Infobox VG title Lode Runner 2 image File Lode Runner 2 Coverart.png developer Presage Software publisher GT Interactive now Infogrames Atari Windows , MacSoft Mac OS designer engine released 1998 Mac OS , September 30, 1998 Windows genre Platform game Platform Puzzle game Puzzle modes Single player , Multiplayer ratings Entertainment Software Rating Board ESRB Everyone platforms Mac OS , Microsoft Windows Windows media CD ROM 1 requirements input Lode Runner 2 was a computer game released in 1998 in video gaming 1998 for Mac OS and Microsoft Windows Windows . It was the first installation of the Lode Runner series to have 3D graphics they were really isometric projection isometric perspective 2d graphics, giving the illusion of 3D , groundbreaking for the series. In the game, players could play as a woman or a man, named Jake and Jane Peril according to the manual, but the player s default name was Digmo which was changeable , with the usual goal of collecting gold to go the next level, avoiding the Mad Monks along the way. However, instead of the usual sidescroller, players were able to move in six different directions on a freeform map accounting for falling and going up and down ladders . There were separate levels designed for cooperation, as well as Deathmatch gaming Deathmatch in Multiplayer multiplayer mode . The game is an excellent example of the trap em up genre, which also includes games like Heiankyo Alien and Space Panic . Lode Runner 2 was made by Presage Software and distributed by GT Interactive on the PC, and MacSoft on the Mac version. The disc, when put into an audio CD player, would play the score, which began on track two. External links moby game id lode runner 2 name Lode Runner 2 Lode Runner Series Category 1998 video games Category Mac OS games Category Windows games Category Video games with isometric graphics Category Puzzle video games Category Platform games Category Cooperative video games platform videogame stub ... more details
Infobox VG title Martianoids image Image Martianoids title.gif developer Ultimate Play The Game publisher Ultimate Play The Game designer engine released 1987 genre Arcade game Arcade modes Single player ratings N A platforms ZX Spectrum br Amstrad CPC media Compact audio cassette Cassette requirements 48K RAM Spectrum br 64K RAM Amstrad CPC input computer keyboard Keyboard , joystick Martianoids is a ZX Spectrum video game developed and published by Ultimate Play The Game in 1987. Although it uses isometric projection , as with Ultimate s second generation isometric releases such as Nightshade video game Nightshade and Gunfright , Martianoids used a scrolling display rather than the flip screen of earlier titles such as Knight Lore and Alien 8 . As with the contemporary Ultimate title Bubbler video game Bubbler , Martianoids was not written by the partnership of Tim Stamper programmer Tim Stamper and Chris Stamper . It was instead programmed by a team at U.S. Gold , and was therefore an Ultimate game in name only. It was Ultimate s penultimate title for 8 bit home computers. In 1988 the company became Rare Ltd. Rare , embarking on a long running partnership with Nintendo to develop console games. Introduction Players are given a cryptic introduction describing an attack by aliens known as The Martianoids . The Martionoids enter the player s ship and attack the brain of the ship with photon weapons . The player must act to prevent further damage. The player has lasers for defence which destroy internal walls, computer components and so forth, and the aliens. External links http www.ultimate wurlde.com games martianoidsintro.shtml Martianoids at Ultimate Wurlde WoS game id 0009374 http www.crashonline.org.uk 40 martianoids.htm Martianoids review at CRASH magazine CRASH magazine Ultimate Play The Game series Category 1987 video games Category Rareware games Category ZX Spectrum games Category Amstrad CPC games Category Video games with isometric graphics ... more details
Infobox VG title Nevermind image caption developer MC Lothlorien publisher Psyclapse released 1989 genre Puzzle game Puzzle modes Single player platforms Amiga Nevermind is a computer game published by Psyclapse a subsidiary of Psygnosis released in 1989. Summary The game was often given to UK Amiga owners who had sent their machine for repair. The repair centres in the UK sent this title among others as sort of compensation for their machine going faulty. The game is played in a 3D computer graphics 3D isometric environment. Each isometric square represents a tile. At the beginning of each level, a picture made up of sixteen tiles will be displayed to the player. The computer will then rearrange the tiles