *McFarland & Company McFarland & Company, Inc., is an American independent book publisher based in Jefferson, North Carolina, that specializes in academic An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tert ..., a publisher of nonfiction and academic books * McFarland Mall, a shopping center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama * McFarland standards, a scale for the measurement of turbidity in bacterial suspensions * McFarland incident, a 2000 toxic waste dumping in South Korea See also * MacFarland * McFarlan (other) * McFarlane (other) * Justice McFarland (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980–1999
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai, Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. 249) Deaths * Li Jue, Chinese warlord and regent * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Atari 2600 Games
The Atari 2600 is a home video game console released in September 1977. Sears licensed the console and many games from Atari, Inc., selling them under different names. Three cartridges were Sears exclusives. The list contains games, divided into three sections: #Games #Games published by Atari and Sears, published by Atari and Sears #Games #Games published by third parties, published by third parties ##Homebrew games, Hobbyist-developed games after the system was discontinued. The console was released with nine cartridges: ''Air-Sea Battle'', ''Basic Math (video game), Basic Math'', ''Blackjack (Atari 2600 video game), Blackjack'', ''Combat (video game), Combat'', ''Indy 500 (1977 video game), Indy 500'', ''Star Ship'', ''Street Racer (1977 video game), Street Racer'', ''Surround (video game), Surround'' and ''Video Olympics''. The final licensed Atari 2600 games released in North America were ''Ikari Warriors'', ''MotoRodeo'', ''Sentinel'', and ''Xenophobe (video game), Xeno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robot Tank
''Robot Tank'' is a first-person shoot 'em up written by Alan Miller for the Atari 2600 and published by Activision in 1983. It is similar in design to Atari, Inc.'s '' Battlezone'' tank combat arcade video game and more so to its 2600 port. ''Robot Tank'' adds different systems which can individually be damaged—instead of the vehicle always exploding upon being shot—and weather effects. Gameplay The player remotely controls a robot tank in 2019, using radar to find and destroy enemy robot tanks intent on reaching downtown Santa Clara, California, United States. The enemy is organized into squadrons of 12 tanks each. Defeating an enemy squadron adds a reserve tank to the initial three, to a maximum of 12. The game ends when all of the player's tanks are destroyed. As the player's tank is damaged, firepower and/or visual display capabilities are irreparably worsened. Enough damage eventually destroys a tank. Combat can take place at any time of day or night (displayed on-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Raid
''River Raid'' is a 1982 shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Activision for the Atari 2600. Designed by Carol Shaw, the player controls a fighter jet over the River of No Return in a raid behind enemy lines. The goal is to navigate the flight by destroying enemy tankers, helicopters, fuel depots and bridges without running out of fuel or crashing. Shaw had made games for Atari, Inc. before joining Activision and before working on ''River Raid''. Inspired by the game '' Scramble'' (1981), she set out to make a game that had a continuously scrolling screen. She had programmed and designed the game herself, occasionally getting advice from other Activision staff. ''River Raid'' was one of the best-selling games of 1983 and the second best-selling Atari 2600 video game of the year after '' Ms. Pac-Man''. It received year-end awards from ''The Video Game Update'' and the Arkie Awards. The game was ported to several other consoles and computers and received a seque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enduro (video Game)
''Enduro'' is a racing video game designed by Larry Miller for the Atari 2600 and published by Activision in 1983. The object of the game is to complete an endurance race, passing a certain number of cars each day to continue the next day. The visuals change from day to night, and there is occasional inclement weather. Miller previously wrote games for Apple computers and the Atari 2600, such as '' Spider Fighter'' for Activision. Influenced by his own experience of driving through California, Miller made the game in about three months with 100-hour weeks. ''Enduro'' was released for the Atari 2600 in May 1983 and later ported to the ZX Spectrum. It became the top-selling console game of the month by June 1983 and received positive reviews from publications like ''The Video Game Update'' and ''Games'', with both contemporary and retrospective reviews referring to it as the best racing game on the Atari 2600. Gameplay ''Enduro'' consists of maneuvering a race car in the National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electronic Fun With Computers & Games
''Electronic Fun with Computers & Games'' was a video game magazine published in the United States from November 1982 to May 1984. For the last two issues it was renamed ''ComputerFun''. Content The magazine was split up into the following sections: * Special Features * Regular Features * Equipment Reviews * Game Reviews * Departments Legacy The cover art for the November 1983 issue was used as the album art for the 1984 album '' Night Lines'' by Dave Grusin Robert David Grusin (born June 26, 1934) is an American composer, arranger, producer, jazz pianist, and band leader. He has composed many scores for feature films and television and has won numerous awards for his soundtrack and record work, incl .... References External links PDF issuesat archive.org at Digital Press Monthly magazines published in the United States Defunct video game magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 1982 Magazines disestablished in 1984 Defunct magazines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
