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Action Forms
Action Forms Ltd. was a Ukrainian video game developer based in Kyiv. History Action Forms was founded by art director Yaroslav Kravchenko, lead Video game programmer, programmer Oleg Slusar, executive director Igor Karev, and deputy director Denis Vereschagin. Krevchenko and Slusar had been "addicted" to the game ''Doom (1993 video game), Doom'' and wanted to develop a similar game. After commencing work on a game engine for their game, ''Tron: The Hammer of War'', they brought in Karev and Vereschagin and formed Actions Forms in Kyiv in 1995. ''Tron: The Hammer of War'' was eventually renamed ''Chasm: The Rift'' and released in 1997. Subsequently, the company earned recognition as developer of the first three games in the Carnivores (series), ''Carnivores'' series. The company used their own game engine AtmosFear in every released game since ''Carnivores (video game), Carnivores''. In 2005, ''Vivisector: Beast Within'' and «Остров Сокровищ» (''Ostrov Sokrovisc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned, traded, exchanged privately, or Over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter. In the case of a closed corporation, there are a relatively small number of shareholders or company members. Related terms are closely-held corporation, unquoted company, and unlisted company. Though less visible than their public company, publicly traded counterparts, private companies have major importance in the world's economy. In 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for ($1.8 trillion) in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In 2005, using a substantially smaller pool size (22.7%) for comparison, the 339 companies on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treasure Island (1988 Film)
, director = David Cherkassky , producer = , writer = Yuri AlikovDavid Cherkassky , screenplay = , narrator = , story = , based_on = ''Treasure Island'' by Robert Louis Stevenson , starring = Armen DzhigarkhanyanYury Yakovlev , music = Volodymyr Bystryakov , cinematography = , editing = , animator = Radna Sakhaltuev , layout_artist = , background_artist = , color_process = , studio = Kievnaukfilm , distributor = Kievnaukfilm , released = , runtime = 107 minutes72 minutes (U.S.) , country = USSR , language = Russian , budget = , gross = , italic_title = ''Treasure Island'' (russian: Остров Сокровищ, translit=Ostrov Sokrovishch) is a Soviet two-part live-action/animated adventure comedy television film based on the 1883 novel with the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson. It was created by order of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Game Companies Established In 1995
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 broadcast, magnetic tape, optical discs, computer files, and network streaming. History Analog video Video technology was first developed for mechanical television systems, which were quickly replaced by cathode-ray tube (CRT) television systems, but several new technologies for video display devices have since been invented. Video was originally exclusively a live technology. Charles Ginsburg led an Ampex research team developing one of the first practical vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Game Development Companies
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 broadcast, magnetic tape, optical discs, computer files, and network streaming. History Analog video Video technology was first developed for mechanical television systems, which were quickly replaced by cathode-ray tube (CRT) television systems, but several new technologies for video display devices have since been invented. Video was originally exclusively a live technology. Charles Ginsburg led an Ampex research team developing one of the first practical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Video Game Companies Of Ukraine
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Defunct (no longer in use or active) may refer to: * ''Defunct'' (video game), 2014 * Zombie process or defunct process, in Unix-like operating systems See also * * :Former entities * End-of-life product * Obsolescence Obsolescence is the state of being which occurs when an object, service, or practice is no longer maintained or required even though it may still be in good working order. It usually happens when something that is more efficient or less risky r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PlayStation Portable
The PlayStation Portable (PSP) is a handheld game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on December 12, 2004, in North America on March 24, 2005, and in PAL regions on September 1, 2005, and is the first handheld installment in the PlayStation line of consoles. As a seventh generation console, the PSP competed with the Nintendo DS. Development of the PSP was announced during E3 2003, and the console was unveiled at a Sony press conference on May 11, 2004. The system was the most powerful portable console when it was introduced, and was the first real competitor of Nintendo's handheld consoles after many challengers such as Nokia's N-Gage had failed. The PSP's advanced graphics capabilities made it a popular mobile entertainment device, which could connect to the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3, any computer with a USB interface, other PSP systems, and the Internet. The PSP also had a vast array of multimedia features su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinosaur Hunter
