Hodj 'n' Podj is a video game released in 1995 designed by video game veteran Steven Meretzky. The game is a collection of reworked puzzle games such as Battleship

Battleship

A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns. Battleships were larger, better armed and armored than cruisers and destroyers. As the largest armed ships in a fleet, battleships were used to attain command of the sea and represented the apex of a...

, Poker

Poker

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, Slots

Slots

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, Cryptograms, and Memory

Memory

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 loosely tied together with an overarching goal to save two princesses.

Boffo's first game, it was published by Virgin Interactive

Virgin Interactive

Virgin Interactive was a British video game publisher. It was formed as Virgin Games Ltd. in 1981. The company became much larger after purchasing the budget label, Mastertronic in 1987. It was part of the Virgin Group...

 but was originally developed for Media Vision

Media Vision

Media Vision was an American electronics manufacturer of primarily computer sound cards and CD-ROM kits, operating from 1990 to approximately 1995 in Fremont, California...

. Media Vision restructured after a massive securities fraud scandal in 1994 and the title was purchased by Virgin at the bankruptcy

Bankruptcy

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 auctions.

External links

• Article about Steve Meretzky at Gamasutra
  Gamasutra
  Gamasutra is a website founded in 1997 for video game developers. It is owned and operated by UBM TechWeb , a division of United Business Media, and acts as the online sister publication to the print magazine Game Developer...