Heroes Of Might And Magic IV
''Heroes of Might and Magic IV'' is a Turn-based strategy, turn-based strategy game developed by Gus Smedstad through New World Computing and published by the 3DO Company for Microsoft Windows-based personal computers in 2002. A Macintosh Porting, port was subsequently developed by Contraband Entertainment and released by the 3DO Company. The fourth installment of the popular ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' franchise, it is the sequel to ''Heroes of Might and Magic III'', and was the last to be developed by New World Computing. Gameplay ''Heroes of Might and Magic IV'' introduced a number of major changes to the series. There are six town types, and this time each has an ideological alignment: Life (Haven), Nature (Preserve), Chaos (Asylum), Death (Necropolis), Order (Academy), and Might (Stronghold). Apart from Might, which is neutral, each alignment is friendly to two others and antagonistic to two others. Heroes Unlike previous games, where they had little active role in co ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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New World Computing
New World Computing, Inc. was an American video game developer and video game publisher, publisher founded in 1984 by Jon Van Caneghem, his wife, Michaela Van Caneghem, and Mark Caldwell. It was best known for its work on the ''Might and Magic'' role-playing video game series and its spin-offs, especially ''Heroes of Might and Magic''. The company was purchased by and became a division of The 3DO Company on July 10, 1996 from NTN Communications, after NTN purchased New World Computing for $10 million in stock. Amidst financial hardship, the 3DO Company laid off a large portion of the staff of New World Computing on April 15, 2002. While a smaller, core staff remained at New World Computing, the 2003 in video gaming, following year saw little improvement in parent 3DO's situation, and the company filed for Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code, Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in May of that year. Before dissolving later that year, 3DO sold the rights to the ''Might and Magic ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Heroes Of Might And Magic III
''Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia'' (commonly referred to as ''Heroes of Might & Magic 3'', or ''Heroes 3'', or abbreviated HoMM 3) is a turn-based strategy game developed by Jon Van Caneghem through New World Computing originally released for Microsoft Windows by The 3DO Company in 1999. Its ports to several computer and console systems followed over the next year. The third installment of the '' Heroes of Might and Magic'' series'','' the game was released to universal acclaim and is regarded as a cult classic. The game received two expansion packs, '' Armageddon's Blade'' and '' The Shadow of Death''. The original game and both expansions were repackaged in 2000 as ''Heroes III Complete''. The Heroes 3 engine (with its expansions) was also used as the basis for the '' Heroes Chronicles'' spinoff series, which was released in eight episodic installments from September 2000 to June 2001. The ''Chronicles'' releases were not expansions themselves, b ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lich
In fantasy fiction, a lich () is a type of undead creature with magical powers. Various works of fantasy fiction, such as Clark Ashton Smith's " The Empire of the Necromancers" (1932), had used ''lich'' as a general term for any corpse, animate or inanimate, before the term's specific use in fantasy role-playing games. The more recent use of the term '' lich'' for a specific type of undead creature originates from the 1976 ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game booklet ''Greyhawk'', written by Gary Gygax and Rob Kuntz. Often such a creature is the result of a willful transformation, as a powerful wizard skilled in necromancy who seeks eternal life uses rare substances in a magical ritual to become undead. Unlike zombies, which are often depicted as mindless, liches are sapient revenants, retaining their previous intelligence and magical abilities. Liches are often depicted as holding power over lesser mindless undead soldiers and servants. A lich’s most commonly dep ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Genie
GEnie (General Electric Network for Information Exchange) was an online service provider, online service created by a General Electric business, GEIS (now GXS Inc., GXS), that ran from 1985 through the end of 1999. In 1994, GEnie claimed around 350,000 users. Peak simultaneous usage was around 10,000 users. It was one of the pioneering services in the field, though eventually replaced by the World Wide Web and graphics-based services, most notably AOL. Early history GEnie was founded by Bill Louden on October 1, 1985 and was launched as an ASCII text-based service by GE's Information Services division in October 1985, and received attention as the first serious commercial competition to CompuServe. Louden was originally CompuServe's product manager for Computing, Community (forums), Games, eCommerce, and email product lines. Louden purchased DECWAR source code and had ''MegaWars'' developed, one of the earliest multi-player online games (or MMOG), in 1985. The service was ru ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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For Blood And Honor
For or FOR may refer to: English language *For, a preposition *For, a complementizer *For, a grammatical conjunction Science and technology * Fornax, a constellation * for loop, a programming language statement * Frame of reference, in physics * Field of regard, in optoelectronics * Forced outage rate, in reliability engineering Other uses * Fellowship of Reconciliation, a number of religious nonviolent organizations * Fortaleza Airport (IATA airport code), an airport in Brazil * Revolutionary Workers Ferment (''Fomento Obrero Revolucionario''), a small left communist international * Fast oil recovery, systems to remove an oil spill from a wrecked ship * Field of Research, a component of the Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification * FOR, free on rail, a historic form of international commercial term or Incoterm * "For", a song by Dreamcatcher from '' Apocalypse: Save Us'', 2022 See also * 4 (other) 4 is a number, numeral, and digit. 4 or four may ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Heroes Of Might And Magic IV Town Screen