''Dinosaur Hunter'' or ''Dinosaur Hunters'' may refer to: * '' Dennis the Menace: Dinosaur Hunter'', a 1987 TV film. * ''Dinosaur Hunters'' (documentary), a 1996 National Geographic documentary about the 1990s AMNH expeditions led in the Gobi Desert by paleontologists Mike Novacek and Mark Norell Mark Allen Norell (born July 26, 1957) is an American paleontologist, acknowledged as one of the most important living vertebrate paleontologists. He is currently the chairman of paleontology and a research associate at the American Museum of Na .... * ''Dinosaur Hunters'' (video game), a 1996 video game. * '' Turok: Dinosaur Hunter'', a 1997 video game. * ''Turok: Dinosaur Hunter'', a 1993 comic book series on which the video game was based. {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventures Of Captain Wrongel
''Adventures of Captain Wrongel'' (russian: Приключения капитана Врунгеля, translit. ''Priklyucheniya kapitana Vrungelya'') is a 1976-1979 Soviet Cutout animation-Traditional musical adventure animation comedy miniseries by David Cherkassky, Kievnauchfilm, loosely based on the novel with the same name by . The series consists of 13 episodes, of which 1-3 were animated/filmed in 1976, 4-6 in 1977, 7-9 in 1978, and 10-13 in 1979. The book by Nekrasov was first published in the ''Pioneer'' magazine in 1937 (shortened, in the form of a comic). A full text publication was issued in 1939. The novel is a parody of the popular sailor tales of the 1930s and of stereotypes, then prevalent in the Soviet Union, of foreigners and foreign countries. The film received awards at Yerevan all-union film festival and the Czechoslovakia international TV film festival. The songs and music were performed by the soloists' ensemble of the State Symphony Orchestra of the UkSSR, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endangered Species
An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction. Endangered species may be at risk due to factors such as habitat loss, poaching and invasive species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List lists the global conservation status of many species, and various other agencies assess the status of species within particular areas. Many nations have laws that protect conservation-reliant species which, for example, forbid hunting, restrict land development, or create protected areas. Some endangered species are the target of extensive conservation efforts such as captive breeding and habitat restoration. Human activity is a significant cause in causing some species to become endangered. Conservation status The conservation status of a species indicates the likelihood that it will become extinct. Multiple factors are considered when assessing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice Age
An ice age is a long period of reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere. Ice Age may also refer to: Science * Last Glacial Period, the most recent glacial period (115,000 to 11,700 years ago) * Late Cenozoic Ice Age, the geologic period of the last 33.9 million years * Little Ice Age, a period of relative cold in certain regions from roughly 1450–1480 * Pleistocene, a geologic epoch, often colloquially referred to as the "Ice Age", that includes the world's most recent repeated glaciations (2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago) * Plio-Pleistocene, a geological pseudo-period * Quaternary glaciation, the geologic period of the last 2.58 million years Film and television * ''Ice Age'' (franchise), an American media franchise ** ''Ice Age'' (2002 film), the first film in the franchise ** '' Ice Age: The Meltdown'', a 2006 sequel ** '' Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs'', a 2009 sequel ** '' Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas'', a 2011 TV special ** '' Ice Age: Contine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnivores 2
''Carnivores 2'' is a first-person shooter video game developed by Action Forms and published by WizardWorks in North America on October 21, 1999. It is the sequel to the 1998 video game ''Carnivores'' and is the second in the ''Carnivores'' series. The source code became available on Assembla in 2013. Gameplay The DinoHunt Corporation continues to allow people to hunt dinosaurs on the planet FMM UV-32. After further exploration of the dinosaur planet, more islands have been opened to a growing number of customers. Gameplay is similar to the original ''Carnivores'', with some changes. At the start of the game, the player must register a hunter or continue with a saved hunter. The point of the game is similar to the previous ''Carnivores'' game: the player must hunt dinosaurs to get trophies and accumulate credits. A new hunter is given 100 credits. The player uses credits to select a hunting area, a dinosaur to hunt and a weapon to use. Levels include a forest, a jungle and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sleep Of Reason '', an etching by Francisco Goya
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(The) Sleep of Reason may refer to: * ''Sleep of Reason'' (album), a 2013 album by Raffertie * ''Sleep of Reason'', a 2005 album by The Eternal * ''The Sleep of Reason'' (Day novel), a novel by Martin Day based on the television series ''Doctor Who'' * ''The Sleep of Reason'' (Snow novel), the tenth book in C. P. Snow's ''Strangers and Brothers'' series * ''The Sleep of Reason'', a 2014 horror anthology edited by Spike Trotman See also * ''The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters ''The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters'' or ''The Dream of Reason Produces Monsters'' ( es, El sueño de la razón produce monstruos) is an aquatint by the Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco Goya. Created between 1797 and 1799 for the , it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
