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Blizzard Pass & H.A.R.D.

Computer Game
1987 (released)
Artist/Maker
Tynesoft (developers)
Place of origin
Tyne and Wear (manufactured)

This software was published by Tynesoft, a UK based programming firm who published a few titles in the mid-1980s. This compilation of two of their games was published in 1987. Blizzard Pass was a text adventure game (a game in which the player types directions and reads what the consequences are) and H.A.R.D., a Shoot-Em-Up in which your character is a Roboid Destroyer wiping out aliens. The cassette-based software took several minutes to load, unlike the near instantaneous cartridge or today's optical discs, which meant a long wait in anticipation before being able to play.


Object details
Categories
Children & Childhood
Entertainment & Leisure
Object type
Computer game
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Cases (Containers)
  • Inlays
  • Audio Cassette
Brief description
Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer games 'Blizzard Pass' and 'H.A.R.D.', by Tynesoft, 1985.
Production typeMass produced
Credit line
Given by Alex Carter
Summary
This software was published by Tynesoft, a UK based programming firm who published a few titles in the mid-1980s. This compilation of two of their games was published in 1987. Blizzard Pass was a text adventure game (a game in which the player types directions and reads what the consequences are) and H.A.R.D., a Shoot-Em-Up in which your character is a Roboid Destroyer wiping out aliens. The cassette-based software took several minutes to load, unlike the near instantaneous cartridge or today's optical discs, which meant a long wait in anticipation before being able to play.
Collection
Young V&A
Accession number
B.63:1 to 3-2011

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Record createdJuly 20, 2011
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1237921/blizzard-pass--hard-computer-game-tynesoft/
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