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Twilight (company)
Twilight was a British video game developer based in Harrogate. History Twilight was founded by Stuart Cook, Mark Mason, Jason McGann, Andy Swann, and Peter Tattersall. They worked together at Enigma Variations, a studio based in Harrogate, where they mostly created games based on licensed properties in short timespans. In 1989, Mason was fired, leading Cook, McGann, Swann, and Tattersall to leave the company in early 1990. The five founded Twilight on 1 May 1990. While trying to come up with a company name, Tattersall began humming the theme music of ''The Twilight Zone'', leading them to settle on the name "Twilight". He also created the company's logo, taking inspiration from Roger Dean with the aim of making it easily representable on a Commodore 64. The company rented its first office in a mid-terrace house on Mayfield Grove in Harrogate. Its first game was ''Delta Charge'', a port of ''Delta'' from the Commodore 64 to the ZX Spectrum, released by Thalamus Ltd. Throug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned, traded, exchanged privately, or Over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter. In the case of a closed corporation, there are a relatively small number of shareholders or company members. Related terms are closely-held corporation, unquoted company, and unlisted company. Though less visible than their public company, publicly traded counterparts, private companies have major importance in the world's economy. In 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for ($1.8 trillion) in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In 2005, using a substantially smaller pool size (22.7%) for comparison, the 339 companies on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atom Ant (video Game)
Atom Ant is a cartoon ant and superhero, created by Hanna-Barbera in 1965. Atom costarred in ''The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show'' (sharing top billing with Secret Squirrel). In syndication, Atom Ant aired alongside ''Precious Pupp'' and ''The Hillbilly Bears''. Reruns aired on cable on Cartoon Network and Boomerang in the 1990s and 2000s. Biography Atom Ant (originally voiced by Howard Morris, then by Don Messick in later episodes) is a superhero ant who operated out of an anthill in the countryside, where he possessed such things as a mainframe computer and exercise equipment. His powers mostly consisted of the ability to fly, superspeed, incredible strength, and invulnerability. His catchphrase was "Up and at 'em, Atom Ant!" He was often contacted by the police, who sent him out on an assignment. Some of these missions parodied the missions of Batman. The police force was constantly shown to be underfunded and inept, as they relied on Atom Ant to do all their police wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Future Publishing
Future plc is an international multimedia company established in the United Kingdom in 1985. The company has over 220 brands that span magazines, newsletters, websites, and events in fields such as video games, technology, films, music, photography, home, and knowledge. Zillah Byng-Thorne has been CEO since 2014. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History 1985–2012 The company was founded as Future Publishing in Somerton, Somerset, England, in 1985 by Chris Anderson with the sole magazine ''Amstrad Action''. An early innovation was the inclusion of free software on magazine covers; they were the first company to do so. It acquired GP Publications so establishing Future US in 1994. From 1995 to 1997, the company published ''Arcane'', a magazine which largely focused on tabletop games. Anderson sold Future to Pearson plc for £52.7m in 1994, but bought it back in 1998, with Future chief executive Greg Ingham and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retro Gamer
''Retro Gamer'' is a British magazine, published worldwide, covering retro video games. It was the first commercial magazine to be devoted entirely to the subject. Launched in January 2004 as a quarterly publication, ''Retro Gamer'' soon became a monthly. In 2005, a general decline in gaming and computer magazine readership led to the closure of its publishers, Live Publishing, and the rights to the magazine were later purchased by Imagine Publishing. It was taken over by Future plc on 21 October 2016, following Future's acquisition of Imagine Publishing. History The first 18 issues of the magazine came with a coverdisk. It usually contained freeware remakes of retro video games and emulators, but also videos and free commercial PC software such as ''The Games Factory'' and '' The Elder Scrolls: Arena''. Some issues had themed CDs containing the entire back catalogue of a publisher such as Durell, Llamasoft and Gremlin Graphics. On 27 September 2005, the magazine's original p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yogi's Treasure Hunt
''Yogi's Treasure Hunt'' (originally titled ''The Funtastic Treasure Hunt'') is an American animated television series and the fifth entry in the ''Yogi Bear'' franchise produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, featuring Yogi Bear and various other Hanna-Barbera characters. It premiered in syndication in late 1985 as part of ''The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera'' and was Daws Butler's final Hanna-Barbera series, performing the voice of Yogi and his many other characters before his death in 1988. The show's main title song was performed by Sha Na Na's Jon Bauman. Plot Yogi and his friends are assigned by Top Cat to go on treasure hunts around the world. They travel aboard their ship, the ''S.S. Jelly Roger''. Dick Dastardly and Muttley travel on their ship, the ''S.S. Dirty Tricks'', and try to beat Yogi and friends to the treasure by engaging in their usual dirty tricks. Regular characters * Yogi Bear * Boo Boo Bear * Ranger Smith * Huckleberry Hound * Quick Draw McGraw * Snaggle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cool World (1992 Video Game)
''Cool World'' is a 2D platform game released by Ocean Software in 1992 for the Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS. It was the first game based on the film of the same name. A version of the game for the Game Boy was released in 1993 alongside two entirely different games based on the film for the NES and SNES The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), commonly shortened to Super NES or Super Nintendo, is a 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo that was released in 1990 in Japan and South Korea, 1991 in North America, 1992 in Euro .... Gameplay Players control Frank Harris, chief of the Cool World police department. He must prevent the Doodles ( evil cartoons) from stealing items from the real world and sending them to various locations in the cartoonish Cool World. Any items that have already been sent to Cool World must be returned to the real world. If too many Doodles are in the real world or too many items from the real world have been sent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Kid (game)
