Pioneer Plague
Encyclopedia
Pioneer Plague was a game for the Commodore
Amiga
computer system.
It used the Hold-And-Modify
display mode for in-game graphics. It may have been the very first commercial game to do so.
It received good scores from the computer game press. It was authored by Bill Williams
.
Commodore International
Commodore is the commonly used name for Commodore Business Machines , the U.S.-based home computer manufacturer and electronics manufacturer headquartered in West Chester, Pennsylvania, which also housed Commodore's corporate parent company, Commodore International Limited...
Amiga
Amiga
The Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...
computer system.
It used the Hold-And-Modify
Hold-and-Modify
Hold-And-Modify, usually abbreviated as HAM, is a display mode of the Commodore Amiga computer. It uses a highly unusual technique to express the color of pixels, allowing many more colors to appear on screen than would otherwise be possible....
display mode for in-game graphics. It may have been the very first commercial game to do so.
It received good scores from the computer game press. It was authored by Bill Williams
Bill Williams (game designer)
Bill Williams was a game designer and programmer.-Summary:He was the author of the acclaimed Atari computer games Salmon Run, Necromancer, and Alley Cat, and the Amiga games Mind Walker, Sinbad and the Throne of the Falcon, Pioneer Plague, and Knights of the Crystallion...
.