Category:Gary Acord - Revision history

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 ** ''[[The Head]]'' (1992-93) [basically same maps as ''Dogs'' but edited to remove ''Street Wolf'' branding]
 ** ''[[Spacecraft]]'' (1993) [unrelated one-off game, developed after the other one-offs yet referenced in ''Superheroes''; seems to be early version of ''Pac-Man'' structure seen in later games]
-* ''[[The Fantastic Zapman]]'' (1993) [clearly made later than above games, yet ''Zapman'' is referenced in later crossovers and structure forms basis for those games]
+* ''[[The Fantastic Zapman]]'' (1993) [clearly made later than most above games, yet ''Zapman'' is referenced in later crossovers and structure forms basis for those games, starting with ''Ultimare'']
 * ''[[Ultimare]]'' (1993) [first of crossover games; includes structure of ''Zapman'' but none of the ''Zapak'' series]
 * ''[[Superheroes]]'' (1993) [second crossover game; references ''Spacecraft'']

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 ** ''[[Dogs]]'' (1992-93) [uses map with ''Street Wolf'' branding]
 ** ''[[The Head]]'' (1992-93) [basically same maps as ''Dogs'' but edited to remove ''Street Wolf'' branding]
 * ''[[The Fantastic Zapman]]'' (1993) [clearly made later than above games, yet ''Zapman'' is referenced in later crossovers and structure forms basis for those games]
 * ''[[Ultimare]]'' (1993) [first of crossover games; includes structure of ''Zapman'' but none of the ''Zapak'' series]
 * ''[[Superheroes]]'' (1993) [second crossover game; references ''Spacecraft'']
 ** ''[[Zapak]]'' (1993) [includes non-playable avatars of all previous superheroes, including ''Street Wolf''; reuses and adds to levels from ''Ultimare''; referenced in ''Anyworld'' but not in ''Superheroes'']

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 * ''[[Superheroes]]'' (1993) [second crossover game; references ''Spacecraft'']
 ** ''[[Zapak]]'' (1993) [includes non-playable avatars of all previous superheroes, including ''Street Wolf''; reuses and adds to levels from ''Ultimare''; referenced in ''Anyworld'' but not in ''Superheroes'']
-* ''[[Anyworld]]'' (1993) [includes ''Zapak'' character]
+* ''[[Anyworld]]'' (1993) [includes ''Zapak'' character but no clear reference to ''Pakdream'']
 ** ''[[Pakdream]]'' (1993) [cleanest development outside ''Pakmon''; no clear reference in ''Anyworld'']
 ** ''[[Pakmon]]'' (2010)

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 ** ''[[Spacecraft]]'' (1993) [unrelated one-off game, developed after the other one-offs yet referenced in ''Superheroes'']
 * ''[[Superheroes]]'' (1993) [second crossover game; references ''Spacecraft'']
-** ''[[Zapak]]'' (1993) [includes non-playable avatars of all previous superheroes, including ''Street Wolf''; reuses and adds to levels from ''Ultimare''; not referenced in ''Superheroes'']
+** ''[[Zapak]]'' (1993) [includes non-playable avatars of all previous superheroes, including ''Street Wolf''; reuses and adds to levels from ''Ultimare''; referenced in ''Anyworld'' but not in ''Superheroes'']
 * ''[[Anyworld]]'' (1993) [includes ''Zapak'' character]
 ** ''[[Pakdream]]'' (1993) [cleanest development outside ''Pakmon''; no clear reference in ''Anyworld'']

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 ** ''[[Spacecraft]]'' (1993) [unrelated one-off game, developed after the other one-offs yet referenced in ''Superheroes'']
 * ''[[Superheroes]]'' (1993) [second crossover game; references ''Spacecraft'']
-** ''[[Zapak]]'' (1993) [includes non-playable avatars of all previous superheroes, including ''Street Wolf''; not referenced in any crossover game]
+** ''[[Zapak]]'' (1993) [includes non-playable avatars of all previous superheroes, including ''Street Wolf''; reuses and adds to levels from ''Ultimare''; not referenced in ''Superheroes'']
 * ''[[Anyworld]]'' (1993) [includes ''Zapak'' character]
 ** ''[[Pakdream]]'' (1993) [cleanest development outside ''Pakmon''; no clear reference in ''Anyworld'']