which make up the picture, and distribute some in other areas of the level. The player s task is to restore the picture to the way it looked at the beginning of the level. This is achieved by walking around the isometric world, picking up tiles, and placing them in the correct place. Throughout a level, warps must be found which allow the player to change from walking on the floor to walking on the walls. Each level has a time limit. If the time runs out, the player loses. When the picture is complete, the player progresses to the next level. From level two onwards, chess pieces patrol the level. The chess pieces may move correctly placed tiles to somewhere else on the level, or block the player s path. In addition, later levels contain several pictures, and several screens. External links http hol.abime.net 957 Entry for Nevermind at Hall Of Light Category 1989 video games Category Amiga games Category Video games developed in the United Kingdom puzzle videogame stub fr Never Mind ... more details
The Enigma engine also called the Blitzkrieg engine is a game engine developed by Nival Interactive that is used in several real time tactics video games, including their own games, Blitzkrieg computer game Blitzkrieg and Blitzkrieg 2 . Games that have utilized this engine include Blitzkrieg computer game Blitzkrieg with several stand alone add ons , Stalingrad computer game Stalingrad , Cuban Missile Crisis The Aftermath , Frontline Fields of Thunder , World War 1 , Talvisota Icy Hell and X Team Day of Freedom . Graphics deliver realistic 3D rendered Isometric projection isometric terrain and details include seasons, climatic zones and weather conditions which can affect game play. Blood is present although it can be deactivated. The player has the ability to build pontoon bridges, dig trenches, lay mines, resupply and repair units or call in air support but there are no resources apart from warehouses which can be captured present in the game. Virtually everything can be destroyed including buildings and bridges. Forests can be flattened by tanks or artillery. Each unit of a respective nation speaks its own language, adding immensely to the immersion. Later versions of this engine forgo isometric graphics in favor of true 3D graphics, facilitating true line of sight and line of fire. ref name gspot cite web last Jason first Ocampo title Nival, Paradox get tanked in Kursk publisher GameSpot date 2006 09 11 url http www.gamespot.com news 6158049.html?q Kursk format HTML accessdate 2007 10 19 ref References references Blitzkrieg series videogame software stub Category Video game engines Category Enigma Engine games ru Enigma engine ... more details
Infobox VG title Heimdall 2 image Image Heimdall 2 amiga.jpg caption Heimdall 2 cover, Amiga version developer The 8th Day publisher Core Design released 1994 in video gaming 1994 genre Action adventure game modes Single player platforms Amiga , Amiga CD32 , MS DOS media 2 Floppy disk s Amiga PC br Compact disc Amiga CD32 PC requirements 1MB RAM Amiga input Joystick Otheruses Heimdall disambiguation Heimdall 2 also known as Heimdall 2 into the Hall of Worlds is an isometric projection isometric action adventure game action adventure video game developed by The 8th Day and published by Core Design for Amiga , Amiga CD32 and MS DOS platforms in 1994 in video gaming 1994 . It is set in a world based on Norse mythology and is the sequel to Heimdall video game Heimdall , released in 1992 in video gaming 1992 . The CD ROM versions contain a CD audio soundtrack composed by Martin Iveson . External links http www.mobygames.com game heimdall 2 into the hall of worlds Heimdall 2 at Mobygames . amiga game stub MSDOS game stub action adventure videogame stub Category 1994 video games Category Amiga games Category CD32 games Category Action adventure games Category DOS games Category Sega Mega CD games Category Video games with isometric graphics Category Norse mythology in popular culture nl Heimdall 2 Into the Hall of Worlds pl Heimdall 2 ... more details
