“Star Rider” by Computer Creations
Conference:
SIGGRAPH Video Review:
Track:
- 05
Title:
- Star Rider
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Computer Creations
Description:
This tape contains excerpts from backgrounds for an arcade video game produced by Williams Electronics Inc. The player races through surrealistic worlds, competing against game generated adversaries.
Hardware:
HARDWARE: DEC PDP 11/50, VAX 11/750, E&S Multi Picture
System, Adage/lkonas RDS-3000, Ampex HS
100/200, AVR-1, Sony BVH-2500
Software:
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER: VideoCel animation system
Additional Contributors:
Game design: Python Anghelo
Animation: Eric Brown
Software: Tom Klimek, Herman Towles
Produced at: Computer Creations, South Bend, Indiana 1984
Additional Information:
Format: 4:35; 1″; sound
Technical notes:
Original video was compressed 2:1 and later
expanded by the game electronics to allow roaming
through the image. A simultaneous rear view
mirror is also included. Coded data recorded on
the disk allows game placement of adversaries.
Twenty minutes of animation was completed in
six months.
