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Adventure Soft
Adventure Soft, previously Horror Soft, was a British video game developer established by Mike Woodroffe, first as an importer and reseller of Adventure International games. The firm operates out of Sutton Coldfield, and is best known for the ''Simon the Sorcerer'' series of games. Adventure Soft Publishing Ltd. In the beginning Adventure Soft operated out of Birmingham, converting the Adventure International games by Scott Adams to run on microcomputers found in the United Kingdom market which were not currently supported. Adventure Soft employed Brian Howarth, the author of the '' Mysterious Adventures'' series. After a time the rate of release of games by Adventure International slowed and the company began to write other games using the same system. The first and perhaps most successful of these was ''Gremlins – The Adventure'' (1984) based on the film ''Gremlins''. 1985 saw the release of a game based on the television series ''Robin of Sherwood''. By 1986 Adventure I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private 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] |
Ian Livingstone
Sir Ian Livingstone (born 29 December 1949) is an English fantasy author and entrepreneur. Along with Steve Jackson, he is the co-founder of a series of role-playing gamebooks, ''Fighting Fantasy'', and the author of many books within that series. He is also one of the co-founders of prominent games company Games Workshop. Early life Livingstone attended Altrincham Grammar School for Boys, where, according to him, he only earned one A-level, in Geography. He has kept his close links with the school and has visited it on numerous occasions, including to donate money for a refurbishment of the ICT suite, and to present awards to GCSE recipients in 1998. Career Games Workshop Livingstone co-founded Games Workshop in early 1975 with flatmates John Peake and Steve Jackson. They started publishing a monthly newsletter, ''Owl and Weasel'', and sent copies of the first issue to subscribers of the recently defunct fanzine ''Albion''; Brian Blume received one of these copies, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Personal Nightmare
''Personal Nightmare'' is a horror adventure game developed and published by Horror Soft for the Amiga, Atari ST and MS-DOS in 1989. It was released digitally by Adventure Soft on July 2, 2009 on GOG.com. Plot The game focuses on a town where The Devil has invaded and the player has four days to eliminate all possessed citizens (led by a witch and a vampire) and finally purge the evil by defeating the Devil himself before he can take over. Gameplay The game makes use of a combination of text-based commands, clickable verbal commands and clickable objects to progress. A compass indicates which directions the player can travel. Much of the game's movement and actions are real-time based so there is a day and night cycle. The player's inventory can be viewed in the respective menu. There are many encounters that can kill the player (ideally at night time) unless the player performs a proper action to avoid them. Newer versions of the game omitted the encounters where the players ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amiga
Amiga is a family of personal computers introduced by Commodore in 1985. The original model is one of a number of mid-1980s computers with 16- or 32-bit processors, 256 KB or more of RAM, mouse-based GUIs, and significantly improved graphics and audio compared to previous 8-bit systems. This includes the Atari ST—released earlier the same year—as well as the Macintosh and Acorn Archimedes. Based on the Motorola 68000 microprocessor, the Amiga differs from its contemporaries through the inclusion of custom hardware to accelerate graphics and sound, including sprite (computer graphics), sprites and a blitter, and a pre-emptive multitasking operating system called AmigaOS. The Amiga 1000 was released in July 1985, but production problems kept it from becoming widely available until early 1986. The best-selling model, the Amiga 500, was introduced in 1987 along with the more expandable Amiga 2000. The Amiga 3000 was introduced in 1990, followed by the Amiga 500 Plus, and Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
He-Man
He-Man is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the sword and planet ''Masters of the Universe'' franchise, which includes a toy line, several animated television series, comic books and a feature film. He-Man is characterized by his superhuman strength and in most variations, is the alter ego of Prince Adam. He-Man and his friends attempt to defend the secrets of Castle Grayskull, the planet Eternia, and the rest of the universe from the evil forces of his archenemy Skeletor. The character was created by designer Roger Sweet, who intentionally created the character in such a way for him to be abstract and generic enough to be applied into any context and genre; Sweet also chose the name "He-Man" for being generic. Presenting three different versions of the figure to Mattel—including a soldier and a spaceman—the barbarian version of the character was chosen and developed into the character's current form. He-Man has achieved gay icon status and amassed an LGB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terraquake
''Masters of the Universe: Super Adventure'', also known as ''Masters of the Universe in Terraquake'', is an interactive fiction video game developed by Adventure Soft and published by U.S. Gold in 1986. The game is part of the Masters of the Universe media franchise. The game was adapted for the BBC Micro, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum home computers. References External links * Masters of the Universe: Super Adventureat MobyGames MobyGames is a commercial website that catalogs information on video games 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 ... * {{Masters of the Universe 1980s interactive fiction 1986 video games Adventure Soft games BBC Micro and Acorn Electron games Commodore 64 games Interactive fiction based on works Masters of the Universe video games Single-player video games U.S. Gold games Video games developed in the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supergran
''Super Gran'' is a fictional series about a grandmother with super powers. Initially a series of books written by Forrest Wilson, a children's television show was adapted by Jenny McDade and produced by Tyne Tees Television for Children's ITV. The title character was played by Gudrun Ure, with Iain Cuthbertson as her nemesis, The Scunner Campbell. It originally ran from 1985 to 1987. Two series, each consisting of thirteen episodes, were produced, alongside a Christmas special. All episodes have been released on DVD by Network. The show inspired two computer games. Premise An elderly grandmother, Granny Smith (Gudrun Ure), acquires superpowers when she is accidentally hit by a magic ray created by Inventor Black ( Bill Shine). In the guise of 'Super Gran', she protects the residents of the fictional town of Chiselton from villains such as Roderick 'Scunner' Campbell (Iain Cuthbertson) and his gang, The Muscles ( Alan Snell and Brian Lewis) and Tub (Lee Marshall, Jason Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tynesoft
Tynesoft Computer Software was a software developer and publisher in the 1980s and early 1990s. History The company was originally set up in 1983 to release educational software but soon moved into the video games market on which it concentrated for most of its time. It developed numerous games for a wide variety of 8-bit micros, particularly those less well catered for by other publishers such as the Commodore 16, BBC Micro and Atari 8-bit. They also had a budget label, Micro Value, that issued compilations, reissues and some original games. They had most success with their multi-load games such as ''Summer Olympiad'', ''Circus Games'' and ''Rodeo Games''. They also released licensed ports to smaller systems such as Software Projects' ''Jet Set Willy'' ( Atari 8-bit, Commodore 16/ Plus/4, BBC Micro and Acorn Electron), First Star Software's ''Boulder Dash'' (BBC, Electron) and ''Spy vs. Spy'' (C16/+4, BBC, Electron) and Mindscape's ''Indoor Sports'' (C16/+4, BBC, Electron). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kayleth
Kayleth is a first person adventure video game for the Commodore 64 and the ZX Spectrum that was developed and published by Adventure Soft. The game has cyberpunk Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a dystopian futuristic setting that tends to focus on a "combination of lowlife and high tech", featuring futuristic technological and scientific achievements, such as artificial intelligence and cyber ..., sci fi and photo adventure elements. Gameplay Players must use clues to change their playing methods during the game which involves figuring out an escape from their space cruiser (Kormar) in search for Kayleth. References External linksKayleth (World of Spectrum) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AberMUD
AberMUD was the first popular open source MUD. It was named after the town Aberystwyth, in which it was written. The first version was written in B by Alan Cox, Richard Acott, Jim Finnis, and Leon Thrane based at University of Wales, Aberystwyth for an old Honeywell mainframe and opened in 1987. The gameplay was heavily influenced by ''MUD1'', created by Roy Trubshaw and Richard Bartle at the University of Essex, which Alan Cox had played. In late 1988, ''AberMUD'' was ported to C by Alan Cox so it could run on Unix at Southampton University's Maths machines. This version was named ''AberMUD2''. In early 1989, there were three instances of ''AberMUD'' running in the UK, the Southampton one, one at Leeds University and a third at the IBM PC User Group in London, run by Ian Smith. In January 1989 Michael Lawrie sent a licensed copy of ''AberMUD3'' to Vijay Subramaniam and Bill Wisner, both American '' Essex MIST'' players. Bill Wisner subsequently spread ''AberMUD'' around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blizzard Pass (video Game)
''Blizzard Pass'' was the first solo adventure module for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. It was published by TSR in 1983 and used the ''Basic Rules''. Plot summary ''Blizzard Pass'' is a solo adventure for a thief level 1–3. The thief must cross Blizzard Pass, and then penetrate a cavern system within Blizzard Pass to free the other adventurers from a prison. The module also contains a short adventure for a party of characters level 2–3, dealing with the exploration of the Pass. Publication history ''Blizzard Pass'' was written by David Cook and published in 1983. Cook, David. ''Blizzard Pass'' ( TSR, 1983) Module M1 consisted of a 32-page booklet with an "invisible ink" pen attached to its outer folder and featured a cover by Tim Truman. ''Blizzard Pass'' is designed for use with the ''Basic Rules''. Hidden messages written in invisible ink are placed throughout the module in blank boxes. The module comes with a special pen which, when rubbed over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temple Of Terror (video Game)
''Temple of Terror'' is a video game published by Adventure Soft in 1987 for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. Gameplay ''Temple of Terror'' is an adaptation of the ''Fighting Fantasy'' gamebook, '' Temple of Terror''. Reception ''Zzap!64'' reviewed the game, rating it 35% overall, and stated that "I have to admit that they show very little advance in design or content over, for example, ''The Hulk'' - or even some of the earlier titles like ''Adventureland''. Come on boys, we're in the Infocom Age, not the Stone Age ..." Reviews *''Crash!'' (Jul, 1987) *''Commodore Computing International'' (Sep, 1987) *''Computer and Video Games'' (Aug, 1987) *''Your Sinclair'' (Aug, 1987) *''Sinclair User ''Sinclair User'' was a magazine dedicated to the Sinclair Research range of home computers, most specifically the ZX Spectrum (while also occasionally covering arcade games). Initially published by ECC Publications, and later EMAP, it was publi ...'' (Jul, 1987) References {{reflist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
