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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.
 
Most his games seem to use a common pool of resources, and several involve a ''Pac-Man'' tribute of some sort.
  
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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 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.  
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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.  
  
 
So if one is to make sense of the catalog, it's probably best to start with that core run of games listed above.
 
So if one is to make sense of the catalog, it's probably best to start with that core run of games listed above.

Revision as of 01:34, 17 May 2018

Acord: The World's Greatest Super-Hero Games

Designer of many Game-Maker games and Wolf3D hacks published under the Acord Games label. Huge comic book fan. Also fond of scantily clad ladies.

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 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.

More information pending.

Chronology

This is a rough estimate, based on file dates, apparent proficiency, and the internal web of reference amongst games:

  • Icemare (1992)
  • 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]
  • Zapper: Escape from Neverwhere (1992) [clearly one of Acord's early characters]
  • Jaxon Zoose (1992-93) [later character than above, yet in same mold; file dates seem to place as later development]
  • Street Wolf (1992-93) [first of an intermediary mess-around era, all sharing the same maps and structure]
    • 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 Zapman but none of the Zapak series]
    • 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]
  • Anyworld (1993) [includes Zapak character]
    • Pakdream (1993) [cleanest development outside Pakmon; no clear reference in Anyworld]
    • Pakmon (2010)

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823 Salmon Drive
Dallas, TX 752O8

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