ZPC
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ZPC is a first-person shooter computer
game developed by Zombie Studios
in 1996
which uses the Marathon 2 engine. It was noted for its stylized look adapted from artwork by Aidan Hughes
(also credited with the game's concept). The story focuses on Arman, an exiled "Warrior Messiah" who has come of age and sets out to reclaim his throne.
At some point prior to November 2003, Hughes announced plans to create or bring about a full-length ZPC film.http://web.archive.org/web/20031010050053/http://www.bruteprop.com/v1/anim/ However, nothing is known to have come of this.
Computer
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game developed by Zombie Studios
Zombie Studios
Zombie Studios is an American independent video game developer of console, PC, mobile and web-based games. It was formed in 1994 by Joanna Alexander and Mark Long, formerly of the Sarnoff Research Center. Alexander and Long founded Zombie after they completed the design of a virtual reality game...
in 1996
1996 in video gaming
-Notable releases:*January 29 — Duke Nukem 3D, successor to the simple side-scrolling originals, and a genre-redefining title for first person shooters....
which uses the Marathon 2 engine. It was noted for its stylized look adapted from artwork by Aidan Hughes
Aidan Hughes
Aidan Hughes is a commercial artist. He was born in 1956 in Merseyside, England, and was trained as an artist by his father, himself a landscape painter.In the 1980s, Hughes published a pulp-style magazine called BRUTE! which earned him notoriety...
(also credited with the game's concept). The story focuses on Arman, an exiled "Warrior Messiah" who has come of age and sets out to reclaim his throne.
At some point prior to November 2003, Hughes announced plans to create or bring about a full-length ZPC film.http://web.archive.org/web/20031010050053/http://www.bruteprop.com/v1/anim/ However, nothing is known to have come of this.
External links
- Zombie Studios
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's official website for the game (no longer online as of 2004) - ZPC at Traxus Project, a MarathonMarathon TrilogyThe Marathon Trilogy is a science fiction series of first-person shooter computer games from Bungie, originally released for the Macintosh. The name Marathon is derived from the giant interstellar colony ship that provides the setting for the first game; the ship is constructed out of what used to...
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