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The Romanian word moș means an elder male person. [2] The term ger means "frost" in Romanian. Moș Gerilă's name is a translation of the Russian Ded Moroz and was adopted by the Romanian communists, under influence of the Soviet model, as a new name for Moș Crăciun (Santa Claus).
The narrative begins with a stock formula: a king's three sons are sent on a quest, and the hero, the youngest son, is set to succeed. [9] [10] [11] [12]An unnamed king has a brother, the Green Emperor (Împăratul Verde) who is nearing death, and as has no male heirs, he has written to king to send any of his three princes, and whichever one completes the journey shall inherit the whole empire.
Microsoft acquired one such site, The Village, in 1996, and rebranded it as the Internet Gaming Zone, offering various card and board browser games. [16] ClassicGames.com was created in 1997 to host a selection of classic, Java-based online multiplayer games such as chess and checkers; its popularity led Yahoo! to purchase the site in 1998 and ...
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Ded Moroz, [a] or Morozko (Russian: Морозко, romanized: Morozko), is a legendary figure similar to Father Christmas, and Santa Claus who has his roots in Slavic mythology.
Guerrilla is the result of a merger between three Dutch video game studios: Orange Games, Digital Infinity, and Formula Game Development. [2] [3] Orange Games was founded in 1993 by Arjan Brussee, the co-designer of the 1994 game Jazz Jackrabbit; [4] Digital Infinity was founded by Arnout van der Kamp in 1995; [3] and Formula was founded by Martin de Ronde in 1998 and sold to Lost Boys (a ...
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi – Death Star Battle (1983/84) – Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit family, Atari 5200, ZX Spectrum; Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1984/88) – Arcade, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST, GameCube
Bernard Louis De Koven or DeKoven (October 15, 1941 – March 24, 2018) [2] was an American game designer, author, lecturer and fun theorist. [3] He is most notable for his book The Well Played Game, for his contributions to the New Games Foundation, [4] his pioneering work in computer game design, [5] and for his long-running web site, deepFUN.com.