Heroes or Héroes may refer to: * Hero, one who displays courage and self-sacrifice for the greater good Film * ''Heroes'' (1977 film), an American drama * ''Heroes'' (2008 film), an Indian Hindi film Gaming * ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' or ''Heroes'', a series of video games *''Heroes of the Storm'' or ''Heroes,'' a 2015 video game * ''Heroes'' (role-playing game) (1979) * ''Sonic Heroes'', a 2003 video game in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchise Literature * ''Heroes'' (book series), short novels and plays intended for young boys * ''Heroes'' (comics), a 1996 comic book by DC Comics * ''Heroes'' (novel), a 1998 novel by Robert Cormier * ''Heroes'' (play), a translation by Tom Stoppard of ''Le Vent Des Peupliers'' by Gérald Sibleyras * '' Heroes: Saving Charlie'', a 2007 novel based on the American TV series ''Heroes'' * ''Heroes'', a role-playing game magazine by Avalon Hill * ''Heroes'', a 2018 collection of stories from ancient Greek mythology by Stephen Fry ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Heroes Chronicles
''Heroes Chronicles'' is an episodic series of level packs for ''Heroes of Might and Magic III'', a turn-based strategy video game. Eight installments were released from September 2000 to June 2001, developed by Jon Van Caneghem through New World Computing and published by the 3DO Company. ''Heroes Chronicles'' tells the story of Tarnum, an immortal hero with a tragic destiny, who is shifted through time by the Ancestors to various battles and eras in the history of Antagarich. Intended for newcomers to the franchise, they are low difficulty campaigns that were marketed at a reduced price, and do not require the original game to play. Two of the ''Chronicles'' chapters- ''The World Tree'' and ''The Fiery Moon'', were freely available as downloads from the 3DO website at the time, to players who already owned a number of the commercially released chapters. ''Chronicles reception was mixed as it was perceived as a cash-grab, and lacked the main game's multiplayer support. The comple ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Standalone Software (other)
Standalone software may refer to: * Computer programs that can work offline, i.e. does not necessarily require network connection to function * Software that is not a part of some bundled software * A program that run as a separate computer process, not an add-on of an existing process * Standalone program, a program that does not require operating system's services to run * A portable application, which can be run without the need for installation procedure * Stand-alone expansion pack An expansion pack, expansion set, supplement, or simply expansion, is an addition to an existing role-playing game, tabletop game, video game, collectible card game or miniature wargame. An expansion may introduce new rules or game mechanics th ..., expansion packs that do not require the original game See also * Standalone (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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MobyGames
MobyGames is a commercial website that catalogs information on video game A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, game controller, controller, computer keyboard, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual fe ...s and the people and companies behind them via crowdsourcing. This includes nearly 300,000 games for hundreds of platforms. The site is supported by banner ads and a small number of people paying to become patrons. Founded in 1999, ownership of the site has changed hands several times. It has been owned by Atari SA since 2022. Site features Edits and submissions go through a leisurely verification process by volunteer "approvers". This can range from immediate (minutes) to gradual (days or months). The most commonly used sources are the video game's website, packaging, and credit screens. There is a published standard for game information and copyediting. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Might And Magic IX
''Might and Magic IX'' is a role-playing video game, the last developed by New World Computing for Microsoft Windows and released in 2002 by The 3DO Company. It is the sequel to ''Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer''. It is the first to feature a significant game engine overhaul since 1998's ''Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven''. Powered by the Lithtech engine, it was also the first game in the series to feature fully 3D computer graphics, three-dimensional graphics. During production, it was known by the working title of ''Might and Magic IX: Writ of Fate'', and it is usually referred to by that title by fans of the series. The music soundtrack is by Paul Romero, Paul Anthony Romero, Rob King and Steve Baca. Gameplay ''Might and Magic IX'' features a Role-playing game#Game mechanics, party of four player characters, each of whom is selected at the start of the game. Each character has six statistical attributes: might, magic, endurance, accuracy, speed, and luck, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Sword Of Frost
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'') ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Heroes Of Might And Magic IV Status Screen
Heroes or Héroes may refer to: * Hero, one who displays courage and self-sacrifice for the greater good Film * ''Heroes'' (1977 film), an American drama * ''Heroes'' (2008 film), an Indian Hindi film Gaming * ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' or ''Heroes'', a series of video games *''Heroes of the Storm'' or ''Heroes,'' a 2015 video game * ''Heroes'' (role-playing game) (1979) * ''Sonic Heroes'', a 2003 video game in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchise Literature * ''Heroes'' (book series), short novels and plays intended for young boys * ''Heroes'' (comics), a 1996 comic book by DC Comics * ''Heroes'' (novel), a 1998 novel by Robert Cormier * ''Heroes'' (play), a translation by Tom Stoppard of ''Le Vent Des Peupliers'' by Gérald Sibleyras * '' Heroes: Saving Charlie'', a 2007 novel based on the American TV series ''Heroes'' * ''Heroes'', a role-playing game magazine by Avalon Hill * ''Heroes'', a 2018 collection of stories from ancient Greek mythology by Stephen Fry ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |