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Telarium
Telarium Corporation (formerly Trillium) was a brand owned by Spinnaker Software. The brand was launched in 1984 and Spinnaker was sold in 1994. The headquarters were located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The President of Telarium was C. David Seuss, the founder and CEO of Spinnaker Software. History C. David Seuss founded Trillium Corporation as a subsidiary of Spinnaker Software, the company that he was already the CEO and founder of. Within the first year of its foundation the original name, Trillium, was changed to Telarium due to legal issues presented by a book publisher. Telarium exclusively released adventure games with the exception of Shadowkeep, which was a role-playing game. The games were based on books, and the development of each game led to cooperation between the software developers and the authors. The first author who was consulted was the famous science fiction novelist, Michael Crichton, who collaborated on the development of Telarium's Amazon game, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spinnaker Software
Spinnaker Software was a software company founded in 1982John Case. ''Digital Future'', William Morrow : New York, N.Y. 1985. p. 122. known primarily for its line of non-curriculum based educational software, which was a major seller during the 1980s. It was founded by chairman Bill Bowman and president C. David Seuss. Spinnaker pioneered the educational software market and was the first company to mass market low cost, educational software. It went public on NASDAQ in 1991 and was acquired by The Learning Company in 1994. The Learning Company was subsequently acquired by Mattel. Educational and entertainment titles One of the key elements of the business plan was to change the marketing of software aimed at home users: Instead of plastic bags, the software was put into brightly colored, durable plastic boxes. To reach non-tech-savvy parents as potential buyers, full-color advertisements were run in magazines like ''Good Housekeeping'', '' Better Homes and Gardens'' and ''News ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazon (video Game)
''Amazon'' is an interactive fiction graphic adventure game. The game was published by Trillium (later known as Telarium) in 1984 and written by Michael Crichton. Development Best-selling novelist and director Michael Crichton was a computer hobbyist who taught himself the programming language BASIC. In the early 1980s he, programmer Stephen Warady, and artist David Durand began developing an Apple II graphic adventure game based on Crichton's novel '' Congo''; he sometimes programmed game sequences which Warady converted into much faster assembly language. They worked on the project for 18 months and, before Crichton found a publisher, Spinnaker Software approached him about adapting his novels for its Telarium division's new "bookware" games. The author revealed the game, amazing Spinnaker, and signed a contract in late 1983. Crichton did not realize, however, that he had already sold all adaptation rights to ''Congo'' to another party. The team revised the game (renamed ''Amazo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rendezvous With Rama (video Game)
''Rendezvous with Rama'' is an interactive fiction computer game with graphics published by Telarium (formerly known as Trillium), a subsidiary of Spinnaker Software, in the year 1984. It was developed in cooperation with Arthur C. Clarke and based upon his 1973 science fiction novel ''Rendezvous with Rama''. Reception German reviewers recognized the complexity of the storyline and the various possibilities of interaction with non-player characters.Boris Schneider-Johne, Heinrich Lenhardt: ''Science Fiction-Adventures'', Happy Computer 5/1985, p.145ff. See also * Fahrenheit 451 (video game), ''Fahrenheit 451'' (video game) * ''Rama (video game), Rama'', 1996 computer game also based on Clarke's novel References External links Rendezvous with Rama at ''Museum of Computer Adventure Game History'' by Howard Feldman * * 1980s interactive fiction 1984 video games Adaptations of works by Arthur C. Clarke Apple II games Biorobotics in fiction Commodore 64 games DOS games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windham Classics
Windham Classics Corporation was a subsidiary of Spinnaker Software. The corporation was founded in 1984 and went defunct circa 1985/86 or later. The headquarters were in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Adventure games Windham Classics published five adventure games. The games belonged to the genres of interactive fiction with graphics and point-and-click adventure game. They were based upon books for children. The game development was a part of Spinnakers marketing strategy in the adventure game market in the 1980s: Target groups of Windham Classic adventures were children players and target groups of Telarium, another Spinnaker subsidiary corporation, were grown-up players. * '' Below the Root'', 1984 (developed in corporation with Zilpha Keatley Snyder, based upon her novel '' Below the Root'') * '' Swiss Family Robinson'', 1984 (based upon the novel ''The Swiss Family Robinson'' by Johann David Wyss) * '' The Wizard of Oz'', 1985 (based upon the novels ''The Wonderful Wiza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fahrenheit 451 (video Game)
''Fahrenheit 451'' is an interactive fiction game released in 1984 and based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Ray Bradbury. Originally released by software company Trillium, it was re-released in 1985 under the company’s new name Telarium. The player's goal is to help Guy Montag, the main character from the novel, to evade the authorities and make contact with an underground movement. Bradbury contributed to the game by writing the prologue and responses of the game's intelligent computer "Ray". Publication history The plot and text of the game were written by Len Neufeld (known for his previous authorship of books in the ''Be an Interplanetary Spy'' interactive novel series), working under the aegis of Byron Preiss Visual Publications. The game was released for the Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Macintosh, MSX and Tandy computers. Plot At the ending of ''Fahrenheit 451'', former Fireman Guy Montag is a fugitive, wanted for murder for killing his super ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragonworld (video Game)
''Dragonworld'' is an interactive fiction game with graphics. The game was published by Telarium Telarium Corporation (formerly Trillium) was a brand owned by Spinnaker Software. The brand was launched in 1984 and Spinnaker was sold in 1994. The headquarters were located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The President of Telarium was C. Dav ... (formerly Trillium), a subsidiary of Spinnaker Software, in the year 1984. The game was based on the novel written in 1979 by Byron Preiss and Michael Reaves; text for the game was written by J. Brynne Stephens. Reception A German reviewer recognized the detailed graphics and the atmospheric fantasy prose. Text parser, graphics and storyline got the score "sehr gut" (very good).Heinrich Lenhardt: ''Hilfe für den letzten Drachen'', Happy Computer 6/1985 and ''7 Klasse-Adventures auf einen Streich'', Happy Computer 9/1985, p.146f. External links Dragonworldat ''Museum of Computer Adventure Game History'' by Howard Feldman * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadowkeep (video Game)
''Shadowkeep'' is a first person role-playing video game and interactive fiction video game with graphics. The game was published by Telarium (formerly known as Trillium), a subsidiary of Spinnaker Software, in the year 1984. It was the first computer game to be Novelization, novelised. Reception In a ''GameSpy'' interview, Shadowkeep was called "a groundbreaking product at the time", "which paved the way for more complex products like ''Eye of the Beholder (video game), Eye of the Beholder'' and its peers".David Cuciz: GameSpy Interviews – Alan Dean Foster. The Writing Game, August 2000 . Software ''Shadowkeep'' was released for Apple II series, Apple II computers and was written in Ultra II. The game was ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rendezvous With Rama
''Rendezvous with Rama'' is a science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke first published in 1973. Set in the 2130s, the story involves a cylindrical alien starship that enters the Solar System. The story is told from the point of view of a group of human explorers who intercept the ship in an attempt to unlock its mysteries. The novel won both the Hugo and Nebula awards upon its release, and is regarded as one of the cornerstones in Clarke's bibliography. The concept was later extended with several sequels, written by Clarke and Gentry Lee. Plot After an asteroid falls in Northeast Italy on 11 September 2077, creating a major disaster, the government of Earth sets up the Spaceguard system as an early warning of arrivals from deep space. The "Rama" of the title is an alien starship weighing at least ten trillion tons, initially mistaken for an asteroid categorised as "31/439". It is detected by astronomers in the year 2131 while it is still outside the orb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury (; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of modes, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and realistic fiction. Bradbury wrote many works and is widely known by the general public for his novel ''Fahrenheit 451'' (1953) and his short-story collections ''The Martian Chronicles'' (1950) and ''The Illustrated Man'' (1951). Most of his best known work is speculative fiction, but he also worked in other genres, such as the coming of age novel ''Dandelion Wine'' (1957) and the fictionalized memoir ''Green Shadows, White Whale'' (1992). He also wrote and consulted on screenplays and television scripts, including ''Moby Dick'' and ''It Came from Outer Space''. Many of his works were adapted into television and film productions as well as comic books. ''The New York Times'' called Bradbury "the writer most responsible for bringing modern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fahrenheit 451
''Fahrenheit 451'' is a 1953 dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury. Often regarded as one of his best works, ''Fahrenheit 451'' presents an American society where books have been personified and outlawed and "firemen" burn any that are found. The novel follows Guy Montag, a fireman who becomes disillusioned with his role of censoring literature and destroying knowledge, eventually quitting his job and committing himself to the preservation of literary and cultural writings. ''Fahrenheit 451'' was written by Bradbury during the Second Red Scare and the McCarthy era, who was inspired by the book burnings in Nazi Germany and by ideological repression in the Soviet Union. Bradbury's claimed motivation for writing the novel has changed multiple times. In a 1956 radio interview, Bradbury said that he wrote the book because of his concerns about the threat of burning books in the United States. In later years, he described the book as a commentary on how mass media reduces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Crichton
John Michael Crichton (; October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008) was an American author and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. His literary works heavily feature technology and are usually within the science fiction, techno-thriller, and medical fiction genres. His novels often explore technology and failures of human interaction with it, especially resulting in catastrophes with biotechnology. Many of his novels have medical or scientific underpinnings, reflecting his medical training and scientific background. Crichton received an M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1969 but did not practice medicine, choosing to focus on his writing instead. Initially writing under a pseudonym, he eventually wrote 26 novels, including: ''The Andromeda Strain'' (1969), ''The Terminal Man'' (1972), '' The Great Train Robbery'' (1975), '' Congo'' (1980), ''Sphere'' (1987), '' Jurassic Park'' (1990), '' Rising Sun'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congo (novel)
''Congo'' is a 1980 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton, the fifth under his own name and the fifteenth overall. The novel centers on an expedition searching for diamonds and investigating the mysterious deaths of a previous expedition in the dense tropical rainforest of the Congo. Crichton calls ''Congo'' a lost world novel in the tradition founded by Henry Rider Haggard's ''King Solomon's Mines'', featuring the mines of that work's title. Plot summary The novel starts in 1979, with an abrupt end to an expedition sent by Earth Resource Technology Services Inc (ERTS). In the dense rainforests of the Virunga region, the heart of the Congo, the team is suddenly attacked and killed by unknown creatures – all contact with them is immediately lost. The expedition, which was searching for deposits of diamonds, discovered the fictional lost city of Zinj. A video image taken by a camera there, and transmitted by satellite to the base station in Houston, shows a peculiar race o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
