Knight Lore is a 1984 action-adventure game that popularised isometric
graphics in video games. It was developed and published for the ZX
Spectrum by Ultimate Play the Game and written by Chris and Tim Stamper
(pictured). Each monochrome castle room consists of blocks to climb,
obstacles to avoid, and puzzles to solve. The game's novel image masking
technique, Filmation, let images appear to pass atop and behind each
other without distortion. By delaying the release until 1984, Ultimate
was able to release several titles quickly before other developers could
copy the style. Critics considered its technical solutions and isometric
3D style a harbinger of future game design. They praised the game's
controls and atmosphere of mystery, but noted its difficult gameplay and
criticised its sound and occasional graphical slowdown. It was named
game of the year by the Golden Joystick Awards and Popular Computing
Weekly readers. Though it was not the first isometric 3D video game,
Knight Lore popularised the format; its influence also persisted in
computer role-playing games. The game was later included in Rare's 2015
Xbox One retrospective compilation, Rare Replay.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Lore>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1816:
The Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company, rival fur-
trading companies, engaged in a violent confrontation in present-day
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Seven_Oaks>
1939:
Former American baseball player Lou Gehrig was diagnosed with
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, now commonly known in the United States
as "Lou Gehrig's Disease".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Gehrig>
1987:
Basque separatist group ETA detonated a car bomb at the
Hipercor shopping centre in Barcelona, killing 21 people and injuring 45
others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Hipercor_bombing>
2009:
War in Afghanistan: British forces began Operation Panther's
Claw, in which more than 350 troops made an aerial assault on Taliban
positions in Southern Afghanistan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Panther%27s_Claw>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
gurrier:
1. (dated) A street urchin.
2. A loutish young man; a ruffian.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gurrier>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
A mere trifle consoles us, for a mere trifle distresses us.
--Pensées
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pens%C3%A9es>