''Nothing and Nowhere'' is the first studio album by the Canadian band The Birthday Massacre, released on July 23, 2002. The album was re-released in 2004 with new artwork due to high demand. Original pressings of the release sell for high prices to collectors on eBay. Reworked and re-recorded tracks of "Happy Birthday", "Horror Show", "Video Kid" and "The Dream" appear on their 2004 album, ''Violet'', but only the LP version. A reworked and re-recorded version of "To Die For" later appeared on the band's 2007 album, ''Walking with Strangers''. Track listing Credits *Chibi - vocals *Rainbow - rhythm guitar, programming *Michael Falcore - lead guitar *J. Aslan - bass guitar *O.E. - drums Reception * Vampirefreaks VampireFreaks.com is an online clothing store and former social networking site for goths and rivetheads. VampireFreaks was launched as a social networking site in 1999 and added an online clothing store in 2001. The social network element was remo ...link 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonanza Brothers
(sometimes written ''Bonanza Brothers'') is a 3D-style, 2D side-scrolling stealth action game developed and released by Sega in 1990. It is one of the earliest arcade games powered by the Sega System 24 arcade system board. It was ported to various home systems, including the Mega Drive/Genesis, Master System, PC-Engine/TurboGrafx-CD, and several home computers. Gameplay ''Bonanza Bros.'' is a side-scrolling stealth action game, with shooter and platform game elements. The players take the roles of one or both of the brothers Robo (1P, red) and Mobo (2P, blue) (Mike and Spike in some PAL versions), who may have been modeled on The Blues Brothers. The object of the game is to travel stealthily around each building while avoiding guards, retrieve several objects within a time limit, and move to the roof where a blimp is expecting the player with the loot. In this fashion the plot and gameplay resemble the older Atari 2600 title ''Keystone Kapers'', but with added feat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mega Twins
''Mega Twins'', known as in Japan, is a side-scrolling action game released for the arcades by Capcom in 1990. It was the tenth game released for the CP System hardware. Plot The game features two twins who are attempting to re-take control of their land, Alurea, after a monster unexpectedly attacks, destroying everything in its path. The people of Alurea have lived in peace for a thousand years and have forgotten how to fight, yet the land's only survivors, the twin sons of the king, must take up the challenge and return their kingdom to its former glory. The two twins, aged around 15 at the time the game takes place, venture forth in search of a legendary stone known as "Dragon Blue Eyes", which is rumoured to be able to put everything back to rights. Gameplay The game takes the form of a scrolling platform game, with the players controlling the characters of the twins. The game can be played alone (in which case only one of the twins is present), or with two players toget ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WWF WrestleMania (1991 Video Game)
''WWF WrestleMania'' is a game developed by Twilight and published by Ocean Software in 1991 for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and DOS. Named after the World Wrestling Federation's (WWF) annual pay-per-view event WrestleMania, it was the first WWF licensed game available for these computers which were still dominant in Europe. It was followed on most of these computers by 1992's '' WWF European Rampage Tour''. In February 1993, the Spectrum and Amstrad CPC versions were released as part of the ''Super Fighter'' compilation with '' Pit-Fighter'' and '' Final Fight''. Visually, the game resembles the arcade game '' WWF Superstars'', and it plays somewhat similarly as well. Gameplay The player can choose from either Hulk Hogan, The Ultimate Warrior, or The British Bulldog and must defeat five opponents to become the WWF World Heavyweight Champion. The opponents are, in order, Mr. Perfect, The Warlord, "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, The Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darkman (video Game)
''Darkman'' is a video game that was developed by Ocean Software (Painting By Numbers on the NES version, Twilight on the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum versions) and published by Ocean Software in 1991. It was released for the Amiga, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and Atari ST. ''Darkman'' had two different games of the same name, one for the Nintendo Entertainment System and the other for Game Boy. The game's plot is loosely based on the film of the same name. NES version In this side-scrolling platformer, the player controls Darkman, a superhero who can jump, kick and punch, as well as swing from a rope during action sequences between levels. In most levels, Darkman's goal is to defeat the boss of the level before the time limit runs out. Tying into the plot of the film, Darkman can use masks to impersonate the various gangsters who are responsible for his disfigurement, but each disguise dissolves after being exposed to sunlight for too long. While in disguise, Darkman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quick Draw McGraw
Quick Draw McGraw is a fictional anthropomorphic horse and the protagonist and title character of ''The Quick Draw McGraw Show''. He is a white horse, wearing a red Stetson cowboy hat, a red holster belt, a light blue bandana, and occasionally spurs. He was voiced by Daws Butler. All 45 of his cartoons that originally aired between 1959 and 1961 were written by Michael Maltese, known best for his work at the Warner Bros. cartoon studio. The cartoon was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1960. Character description Quick Draw was usually depicted as a sheriff in a series of short films set in the Old West. Quick Draw was often accompanied by his deputy, a Mexican burro called Baba Looey (also voiced by Daws Butler), who spoke English with a Mexican accent and called his partner "Queeks Draw". In the Spanish American version, Quick Draw (Tiro Loco McGraw) speaks in a very English-influenced accent, and Baba Looey (Pepe Trueno, or Pepe Luis in some episodes) speaks in a ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
