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Phoenix (1987 Video Game)
''Phoenix'' is a Single-player video game, single-player First-person shooter, first-person Space flight simulation game, space flight shooter released in 1987 by ERE Informatique for the Atari ST. It was later published by Infogrames for the United Kingdom, British market. The game consists of piloting a spaceship across hyperspace routes represented by colored Wire-frame model, wireframe tiles created with vector graphics while shooting hostile gun turrets and Black hole, black holes. Gameplay The objective of ''Phoenix'' is to re-open 15 hyperspace routes which were closed by authorities, who also left gun turrets to guard the routes. In order to re-open the hyperspace routes, the player must pilot a spaceship known as the "Phoenix AY 21" to the end of each route. The hyperspace routes are represented by colored vector wireframe tiles. As the joystick is moved left or right, the tiles move under the ship, representing strafing movement of the craft, while the craft moves f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ERE Informatique
ERE Informatique was one of the first French video game companies, founded in 1983 by , joined a year later by Philippe Ulrich. The company hired freelance game programmers that received royalties for their creations. History Initially, the company published titles for the Amstrad CPC, Spectrum and Oric home computers. In 1984 they published their first national hit, a flight simulator created by Marc André Rampon: ''Intercepteur Cobalt'' for Sinclair ZX81 and Spectrum, also known under the name of ' for Oric, Amstrad and Thomson MO5. Rampon also acquired some shares of the company owned by Viau and established the company's first distribution network. Their first international hit, topping many international sales list for several months, was '' Macadam Bumper'' (1985), a pinball simulation programmed by Rémi Herbulot, a self-taught ex-employee of Valeo living in Caen. This and several later titles were distributed (and labelled) by PSS in the United Kingdom, thanks to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |