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Game Story
''Game Story'' is a Czech documentary series that maps history of video game development in the Czech Republic. All 10 episodes were released on 6 April 2024. It was originally announced as Bitová Generace (Bit Generation). The series starts with 1980s video gaming in the Czech Republic focusing on František Fuka and Golden Triangle which also included Miroslav Fídler a Tomáš Rylek. The series then shows 1990s Brno gaming community where Jarek Kolář and Petr Vlček formed Pterodon Software creating first major adventure games. They later continued development under Petr Vochozka's company. The series also shows 1990s gaming community and video gaming journalism in 1990s. Major focus is on creation of various major video game titles such as Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, Mafia (video game), Mafia, Samorost, Euro Truck Simulator, Factorio or Beat Saber. Episodes References External links Official websiteIMDB site {{Authority control 2024 Czech televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The Czech Republic has a hilly landscape that covers an area of with a mostly temperate Humid continental climate, continental and oceanic climate. The capital and largest city is Prague; other major cities and urban areas include Brno, Ostrava, Plzeň and Liberec. The Duchy of Bohemia was founded in the late 9th century under Great Moravia. It was formally recognized as an Imperial Estate of the Holy Roman Empire in 1002 and became Kingdom of Bohemia, a kingdom in 1198. Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526, all of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown were gradually integrated into the Habsburg monarchy. Nearly a hundred years later, the Protestantism, Protestant Bohemian Revolt led to the Thirty Years' War. After the Battle of White ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IVysílání
iVysílání is a streaming platform operated by Czech Television. It provides viewers with access to a wide range of television programmes produced by Czech Television, as well as films and shows licensed to the network. All content can be streamed for free, including live broadcasts of Czech Television channels. History At the end of the 20th century, Czech Television began to trial live internet broadcasting, initially only news programmes. At that time, internet broadcasting did not yet bear the name iVysílání. The beta version of iVysílání launched in 2009. iVysílání was launched in 2009, but it was still significantly different from its later form. Users had the option to play one of the programmes from the archive or watch a live broadcast, but it had to be an original production of Czech Television. There were three different video qualities to choose from: low, medium and TV. TV quality video had a bit rate of 1.5 Mb/s. It was also possible to choose one of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
František Fuka
František Fuka (pronounced ; born 9 October 1968) is a Czech computer programmer and musician. He works as a film translator, preparing English-language movies for Czech release. He is known also as a film critic, publicist and commentator. František Fuka is one of the pioneers of blogging in the Czech Republic. His website ''FFFilm'' gradually became one of the important sources among Czech film sites. The newspaper Lidové noviny ranked him among the top six influential personalities of the Czech internet in 2004. Until 2023, František Fuka was a member of one of the oldest-running Czech radio podcasts, ''Odvážné palce''. Life František Fuka was born on 9 October 1968 in Prague. Games for ZX Spectrum Fuka developed several video games for the ZX Spectrum with the Czechoslovak programming group Golden Triangle. As a member of the group, he was introduced in 2016 to the Czech video game Hall of Fame. Fuka has also been noted as an influence on other Slovak game developer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarek Kolář
Jaroslav Kolář (born November 8, 1977)Commercial register at justice.cz, identification number (IČ) 25513648, PTERODON, s.r.o., the Articles (in Czech ''společenská smlouva'') were signed on 17 October 1997 is a Czech video game designer and producer. In the early 1990s, he enjoyed playing LucasArts adventure games, especially '' Indy III'' and '' Monkey Island I''.Haquel P. Tickwa, ''Na hraní už nemáme čas'', Excalibur 36, page 6 (interview with Petr Vlček and Jaroslav Kolář) While studying at the secondary school ''Gymnázium Slovanské náměstí'' in Brno, he met programmer Petr Vlček and they together created a parody of ''Monkey Island'' where Guybrush ( transcribed as Gájbraš) had to escape from an island inhabited by donkeys.Petr Ticháček, Jarek Kolář o počátcích CZ herní scény', 21. June 2000, bonusweb.idnes.cz (interview with Jarek Kolář) His opponent was LeGek, a brother of LeChuck (with reference to the book '' Chuk and Gek'' by Arkady Gaidar a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cold War Crisis
''Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis'' () is a 2001 tactical shooter simulation video game developed by Bohemia Interactive Studio and published by Codemasters. Set during the Cold War in 1985, the game follows United States Armed Forces personnel in various combined arms roles as they combat a rogue Soviet Armed Forces field army invading the fictional island countries of Everon and Malden. ''Operation Flashpoint'' was released on June 22, 2001 in Europe and August 30, 2001 in North America to positive reviews from critics, who praised its realistic gameplay and depiction of modern warfare. The game was ported to the Xbox in October 2005 as ''Operation Flashpoint: Elite''. Two expansion packs, '' Operation Flashpoint: Red Hammer'' and '' Operation Flashpoint: Resistance'', were released in February and June 2002 respectively and follow differing perspectives surrounding the conflict on Malden and others on nearby islands. In 2005, developer Bohemia Interactive split from pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mafia (video Game)
''Mafia'' is a 2002 action-adventure game developed by Illusion Softworks and published by Gathering of Developers. The game was released for Windows in August 2002, and later Porting, ported to the PlayStation 2 and Xbox (console), Xbox in 2004. Set within the fictional USA, American city of Lost Heaven during the 1930s, the story follows the rise and fall of taxi driver-turned-Gangster, mobster Tommy Angelo within the Salieri crime family. ''Mafia'' received critical acclaim for the Windows version, with critics praising the game for its complex narrative and Realism (arts), realism, while the PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions both received mixed reviews. The game launched the Mafia (series), ''Mafia'' series, beginning with the first sequel, ''Mafia II'', which was developed by 2K Czech and released in August 2010. Hangar 13 developed an additional three entries in the series, namely the sequel ''Mafia III'', released in October 2016; a Video game remake, remake of the first ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |