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Elektra Glide
''Elektra Glide'' is a futuristic motorcycle racing game developed by designer Adam Billyard for the Atari 8-bit family, Atari 8-bit, Amstrad CPC, and Commodore 64 home computers. It was published in 1985 by English Software. Mastertronic also published the game in the US. Gameplay The objective of ''Elektra Glide'' is to stay on the track, and reach the tunnel leading to the start of the next section before time runs out. Many strange obstacles stand in the way of achieving this goal, such as spinning prisms, bouncing globes, and airships that drop columns in the player's path. There are three different zones to race across: America, Australia and the British mainland with each zone having different landscape graphics. Reception ''Elektra Glide'' was a commercial success in Europe, selling around forty to fifty thousand units. The game received very positive reviews in the contemporary press. Computer and Video Games reviewer praised the game and rated it as "the second best A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Whittaker (video Game Composer)
David Whittaker (born 24 April 1957 in Bury, England) is known for numerous video game music which he wrote in most of the 1980s and early 1990s, for many different formats. Career He is known for some of the work he produced in the late 1980s/early 1990s. While making music, he often programmed music directly, instead of using any music composition tools, using just a "machine code monitor"—and then an 'assembler' system/program—including SuperSoft's and then Commodore's tools. Commodore 64 was the format that he composed for most frequently. He was more impressed with the Amiga's more developed technical sound capabilities, but used a few of the same instrument sounds, in several of his works, for Amiga. These days, he works mostly in the field of computer game sound effects and voices rather than music. Although he does not compose much at present, he is still involved in the implementation of music, ambiences, sound FX and his admitted forte, dialogue (hence, his current ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |