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Fungus (video Game)
''Fungus'' is an auto-runner developed by Karl Hörnell and published by Interceptor Micros. It was released in 1986 for Commodore 64. The game revolves around a humanoid alien who is addicted to eating space mushrooms, and runs across other space islands to collect them while dodging hostile aliens who are trying to protect their island. The player can jump over gaps and move to the foreground or background of the screen to dodge things. ''Fungus'' is notable for being developed when Hörnell was still in high school, during which time he learned machine code to create his own Commodore 64 games, also handling the artwork himself. It was positively received by critics, who cited its graphics as impressive, and praised its gameplay, considering it above-average for a budget title. Development The game was developed while Hörnell was a student. Hörnell cited the theming around mushrooms because he "always found hemto be kind of cool". He implemented the isometric perspective ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Hörnell
Karl Hörnell (born April 26, 1970) is a programmer and cartoonist based in Sweden. He is best known for his work as a freelance video game developer during the 1980s and 1990s, during which time he was considered the most prominent member of Sweden's nascent game development industry. During a short but extremely prolific period in the 1980s, he created several widely-known Commodore 64 games from scratch for the Interceptor Micros Players label while still a teenager at school, including '' Velocipede II'' (1986) and ''Fungus'' (1986). While he had developed a mostly-complete C64 version of ''Fungus 2'', what he considered to be his magnum opus, by 1990, Interceptor refused to publish the game, citing the fact that they now only released multi-platform games. At this point, his Commodore 64 was no longer working properly, causing him to exit game development at the time, as he could not afford to replace it. He later self-published ''Iceblox'' (1996) and ''Iceblox Plus'' (2003) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retro Gamer
''Retro Gamer'' is a British magazine, published worldwide, covering Retrogaming, retro video games. It was the first commercial magazine to be devoted entirely to the subject. Launched in January 2004 as a quarterly publication, ''Retro Gamer'' soon became a monthly. In 2005, a general decline in gaming and computer magazine readership led to the closure of its publishers, Live Publishing, and the rights to the magazine were later purchased by Imagine Publishing. It was taken over by Future plc on 21 October 2016, following Future's acquisition of Imagine Publishing. History The first 18 issues of the magazine came with a coverdisk. It usually contained freeware remakes of retro video games and emulators, but also videos and free commercial PC software such as ''The Games Factory'' and ''The Elder Scrolls: Arena''. Some issues had themed CDs containing the entire back catalogue of a publisher, such as Durell Software, Durell, Llamasoft and Gremlin Graphics. On 27 September 2005, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Games About Extraterrestrial Life
Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media. Video was first developed for mechanical television systems, which were quickly replaced by cathode-ray tube (CRT) systems, which, in turn, were replaced by flat-panel displays of several types. Video systems vary in display resolution, aspect ratio, refresh rate, color capabilities, and other qualities. Analog and digital variants exist and can be carried on a variety of media, including radio broadcasts, magnetic tape, optical discs, computer files, and network streaming. Etymology The word ''video'' comes from the Latin verb ''video,'' meaning to see or ''videre''. And as a noun, "that which is displayed on a (television) screen," History Analog video Video developed from facsimile systems developed in the mid-19th century. Early mechanical video scanners, such as the Nipkow disk, were patented as early as 1884, however, it took several decades b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single-player Video Games
A single-player video game is a video game where input from only one player is expected throughout the gameplay. Video games in general can feature several game modes, including single-player modes designed to be played by a single player in addition to multi-player modes. Most modern console games, PC games and arcade games are designed so that they can be played by a single player; although many of these games have modes that allow two or more players to play (not necessarily simultaneously), very few actually require more than one player for the game to be played. The '' Unreal Tournament'' series is one example of such. History The earliest video games, such as '' Tennis for Two'' (1958), '' Spacewar!'' (1962), and '' Pong'' (1972), were symmetrical games designed to be played by two players. Single-player games gained popularity only after this, with early titles such as '' Speed Race'' (1974) and '' Space Invaders'' (1978). The reason for this, according to Raph Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction Video Games
Science is a systematic discipline that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the universe. Modern science is typically divided into twoor threemajor branches: the natural sciences, which study the physical world, and the social sciences, which study individuals and societies. While referred to as the formal sciences, the study of logic, mathematics, and theoretical computer science are typically regarded as separate because they rely on deductive reasoning instead of the scientific method as their main methodology. Meanwhile, applied sciences are disciplines that use scientific knowledge for practical purposes, such as engineering and medicine. The history of science spans the majority of the historical record, with the earliest identifiable predecessors to modern science dating to the Bronze Age in Ancient Egypt, Egypt and Mesopotamia (). Their contributions to mathematics, astronomy, and medicine entered and shaped the Gree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interceptor Micros Games
