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'''Release date:''' [[1992]] (original release)[[Category: 1992]]<br /> | '''Release date:''' [[1992]] (original release)[[Category: 1992]]<br /> | ||
'''Levels:''' 5<br /> | '''Levels:''' 5<br /> | ||
| − | '''Author:''' [[Acord | + | '''Author:''' [[Gary Acord]]<br /> |
'''Website:''' [http://acordgames.webs.com/ Acord Games]<br /> | '''Website:''' [http://acordgames.webs.com/ Acord Games]<br /> | ||
'''Related games:''' ''[[Zapper 4: Escape from Neverwhere]]'', ''[[The Fantastic Zapman]]'', ''[[Superheroes]]'', ''[[Anyworld]]'', ''[[Houses]]'', ''[[Sample]]'', ''[[Terrain]]'', ''[[Spacecraft]]'' | '''Related games:''' ''[[Zapper 4: Escape from Neverwhere]]'', ''[[The Fantastic Zapman]]'', ''[[Superheroes]]'', ''[[Anyworld]]'', ''[[Houses]]'', ''[[Sample]]'', ''[[Terrain]]'', ''[[Spacecraft]]'' | ||
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| − | + | AKA ''Zapper 4-B: Still Lost in Zapperstein''. | |
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[[File:hneverwhereShot.png|320px|thumb|Stringing it together in ''Holy Neverwhere!'']] | [[File:hneverwhereShot.png|320px|thumb|Stringing it together in ''Holy Neverwhere!'']] | ||
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* Levels 1, 2, and 4 are based, respectively, on ''[[Houses]]'', ''[[Sample]]'', and ''[[Terrain]]''. | * Levels 1, 2, and 4 are based, respectively, on ''[[Houses]]'', ''[[Sample]]'', and ''[[Terrain]]''. | ||
* Levels 3 and 5 are also used in Acord's ''[[Spacecraft]]''. | * Levels 3 and 5 are also used in Acord's ''[[Spacecraft]]''. | ||
| − | ==Links== | + | == Availability == |
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| + | Distributed through contemporary bulletin boards, through the [http://acordgames.webstarts.com/ author's Website], and through several third-party mirror archives. | ||
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| + | Also available on several shareware compilation CD-ROMs, including: | ||
| + | * Public Software Library's '''[[:Category:PSL Monthly 3-10: Education|PSL Monthly 3-10: Education]]'''[[Category:PSL Monthly 3-10: Education]] (August 1995) | ||
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| + | == Archive History == | ||
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| + | On November 7, 2010, Demu.org maintainer Swizzle pointed out the archive of Gary Acord material on [http://www.demu.org/resources?textsearch=gary+acord the site] -- which was swiftly added to the Game-Maker Archive. | ||
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| + | == Links == | ||
<videoflash>9QCoXLO7emM</videoflash> | <videoflash>9QCoXLO7emM</videoflash> | ||
| − | ==Downloads== | + | === Interviews / Articles === |
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| + | * [http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/EJRTairne/20130516/192184/Inside_the_Mind_of_Gary_Acord.php Inside the Mind of Gary Acord] (Gamasutra) | ||
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| + | === Misc. Links === | ||
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| + | * '''[http://www.aderack.com/game-maker/java/zapper4b.php Play ''Holy Neverwhere!'' online]''' | ||
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| + | == Downloads == | ||
* '''''[http://www.aderack.com/game-maker/downloads/never.zip Zapper 4-B: Holy Neverwhere!]''''' (1.2 MB) | * '''''[http://www.aderack.com/game-maker/downloads/never.zip Zapper 4-B: Holy Neverwhere!]''''' (1.2 MB) | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:38, 18 August 2016
Release type: Freeware
Release date: 1992 (original release)
Levels: 5
Author: Gary Acord
Website: Acord Games
Related games: Zapper 4: Escape from Neverwhere, The Fantastic Zapman, Superheroes, Anyworld, Houses, Sample, Terrain, Spacecraft
FULL ENTRY COMING SOON!
AKA Zapper 4-B: Still Lost in Zapperstein.
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| Escape from Neverwhere | Holy Neverwhere! | The Fantastic Zapman |
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Contents
Story[edit]
You were sitting at your computer one day, totally absorbed and hypnotized by its trance-inducing coruscations,when suddenly, zap! -- A ligntning bolt came crashing through the window and surged through you and your computer.
Blackness overwhelmed you for a few seemingly endless moments. When your consciousness began to return, a swirling light of meaningless gyrations slowed down gradually until you began to perceive more clearly. You found yourself somehow blended into the heart of your computer in a landscape molded from transistors and chips, caught up, captured & trapped in a world beyond the limits of human imagination, another dimension, another time and space, you would come to call the enchanted land of Neverwhere -- a world wherein you would come to be called ZAPPER!
-- A world from which you MUST escape!
Instructions[edit]
- Arrows move around.
- Spacebar fires weapon.
- Z jumps left. X jumps right.
- A fires secondary weapon.
- M makes small jumps.
- P picks up objects. B drops bombs.
- F1 is help screen.
- F2 is inventory/health screen.
- F3 joggles sound.
- F5 saves game. F6 loads game.
Credits[edit]
Resources[edit]
- Levels 1, 2, and 4 are based, respectively, on Houses, Sample, and Terrain.
- Levels 3 and 5 are also used in Acord's Spacecraft.
Availability[edit]
Distributed through contemporary bulletin boards, through the author's Website, and through several third-party mirror archives.
Also available on several shareware compilation CD-ROMs, including:
- Public Software Library's PSL Monthly 3-10: Education (August 1995)
Archive History[edit]
On November 7, 2010, Demu.org maintainer Swizzle pointed out the archive of Gary Acord material on the site -- which was swiftly added to the Game-Maker Archive.
Links[edit]
Interviews / Articles[edit]
- Inside the Mind of Gary Acord (Gamasutra)
Misc. Links[edit]
Downloads[edit]
- Zapper 4-B: Holy Neverwhere! (1.2 MB)
- Level 1 map (? kB)
- Level 2 map (? kB)
- Level 3 map (? kB)
- Level 4 map (? kB)
- Level 5 map (? kB)