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 Acord's first [[Game-Maker]] game appears to have been ''[[Icemare]]'', which is based heavily on ''[[Penguin Pete]]''. After that come his core games -- the ''[[Zapman]]''/''[[Zapper]]'' series, ''[[Capn Zapn]]'', ''[[Major Marvel]]'', ''[[Jaxon Zoose]]'', and ''[[Street Wolf]]''. We can probably consider ''[[Dogs]]'', ''[[The Head]]'', and ''[[Spacecraft]]'' spin-offs of those games, that recycle recurring enemies or elements as protagonists. Then we have the ''Pac-Man'' clones, that seem to have spun off of ''The Fantastic Zapman''. And finally we have the megamixes -- ''[[Anyworld]]'', ''[[Superheroes]]'', and ''[[Ultimare]]'' -- which fold all of the previous games together into a mush of a muchness. As it were.
-If one is to make sense of the catalog, it's probably best to digest those four categories of games -- superhero character pieces; spin-off and one-off games; ''Pac-Man'' clones; and crossovers -- then address the games chronologically (as patched together below).
+If one is to make sense of the catalog, it's probably best to internalize those four categories of games -- superhero character pieces; spin-off and one-off games; ''Pac-Man'' clones; and crossovers -- then address the games chronologically (as patched together below).
 More information pending.

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 Most his games seem to use a common pool of resources, and several involve a ''Pac-Man'' tribute of some sort.
-Acord's first [[Game-Maker]] game appears to have been ''[[Icemare]]'', which is based heavily on ''[[Penguin Pete]]''. After that come his core games -- the ''[[Zapman]]''/''[[Zapper]]'' series, ''[[Capn Zapn]]'', ''[[Major Marvel]]'', ''[[Jaxon Zoose]]'', and ''[[Street Wolf]]''. We can probably consider ''[[Dogs]]'', ''[[The Head]]'', and ''[[Spacecraft]]'' spin-offs of those games, that appropriate recurring enemies or elements as protagonists. Then we have the ''Pac-Man'' clones, that seem to have spun off of ''The Fantastic Zapman''. And finally we have the megamixes -- ''[[Anyworld]]'', ''[[Superheroes]]'', and ''[[Ultimare]]'' -- which fold all of the previous games together into a mush of a muchness. As it were.
+Acord's first [[Game-Maker]] game appears to have been ''[[Icemare]]'', which is based heavily on ''[[Penguin Pete]]''. After that come his core games -- the ''[[Zapman]]''/''[[Zapper]]'' series, ''[[Capn Zapn]]'', ''[[Major Marvel]]'', ''[[Jaxon Zoose]]'', and ''[[Street Wolf]]''. We can probably consider ''[[Dogs]]'', ''[[The Head]]'', and ''[[Spacecraft]]'' spin-offs of those games, that recycle recurring enemies or elements as protagonists. Then we have the ''Pac-Man'' clones, that seem to have spun off of ''The Fantastic Zapman''. And finally we have the megamixes -- ''[[Anyworld]]'', ''[[Superheroes]]'', and ''[[Ultimare]]'' -- which fold all of the previous games together into a mush of a muchness. As it were.
 So if one is to make sense of the catalog, it's probably best to start with that core run of games listed above.

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 * ''[[Icemare]]'' (1992)
-* ''[[Capn Zapn]]'' (1992) [character conceived before ''Icemare'']
+* ''[[Capn Zapn]]'' (1992) [character conceived before ''Icemare''; seems to be first original project after ''Icemare'' tests the (Antarctic) waters.]
 * ''[[Major Marvel]]'' (1992) [stated as revision of ''Capn Zapn'']
 * ''[[Zapper: Holy Neverwhere!]]'' (1992) [Clearly early draft of a ''Zapper'' game]