Interceptor may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''The Interceptor'', a British drama series on BBC One * ''Interceptor'' (game show), a British television game show that ran during 1989 * ''Interceptor'' (film), a 2022 film starring Elsa Pataky and Luke Bracey * "Angel Interceptor", a fictional aircraft piloted by the Angels in the 1967 TV series ''Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons'' ** "Falcon Interceptor", in ''New Captain Scarlet'' * SHADO Interceptor, a fictional type of military spacecraft in the TV series ''UFO'' * Pursuit Special or Last of the V8 Interceptors, a muscle car in the fictional ''Mad Max'' franchise * Turbo Interceptor, a fictional car in the 1986 film ''The Wraith'' * HMS ''Interceptor'', a fictional Royal Navy warship from the 2003 film '' Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'' Music * " Angel Interceptor", a 1995 song from the album ''1977'' by Ash Video games * ''Interceptor'', a 1976 video game by Taito, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commodore 64-only Games
Commodore may refer to: Ranks * Commodore (rank), a naval rank ** Commodore (Royal Navy), in the United Kingdom ** Commodore (India), in India ** Commodore (United States) ** Commodore (Canada) ** Commodore (Finland) ** Commodore (Germany) or ''Kommodore'' * Air commodore, a rank in the Royal Air Force and other Commonwealth air forces * Commodore (yacht club), an officer of a yacht club * Commodore (Sea Scouts), a position in the Boy Scouts of America's Sea Scout program * Convoy commodore, a civilian in charge of a shipping convoy during the Second World War Fiction * '' The Commodore'', a Horatio Hornblower novel by C. S. Forester * ''The Commodore'' (book), a novel in the Aubrey–Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian Music and music venues * Commodore Ballroom, a nightclub and music venue in Vancouver, British Columbia * Commodore Records, a jazz and swing music record label * Commodores, an American soul/funk band People * "The Commodore", the nickname of American entrepr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commodore 64 Games ...
{{short description, None This is a list of games for the Commodore 64 personal computer system, sorted alphabetically. See Lists of video games for other platforms. Because of the length of the list, it has been broken down to two parts: * List of Commodore 64 games (A–M) * List of Commodore 64 games (N–Z) See also * Commodore 64 Games System * Commodore 64 The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, is an 8-bit computing, 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7–10, 1982, in Las Vegas). It has been listed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Video Games
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal enter the European Community, which becomes the European Union in 1993. * January 11 – The Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges, Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, at this time the world's longest prestressed concrete free-cantilever bridge, is opened. * January 13–January 24, 24 – South Yemen Civil War. * January 20 – The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel. * January 24 – The Voyager 2 space probe makes its first encounter with Uranus. * January 25 – Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army Rebel group takes over Uganda after leading a Ugandan Bush War, five-year guerrilla war in which up to half a million people are believed to have been killed. They will later use January 26 as the official date ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnum Opus
A masterpiece, , or ; ; ) is a creation that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career or a work of outstanding creativity, skill, profundity, or workmanship. Historically, a "masterpiece" was a work of a very high standard produced by an apprentice to obtain full membership, as a "master", of a guild or academy in various areas of the visual arts and crafts. Etymology The form ''masterstik'' is recorded in English or Scots in a set of Aberdeen guild regulations dated to 1579, whereas ''masterpiece'' is first found in 1605, already outside a guild context, in a Ben Jonson play. ''Masterprize'' was another early variant in English. In English, the term rapidly became used in a variety of contexts for an exceptionally good piece of creative work, and was "in early use, often applied to man as the 'masterpiece' of God or Nature". History Originally, the term ''masterpiece'' referred to a piece of work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temple Run
''Temple Run'' is a 2011 endless runner video game developed and published by Imangi Studios. The player controls an explorer who has obtained an ancient relic and runs from demonic monkey-like creatures chasing them. The game was initially released for iOS devices on August 4, 2011, and later ported to Android systems on March 27, 2012 and Windows Phone 8 on March 27, 2013. The game was a commercial success with positive reviews from critics. The success of the game led to a sequel, '' Temple Run 2''. Collaborations with Disney/Pixar led to ''Temple Run: Brave'' and ''Temple Run: Oz'', and a third spin-off in development by Scopely titled, ''Temple Run: Treasure Hunters'' as a match-three video game. Temple Run also received activity books and a board game. The success of the game also inspired multiple games that copy ''Temple Run''s gameplay and branding. Gameplay In ''Temple Run'', the player controls either Guy Dangerous, an average explorer; Scarlett Fox, an esc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
