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[1] Parisse's character, ADA Alexandra Borgia, was brutally killed off in the season finale episode, "Invaders." Less than two weeks after that episode aired, it was announced that Dennis Farina (Detective Joe Fontana) was also leaving the cast. Farina wished to pursue other offers and projects being developed by his production company.
This is a list of VIC-20 games. See lists of video games for other gaming platforms. A section at the bottom contains games written by hobbyists long after the mainstream popularity of the VIC-20 waned.
The Invaders by Keith Laumer (US, Pyramid Books, 1967) Meteor Men by Keith Laumer (writing as Anthony Le Baron) (UK, Corgi, 1967) Dam of Death by Jack Pearl (US, Whitman (a Western Publishing imprint), 1967) The Invaders: Alien Missile Threat by Paul S. Newman (US, a Big Little Book from Whitman, 1967) Night of the Trilobites by Peter Leslie ...
Cosmic Invaders: Space Invaders clone Cuthbert Goes Walkabout: Cyborg: Bill Dunlevy and Douglas Frayer distributed by Computer Shack: Dancing Demon: Leo Christopherson BASIC/ML hybrid The Dancing Fool: The Datestones of Ryn: Death Maze 5000: 1980 Death Trap! Dick Smith Electronics: Defense Command: Big Five Software: non-scrolling clone of ...
There was a demo mode which would run the game on its own and also a mute button. Tandy's version used a blue case while Actronics used a brown case. The player gained victory after destroying 15 convoys (150 invaders) or earns 2,000 points and the player lost if all fortresses are destroyed or one of the invaders lands.
[4] [6] Space Invaders and several of its arcade sequels are often included in video game compilations released by Taito. It inspired numerous other games. [7] Many companies created clones that copied its gameplay, with more than a hundred Space Invaders clones released for various platforms by the early 1980s (such as Super Invader and TI ...
March 11 – Italian mercenary leader and former prince Cesare Borgia, later cited by Niccolò Machiavelli in The Prince as an example of "conquest by fortune", [4] completes his conquest of the Spanish city of Viana by driving out the defenders of the castle of the Count of Lerín, but makes the mistake of pursuing the fleeing enemy by himself ...
City of God: A Novel of the Borgias is a 1979 historical novel by Cecelia Holland. Set in 15th-century Rome during the Borgia period, it follows Nicholas Dawson, ambitious secretary to the Florentine ambassador, as he becomes embroiled in dangerous political intrigue.