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Phantom Slayer (computer Game)
''Phantom Slayer'' is a video game released by Med Systems in 1982 for the TRS-80 Color Computer and Dragon 32/64. Written by Ken Kalish, ''Phantom Slayer'' is considered by some an early forerunner of the modern first-person shooter genre. Gameplay The player moves around a randomly generated maze, attempting to kill the eponymous ghost, phantoms by shooting them. As each level is cleared, a new maze is created, and the phantoms became harder (requiring more shots) to kill. The game combines a relatively sedate pace and a then-rare first person (video games), first-person point of view (using simple fixed-perspective graphics) to produce high levels of dramatic tension for a game on such primitive hardware. As the player moves around the maze, the only indication that a phantom is encroaching is an ominous sound played when the phantom is a few squares away from the player's position. The player can adjust the setting for the audio range finder to indicate the phantom's prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Med Systems
Med Systems Software was a company that produced video games for home computers in the early 1980s. In 1983, the company name was changed to Screenplay. History Med Systems Software was headquartered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Games *''Labyrinth'' (1980) *'' Deathmaze 5000'' (1980, by Frank Corr) *''Asylum'' (1981) *'' The Institute'' (1981) *''Laser Defense'' (1981, by Simon Smith) *'' The Human Adventure'' (1981, by William F. Denman, Jr.) *'' Microworld'' (1981, by Arti Haroutunian) *''Asylum II'' (1982) *'' Dunzhin'' (1982) *'' Phantom Slayer'' (1982) *''Danger Ranger ''Danger Ranger'' is a non-scrolling platform game designed by Ken Kalish and published in 1983 by Microdeal for the Dragon 32/64 and TRS-80 Color Computer The RadioShack TRS-80 Color Computer, later marketed as the Tandy Color Computer and s ...'' (1983) *''Monkey Kong'' (1983) References {{reflist Defunct video game companies of the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |