Infobox VG title Hexplore image File Hexplore cover.jpg 250px developer Doki Denki Studio publisher Infogrames designer Marc Albinet engine voxel based released 1998 IBM PC compatible PC genre Role playing video game , action game action , adventure game adventure , puzzle game puzzle modes single player , multiplayer 4 players, cooperative gameplay cooperative play ratings Entertainment Software Rating Board ESRB E platforms IBM PC compatible PC Microsoft Windows media Compact disk CD PC requirements Original Intel Pentium P5 microarchitecture Pentium 90 MHz , Microsoft Windows 95 Win 95 , DirectX 5.0, 16 Megabyte MB of Random access memory RAM , SVGA video card , 16 bit sound card input Computer keyboard keyboard , Mouse computing mouse File Hexplore ingame.jpg thumb right Screenshot from Hexplore . Hexplore is a 1998 role playing video game from Infogrames Atari and Doki Denki Studio . Premise Set in 1000 AD, the player explores the world as MacBride, the adventurer. Early in the game you are joined by three party members, an archer, a warrior and a sorcerer. The player must track down Garkham, the black magician, to free the main characters companions that were taken prisoner. The game continues the story from there, and characters may leave or join the party of a maximum of four members in subsequent missions. Most of the characters are optional, which means the user may or may not recruit them for future quests. The game features over 200 levels with puzzle solving and combat, and allows up to 4 players in cooperative multiplayer mode. Technical details The game s game engine engine utilizes voxel s for creating 3 D shapes and the level, being then relatively fast at the time it was released. The game world is seen from a top down, isometric projection isometric perspective ... moby game id hexplore name Hexplore Category 1998 video games Category Action role playing video games ... stub fr Hexplore pl Hexplore ... more details
Orphan date January 2007 Context date October 2009 NeXT was a demo scene demo crew active on the Atari Atari ST ST from 1989 to 1992, mostly known for having created The Charts and The Phaleon Giga Demo . Members All members of NeXT were French, with one notable exception, Lem, who came from Belgium. The individuals who joined the group in historical order are Zae Said Hadjiat founding member, public relations specialist and diskmag editor Stwars Alexis Roos programming coder Pulsar Jean Fran ois Nebbia graphic artist PCP graphic artist Mit Olivier Lhermite coder http www.mobygames.com developer sheet view developerId,41915 MobyGames Dbug Micka l Pointier coder, graphic artist http www.mobygames.com developer sheet view developerId,45003 MobyGames FFT Richard Perdriau musician , coder Chromix Emmanuel Couross graphic artist, musician, coder http www.mobygames.com developer sheet view developerId,61090 MobyGames LAP Emmanuel Lary musician Lem Thomas Gonzales coder Lonewolf Xavier Dugast coder Like many other in demoscene , some NeXT members later joined the video game industry and successfully applied their skills on a number of games Little Big Adventure , Time Commando , Hexplore , The Smurfs , Asterix & Obelix , V Rally , Arabian Nights , Road Rash , Need for Speed series Need for Speed , The Suffering game The Suffering , Iron Storm PC Iron Storm , Kya Dark Lineage Kya , FIFA Video Games Series Fifa , Bet On Soldier Blood Sport Bet on Soldier , Test Drive video game Test Drive , Age of Conan Hyborian Adventures Age of Conan . See MobyGames links above for the respective personnel. Production history NeXT created a large number of productions some demo screens were guest entries in other groups demos, the well known Charts were released in the Floppy Disc Magazine Maggie , and some productions were real independent demos. The Charts The whole concept of The Charts was an idea of Zae who wanted the group to become well known very fast. His idea was simple The Engl ... more details
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