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Visi On was the first piece of software with a graphical user interface (GUI) for the IBM PC platform. [1] It was also one of the first GUIs available on any personal computer. Visi On was never popular, as it had steep minimum system requirements for its day, but it was influential in the development of later GUIs like Microsoft Windows.
Space Strike is a 1982 fixed shooter video game for IBM PC compatibles programmed by Michael Abrash and published by Datamost. Space Strike is a clone of Space Invaders . Gameplay
1982 was the peak year for the golden age of arcade video games as well as the second generation of video game consoles.Many games were released that would spawn franchises, or at least sequels, including Dig Dug, Pole Position, Mr.
The film was based on the 1938 John W. Campbell short story "Who Goes There?", which had already been filmed by Howard Hawks in 1951 as The Thing from Another World. Carpenter's version was the most widely known iteration of the story, however, and the ambiguous ending to the film was seen as particularly attractive in terms of a video game ...
The game is an enhanced remake of an original, released on the same or different platform, with changes to graphics, sound and/or gameplay. Compilation A compilation, anthology or collection of several titles, usually (but not always) belonging to the same series.
Film Year Notes Vertigo: 1958 To create the spirals seen in the opening credit sequence of his film, Alfred Hitchcock hired John Whitney, who used a WWII anti-aircraft targeting computer called "The M5 gun director" mounted on a rotating platform with a pendulum hanging above it that it tracked. Its scope was filmed to create the various spiral ...
Paratrooper is a 1982 fixed shooter written by Greg Kuperberg and published by Orion Software as a self-booting disk for IBM PC compatibles. It is based on a 1981 Apple II game called Sabotage developed by Mark Allen. [1]
Night Stalker is a top-down maze shooter designed by Steve Montero and released for the Intellivision console in 1982. [2] Night Stalker was ported to the Atari 2600 as Dark Cavern and released under Mattel's M Network label. [3] Apple II, IBM PC, and Mattel Aquarius versions were published in 1983.