Infobox VG title Mantronix image File Mantronix Coverart.png developer Syrox Developments publisher Probe Software released 1986 genre Arcade adventure modes Single player ratings N A media Compact Cassette requirements input Computer keyboard Keyboard , Joystick platforms ZX Spectrum Sinclair Spectrum Mantronix is an Isometric projection isometric 3D computer graphics 3D arcade adventure game released by Probe Software Probe in vgy 1986 for the ZX Spectrum Sinclair Spectrum . Plot The year is 2001 A.D. and four planetary criminals are hiding from the law on the planet Zybor. The bounty hunter robot Mantronix has been sent to find and eliminate them. Gameplay The player controls the Mantronix in its hunt for the four fugitives on the planet Zybor. The Mantronix must also find eight power cubes, necessary to drive the conveyor belts on the planetary surface, and also as fuel for the homeward flight. Pulsators the life source of the fugitives must also be destroyed. The criminals are protected by robots which are programmed to attack the Mantronix. The Mantronix is armed with a laser to defend itself and carry out its mission. Reviews ZX Computing blockquote MANTRONIX puts less emphasis on problem solving than the Ultimate Play the Game Ultimate games, but it is a good tricky shoot em up, with a large playing area that should keep your trigger finger flexing for a long time. ref name ZX Computing Review Citation title Mantronix Review newspaper ZX Computing date August 1986 ref blockquote References reflist External links WoS game id 0003026 name Mantronix Category 1986 video games Category Action adventure games Category Video games with isometric graphics Category ZX Spectrum games adventure videogame stub ... more details
Infobox VG title developer Bo Jangeborg , Niclas Osterlin publisher The Edge Software engine Grax released 1986 genre Arcade adventure modes Single player ratings N A media Compact Cassette requirements input Computer keyboard Keyboard , Joystick platforms Amstrad CPC , Amstrad PCW , Sinclair Spectrum Fairlight II A Trail of Darkness is an Isometric projection isometric 3D computer graphics 3D arcade adventure game released by The Edge Software The Edge in vgy 1986 for the ZX Spectrum Sinclair ZX Spectrum but not Commodore 64 again. It is the sequel to Fairlight video game Fairlight . Plot Isvar successfully retrieved the Book of Light in Fairlight , but was then tricked into delivering it to the Dark Lord, who is now using it to further torment the land of Fairlight. Isvar must penetrate the Dark Tower and recover the book so that it may be taken to its rightful owner. Gameplay The game is very similar to its predecessor, though it is larger with more locations to explore. Reviews Sinclair User The Edge means business. Fairlight 2 is not for weekend adventurers. You re going to have to be up all night... Criticisms? Very few. ref name Sinclair User Review Citation title Fairlight II Review newspaper Sinclair User date December 1986 ref References reflist External links WoS game id 0001715 name Fairlight II Category 1986 video games Category ZX Spectrum games Category Amstrad CPC games Category Amstrad PCW games Category Action adventure games Category Video games with isometric graphics ... more details
viewable from an isometric perspective, pre dating Knight Lore by a year. ref name edge According ... 64 games Category 1983 video games Category Video games with isometric graphics Category Quicksilva ... more details
, is an isometric embedding of math X math into math operatorname Aim X math this is essentially ... X to Y math be an isometric embedding. Then there exists a natural metric map math j colon Y to operatorname ... if the natural mapping math j colon Y to operatorname Aim X math is an isometric embedding. Thus it follows ... more details
Infobox mineral name Aurostibite category boxwidth boxbgcolor image caption formula Gold Au Antimony Sb sub 2 sub molweight 440.47 g mol strunz 02.EB.05a color White to grey with bornite like tarnish habit system Cubic crystal system Isometric twinning cleavage Indistinct fracture tenacity Brittle mohs 3 luster metallic refractive opticalprop birefringence pleochroism streak gravity 9.98 melt fusibility diagnostic solubility diaphaneity Opaque other references ref http www.mindat.org min 430.html Mindat w localities ref ref http rruff.geo.arizona.edu doclib hom aurostibite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy ref ref http webmineral.com data Aurostibite.shtml Webmineral ref Aurostibite is an Cubic crystal system isometric gold antimonide mineral which is a member of the pyrite group. Aurostibite was discovered in 1952 and can be found in hydrothermal gold quartz veins, in sulfur deficient environments that contain other antimony minerals. The mineral can be found in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories of Canada , and the Timiskaming District in Ontario , Canada. Antimonides are rare and are normally placed in the sulfide class by mineralogist s. See also List of minerals References Reflist Category Gold minerals Category Antimonides Category Antimonide minerals Category Pyrite group Category Cubic minerals mineral stub it Aurostibite nl Aurostibiet ... more details
