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William Tang (video game designer)

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Name
  
William Tang


Role
  
Author

William Tang was a video game author in the 1980s, best known for his ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 series starring Horace.

Contents

Published works

  • Games
  • Horace Goes Skiing (1982)
  • Hungry Horace (1982)
  • Horace & The Spiders (1983)
  • HURG (1984)
  • Mugsy's Revenge (1984)
  • The Way of the Exploding Fist (1985)
  • Asterix and the Magic Cauldron (1986)
  • Books
  • Spectrum Machine Language for the Absolute Beginner (1982)
  • Horace To The Rescue

    In 1985 the fourth title in the Horace series, Horace To The Rescue was announced. though this game never appeared. During the development of the game, Tang suffered a collapsed lung.

    There is no more current evidence of his involvement in any other titles after Asterix and the Magic Cauldron or any other information post 1985.

    Horace In The Mystic Woods

    A fourth Horace game was released, in 1995, titled Horace In The Mystic Woods. The game was not developed by Tang, instead being credited to Michael Ware, and was only available for the Psion Series 3.

    References

    William Tang (video game designer) Wikipedia


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