William Tang (video game author)
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William Tang was a video game author in the 1980s, best known for his ZX Spectrum
ZX Spectrum
The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd...

 and Commodore 64
Commodore 64
The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...

 series starring Horace
Horace series
The Horace video game series was created in the 1980s by William Tang for Beam Software. The series comprised Hungry Horace, Horace Goes Skiing and Horace and the Spiders....

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Published works

  • Games
    • Horace Goes Skiing
      Horace series
      The Horace video game series was created in the 1980s by William Tang for Beam Software. The series comprised Hungry Horace, Horace Goes Skiing and Horace and the Spiders....

       (1982)
    • Hungry Horace
      Horace series
      The Horace video game series was created in the 1980s by William Tang for Beam Software. The series comprised Hungry Horace, Horace Goes Skiing and Horace and the Spiders....

       (1982)
    • Horace & The Spiders
      Horace series
      The Horace video game series was created in the 1980s by William Tang for Beam Software. The series comprised Hungry Horace, Horace Goes Skiing and Horace and the Spiders....

       (1983)
    • HURG (1984)
    • Mugsy's Revenge (1984)
    • The Way of the Exploding Fist
      The Way of the Exploding Fist
      The Way of the Exploding Fist is a 1985 fighting game by Gregg Barnett of Beam Software. Originally developed on the Commodore 64 and published in June 1985 by Melbourne House, ports were made for Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron and Commodore 16...

       (1985)
    • Asterix and the Magic Cauldron
      Asterix and the Magic Cauldron
      Asterix and the Magic Cauldron is a computer game for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum home computers based on the popular French Asterix comic books....

       (1986)
  • Books
    • Spectrum
      ZX Spectrum
      The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd...

       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
Asterix and the Magic Cauldron
Asterix and the Magic Cauldron is a computer game for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum home computers based on the popular French Asterix comic books....

 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.
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