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Algorithmic composition

...improvisations on a predetermined theme. An early example was Lucasfilm Games' 1982 computer game Ballblazer, where the computer improvised on a basic jazz theme composed by...

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Atari 7800

...Ms. Pac-Man, Pole Position II, Centipede , Joust , Dig Dug, Desert Falcon, '', ''Galaga, Xevious, Food Fight , Ballblazer, Rescue on Fractalus!, and Track and Field . Atari was a...

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Tim Schafer

...- at which point the interviewer, David Fox, informed him that this was the pirated version of Ballblazer. He was still permitted to send in his resume and a cover letter, so to...

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LucasArts

...with Atari to produce video games. The first results of this collaboration were unique action games like Ballblazer and Rescue on Fractalus!. Beta versions of both games were...

Wikipedia | 3 months ago

Ballblazer

...development - pirated versions of the game went by this name as well. The principal creator and programmer of Ballblazer was David Levine. The game might be described as a...

Langston, an experienced jazz, rock, and folk musician, said of Ballblazer's music: "One reviewer, an eminent jazz player, said it sounded like John Coltrane did it. I think that's my best compliment so far."

Ballblazer Wikipedia | 3 months ago

Wikipedia | 3 months ago

Rescue on Fractalus!

So the player is "Behind Jagged Lines". The game, as many of other Lucasfilm Games' early releases (c.f. Ballblazer), was widely available to the computer underground on pirate...

Wikipedia | 3 months ago

Peter Langston

...to the game design of Lucasfilm Games' first two releases, Ballblazer and Rescue on Fractalus!. In fact, for Ballblazer, Langston created an algorithmic composition system, which...

Wikipedia | 4 months ago

Russell Lieblich

...Intellivision games, as well as doing the Commodore 64 (C64) music translation of one of LucasArts first titles, Ballblazer. He graduated with a Master's Degree in Music from UC San...

Wikipedia | 5 months ago

Ballblazer Champions

...was released on March 31, 1997 in North America and in October 1997 in Europe. It is a remake of the video game Ballblazer that was released for the Commodore 64 and Atari consoles. The...

Wired Top Stories | 5 months ago

Gallery: Broke in Tokyo — Excavating 10 Weird Games for $10

...the instructions are wrinkled, etc. Yes No You'll have to take my word on this Kohler, but Ballblazer really was a fantastic game… until Pony Canyon got their hands on it.

Gizmodo | 6 months ago

Ben Heck's Latest Atari 800 Laptop Could Be His Best Yet [Atari]

...800 keyboard. This is probably the best keyboard in the history of computing, so it was worth including, despite the complications (see story) Oh, and there's the classic Ballblazer too:

Gamespot | 6 months ago

Monkey Island creator gets arty in PAX keynote

...the rights to make Star Wars games to a toy company. As such, his initial work was to port Kornois Rift and Ballblazer to the Commodore 64. Once completed, the team moved on to Maniac...