In mathematics , specifically geometric group theory , a geometric group action is a certain type of group action action of a discrete group on a metric space . Definition In geometric group theory, a geometry is any proper metric space proper , geodesic metric space . An action of a finitely generated group G on a geometry X is geometric if it satisfies the following conditions Each element of G acts as an isometry of X . The action is cocompact group action cocompact , i.e. the quotient space X G is a compact space . The action is properly discontinuous , with each point having a finite Stabilizer group theory stabilizer . Uniqueness If a group mathematics group G acts geometrically upon two geometries X and Y , then X and Y are quasi isometry quasi isometric . Since any group acts geometrically on its own Cayley graph , any space on which G acts geometrically is quasi isometric to the Cayley graph of G . References cite conference last Cannon first James W. title Geometric Group Theory booktitle Handbook of geometric topology pages 261 305 publisher North Holland date 2002 id ISBN 0444824324 Category Geometric group theory Category Discrete groups algebra stub ... more details
Nofootnotes date August 2008 Infobox VG title image Image h a t e.jpg 252px caption H.A.T.E. Covershot developer Vortex Software programmer Costa Panayi composer Ben Daglish publisher Gremlin Graphics released 1989 genre Shoot em up modes Single player platforms Commodore 64 , ZX Spectrum , Amstrad CPC , Amiga , Atari ST input 8 way joystick , 1 Button control button Hostile All Terrain Encounter H.A.T.E. is an isometric scrolling shoot em up similar to Sega s Zaxxon , developed by Vortex Software and released in 1989 for Commodore 64 , ZX Spectrum , Amstrad CPC , Amiga and Atari ST . A major gameplay difference from Zaxxon is the ability to play with either an airplane or a tank. External links WoS game id 0002247 http amr.abime.net review 571 H.A.T.E. Amiga reviews http www.zzap64.co.uk cgi bin displaypage.pl?issue 052&page 015&thumbstart 0&magazine zzap&check 1 Zzap H.A.T.E. Commodore 64 review at Zzap64.com Category Video games with isometric graphics Category Amiga games Category ZX Spectrum games Category Commodore 64 games Category Atari ST games Category Amstrad CPC games Category Scrolling shooters scroll shooter videogame stub nl H.A.T.E. ru H.A.T.E. ... more details
Image Sphere halve.png thumb right A great circle divides the sphere in two equal Sphere hemisphere s In metric space theory and Riemannian geometry , the Riemannian circle named after Bernhard Riemann is a great circle equipped with its great circle distance . In more detail, the term refers to the circle equipped with its intrinsic Riemannian metric of a compact 1 dimensional manifold of total length 2 , as opposed to the extrinsic metric obtained by restriction of the Euclidean metric to the unit circle in the Plane geometry plane . Thus, the distance between a pair of points is defined to be the length of the shorter of the two arcs into which the circle is partitioned by the two points. Properties The diameter of the Riemannian circle is , in contrast with the usual value of 2 for the Euclidean diameter of the unit circle. The inclusion of the Riemannian circle as the equator or any great circle of the 2 sphere of constant Gaussian curvature 1, is an isometric imbedding in the sense of metric spaces there is no isometric imbedding of the Riemannian circle in Hilbert space in this sense . Gromov s filling conjecture A long standing open problem, posed by Mikhail Gromov mathematician Mikhail Gromov , concerns the calculation of the filling area conjecture filling area of the Riemannian circle. The filling area is conjectured to be 2 , a value attained by the hemisphere of constant Gaussian curvature 1. References Gromov, M. Filling Riemannian manifolds , Journal of Differential Geometry 18 1983 , 1&ndash 147. Category Riemannian geometry Category Circles Category Metric geometry ... more details
File Eschalon Book One Dialogue Screen.JPG 190px thumb The dialogue screen in Eschalon Book I Eschalon is a series of isometric projection isometric role playing video game s developed by the independent video game company Basilisk Games . Intended as a trilogy, the games are intended to play like old school role playing games featuring large and openly explorable game worlds, comprehensive management of character statistics and skills, and non linear storylines. ref http lgn.linux hardcore.com interview with thomas from basilisk games Interview With Thomas From Basilisk Games Linux Gaming News, September 22, 2009 Article by Maxim Bardin ref The series currently comprise of two released games Eschalon Book I Windows , Mac OS X , Linux 2007 Eschalon Book II Windows , Mac OS X , Linux 2010 A third game called Eschalon Book III is expected. ref http www.mishmashmagazine.com features video games interview with basilisk games Interview With Basilisk Games Mishmash Magazine, July 09, 2010 Article by Max Ingram ref References reflist External links http basiliskgames.com Basilisk Games Official Website Basilisk Games Category Video game franchises Category Windows games Category Linux games Category Mac OS X games ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 In scattering theory , a scattering channel is a quantum state of the colliding system before or after the collision math t to pm infty math . The Hilbert space spanned by the states before collision in states is equal to the ones spanned by the states after collision out states which are both Fock space s if there is a mass gap . This is the reason why the S matrix which maps the in states onto the out states must be unitary operator unitary . The scattering channel are also called scattering asymptote s. The M ller operators are mapping the scattering channels onto the corresponding states which are solution of the Schr dinger equation taking the interaction Hamiltonian quantum mechanics Hamiltonian into account. The M ller operators are isometry isometric . See also LSZ formalism DEFAULTSORT Scattering Channel Category Scattering ... more details
Laurite is an opaque black, metallic ruthenium sulfide mineral with formula RuS sub 2 sub . It crystallizes in the Cubic crystal system isometric system. It is in the pyrite structural group. Though rare, it occurs in many parts of the world. Laurite has a Mohs hardness of 7.5 and a specific gravity of 6.99. It can contain osmium , rhodium , iridium , and iron substituting for the ruthenium. It occurs in ultramafic layered magma tic cumulate deposits and sedimentary placer deposits derived from them. Discovery It was discovered in 1866 in Borneo , Malaysia and named for Laurie, the wife of Charles A. Joy, an American chemist . References http www.mindat.org min 2344.html Mindat location data http webmineral.com data Laurite.shtml Webmineral Category Ruthenium minerals Category Pyrite group sulfide mineral stub de Laurit el es Laurita it Laurite nl Lauriet ... more details
ref improve date January 2012 Yttrocerite is a mineral with a chemical formula calcium Ca fluorine F sub 2 sub yttrium Y , cerium Ce fluorine F sub 3 sub . It is a bluish red fluoride with Cubic crystal system isometric crystals and is named for the Yttrium and Cerium it contains. It has a Mohs hardness of 4 5. It has been found in Sweden , several states in the United States and Norway . ref http www.mindat.org min 7379.html ref It is not a mineral species approved by International Mineralogical Association . ref http webmineral.com data Yttrocerite.shtml Webmineral data ref References references External links http www.mindat.org min 7379.html Mindat.org Halide mineral stub Category Calcium minerals Category Yttrium minerals Category Halide minerals Category Lanthanide minerals ... more details
H leniusite La La,Ce OF is a yellow Cubic crystal system isometric mineral . It has a dull, earthy Lustre mineralogy lustre . The geological setting of h leniusite La is in vug s and leaching zones of massive ferriallanite Ce , intimately intergrown with cerite Ce and bastn site La . It was discovered in 1986 at Bastn s mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg , V stmanland , Sweden and named in honor of Ulf H lenius , director of the mineralogy department at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm , Sweden . References http www.mindat.org min 25691.html Mindat.org http webmineral.com data Haleniusite La .shtml webmineral DEFAULTSORT Haleniusite La Category Lanthanide minerals Category Halide minerals halide mineral stub it Haleniusite ... more details
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Taxobox color violet name Marnavirus virus group iv ordo Picornavirales familia Marnaviridae genus Marnavirus Marnavirus is the only known genus within the family Marnaviridae . Virions consist of a round, non enveloped capsid with icosahedral symmetry. The capsid is isometric . The genome is a non segmented single molecule of positive sense, single stranded RNA of about 9000 nucleotides in length ref ICTVdB Management 2006 . 00.109.0.01. Marnavirus. In ICTVdB The Universal Virus Database, version 4. B chen Osmond, C. Ed , Columbia University, New York, USA. ref . Literature references External links http www.expasy.org viralzone all by species 170.html Viralzone Marnaviridae Category RNA viruses Virus stub ar ca Marnav rid es Marnaviridae ... more details
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