The Horace video game series was a series of a video games created in the 1980s by William Tang for Beam Software. William Tang was a video game author in the 1980's best known for his ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 series starring Horace. Krome Studios Melbourne, formerly Melbourne House, is a video game development studio owned by Krome Studios and based in Melbourne Australia The series comprised Hungry Horace, Horace Goes Skiing and Horace and the Spiders.
Hungry Horace and Horace and the Spiders were two of the very few Spectrum games also available in ROM format for use with the Interface 2. The ZX Interface 2 was a Peripheral from Sinclair Research for its ZX Spectrum Home computer released in September 1983
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Hungry Horace
The original Horace game, Hungry Horace was written as a simple Pacman clone,[1] published in 1982. is an Arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution Events December 27 - Starcade, a Video game Television Game show, debuts on TBS in the United States In it, Horace must gather food from around a park and move onto the next section while avoiding park guards. It is possible for him to collect a bell to panic the guards and render them vulnerable, as per the power pills in Pacman. This title was available on the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64. The Sinclair ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal Home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd The former was marketed and distributed by Sinclair themselves, the latter by Melbourne House. Krome Studios Melbourne, formerly Melbourne House, is a video game development studio owned by Krome Studios and based in Melbourne Australia
Hungry Horace is also the name of a character from the UK's Dandy, Sparky and Topper comics. A dandy (also known as a beau gallant or flamboyant person is a man who places particular importance upon Physical appearance, refined language and leisurely hobbies
Horace Goes Skiing
In 1982 Tang also produced Horace Goes Skiing. In it, Horace must cross a dangerous road teeming with traffic to rent out a pair of skis, à la Frogger, get back over the road and successfully navigate a ski course. Frogger is an Arcade game introduced in 1981. It was developed by Konami, and licensed for worldwide distribution by Sega /
This title is not a true sequel, as it does not follow on from an original story and is only really similar in that it features the same character. In this sense, the game is a spin-off, although such concepts were unheard of in video gaming in the early 1980s. A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new Organization or Entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a Television series based on a pre-existing Like Hungry Horace, this title was available on both the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64, and as before, Sinclair distributed the Spectrum version, Melbourne House the Commodore 64 version. Horace Goes Skiing was rated at 8. 9 in one magazine back in 1983.
Horace and the Spiders
In 1983, Tang produced the third title in the series, Horace And The Spiders. Events A major shakeout of the video game industry begins By 1986, total video games sales will decrease from US$ 3200 million to US$100 million This was primarily a platform game, although the sprites had been retained from the top-view of the first two games. The first level sees Horace climbing a hill while jumping over spiders. The second level involves crossing a bridge by swinging on spider threads. The third level is the final confrontation with the spiders - he must create holes in the web, luring the spiders into the holes to fix them and consequently jumping on them. Unlike the earlier two titles, this game was only released for the ZX Spectrum. This game was considered a Pitfall! clone
Horace to the Rescue
This title was announced in 1985 but the game never appeared. Pitfall! is a Video game released by Activision for the Atari 2600 in 1982 Events Notable releases Brøderbund releases Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, the first game of the prolific It was rumoured that Tang suffered serious health problems and was unable to continue his work, although this was never confirmed.
Horace in the Mystic Woods
Horace made a comeback in 1995 with the platform based game Horace in the Mystic Woods for the Psion Series 3. The Psion 3 range of Personal digital assistants were made by Psion PLC.
Other appearances
In the Spectrum version of the 1987 game Inspector Gadget and the Circus of Fear, Gadget has to make his way through several scrolling worlds. Events Notable releases Capcom releases the Street Fighter arcade game the first in a long series of games Inspector Gadget is an Animated television series about a clumsy absent-minded and oblivious Detective, Inspector Gadget who is a human being with In the first of these, he is hindered by Horaces travelling in the opposite direction; if he trips over too many of them, he loses a life.
A reference to Horace is also present in the 2003 PlayStation 2 game Dog's Life, which features a shop named Horace's Ski Shop. Events February 27 &mdash Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosts 6th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards; inducts Yu Suzuki Dog's Life is a Video game published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe for the Sony PlayStation 2. The name is written in a font similar to the one used on the ZX Spectrum, and is accompanied by a Spectrum-style rainbow pattern.
References
External links
- Horace series at MobyGames
- Horace Goes Skiing at World of Spectrum
- Hungry Horace at World of Spectrum
- Horace and the Spiders at World of Spectrum
- Horace goes skiing Remake at ComputerEmuZone
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