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Shadow World (novel)
Shadow World may refer to: * Shadow World (role playing game), ''Shadow World'' (role playing game), a high-fantasy campaign setting first published in 1987 * Shadow World (video game), ''Shadow World'' (video game), a 1983 action game for the Atari 8-bit family * ''The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade'', a 2011 book by Andrew Feinstein#Shadow World, Andrew Feinstein **Shadow World (film), ''Shadow World'' (film), a 2016 documentary film based on the book {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadow World (role Playing Game)
''Shadow World'' is a high-fantasy campaign setting situated on the fictional planet of Kulthea. Originally produced for the Rolemaster role-playing game system, Shadow World is equally suited for the HARP Role-playing system, published since 2003. The setting blends traditional fantasy elements, such as elves, dwarves, and magic, with science fiction, including such elements as space and time travel, and, to a degree, futuristic technology. As Rolemaster and HARP, Shadow World is owned by Iron Crown Enterprises (often referred to as I.C.E.). It is currently maintained by the primary author of the setting, Terry K. Amthor of Eidolon Studio (who also holds the trademark for Shadow World, and copyrights for non-gaming fiction related to the world). Themes ''Shadow World'' is a fantasy and science fiction environment that deals with a number of topics, including the path of the hero, in a fantasy role-playing environment. Development history The first book to be set in ''Shadow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadow World (video Game)
''Shadow World'' is a shoot 'em up for the Atari 8-bit family written by Mike Potter and published by Synapse Software in 1983. The players are in charge of defending their planet from an alien invasion. The game supports two players at once, splitting the screen vertically into two halves, and merging them on the fly when both players are in the same location. Gameplay The game shares elements of Potter's first Atari game, ''Protector'', itself based graphically on the arcade game, ''Defender''. Like ''Defender'', the action is primarily side-scrolling on a map that wraps around to allow continual travel to the left or right. ''Shadow World'' adds a limited amount of vertical scrolling motion as well. Compared to ''Protector'', ''Shadow World'' has much more action with significant numbers of moving objects. The game also shares elements with his earlier game ''Nautilus'', notably the way the planet is laid out onscreen and the way the player has to destroy certain enemies b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Feinstein
Andrew Josef Feinstein (born 16 March 1964) is a South African people, South African former politician who currently resides in the United Kingdom. Early life and education Andrew Feinstein was born in Cape Town to Jewish parents Josef Feinstein and Erika Hemmer. Nearly 40 members of Hemmer's family were murdered during the Holocaust, whilst she herself hid from the Nazis in Vienna. Feinstein graduated from Wynberg Boys' High School in Cape Town in 1981; he then attended the University of Cape Town, the University of California at Berkeley, and King's College, Cambridge. African National Congress A member of the African National Congress (ANC), his political life began when he served as a Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature and an advisor to Gauteng's then-MEC of Finance, Jabu Moleketi, from 1994 to 1996. He also worked as an economic advisor to then-premier Tokyo Sexwale. He was elected as a member of the Parliament of South Africa, South African Parliament's National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |