HOME

FORUM

DISCORD

SOCIAL

SUPPORT US

RECALBOX

SKRAPER

Language :
Translate W.I.P.  98% 74% 92% 74% 95%
Preferred region :
Community API Infrastructure
Members : 671.717
Admins : 12
Last Update : 25-09-06
Last Comment : 25-09-06
Yesterday's API Access : 33.583.540
Today's API Access : 13.193.179
threads /min. :  3396  
threads open :  64 / 4096  
guest threads open :  24 / 256  
scrapers :  358  
guest scrapers :  105  
guests : 
registered : 
contributors : 
Servers : CPU 1  CPU 2  CPU 3 
CPU Usage : 13% 28% 15%
API calls /min. : 269 2651 630
Average processing time
Game Info OK : 0.75s 1.16s
Game Info KO : 0.95s 1.23s
Game Search : 2.08s
Game Media : 0.26s
Game Video : 0.29s
User/Email :
Password :
Register       
Forgot your password? Enter your email address
PLATFORMS
GAMES
ROMS
COMPANIES GROUPS
Venetian Blinds
Venetian Blinds - Atari 2600 - Console Atari
General Information
Media
Additional information
Tips
Controls
ROMs/ISOs
General Information
Game Name (internal ScreenScraper)
Information Proposed by
Venetian Blinds
 zwabiksoki
Game name (by Region)
Regions Information Proposed by
Continent Américain
   USA Venetian Blinds
 Archangel54
Publisher
Information Proposed by
 zwabiksoki
Developer
Information Proposed by
David Crane
 Bojann
Number of Players
Information Proposed by
1
 Bojann
Rating
Rating Categories
Genre(s)
Information Proposed by
Demo
 bsolt
Release date(s)
Regions Information Proposed by
Monde 1981
 zwabiksoki
Synopsis
Synopsis
Languages Information Proposed by
Allemand Wie der Name schon sagt, handelt es sich bei der Venetian Blinds-Demo nicht um ein Spiel, sondern um eine Demo, die ein Paar Jalousien simuliert! Mit dem Joystick können die Jalousien durch Hoch- oder Runterdrücken angehoben und abgesenkt werden. Wenn die Jalousien hochgezogen sind, ist aus dem Fenster ein wunderschön gestalteter Sonnenuntergang zu sehen.
Die Geschichte hinter der Venetian Blind-Demo ist ziemlich interessant. Wie die meisten Menschen wissen, wurde Activision von mehreren ehemaligen Atari-Mitarbeitern gegründet, die das Unternehmen aufgrund der Atari-Richtlinien zur Anerkennung von Programmierern (oder deren Fehlen) verlassen hatten. Einer dieser Mitarbeiter war Bob Whitehead, Erfinder der „Venetian Blinds“-Technik, die erstmals in Ataris Videoschach verwendet wurde, um acht statt der üblichen sechs Objekte hintereinander anzuzeigen.
 retrofan
Anglais As the name implies the Venetian Blinds demo isn't a game, but a demo that simulates a pair of Venetian blinds! The joystick can be used to raise and lower the blinds by pushing up or down. When the blinds are raised a nicely done sunset is visible out the window.

The story behind the Venetian Blind demo is rather interesting. As most people know, Activision was founded by several ex-Atari employees who had left due to Atari's policies on programmer recognition (or the lack thereof). One of these employees was Bob Whitehead, creator of the "Venetian Blinds" technique, which was first used in Atari's Video Chess to display eight objects in a row instead of the normal six. Even though Activision had never used the Venetian Blinds technique in any of their games, that didn't stop Atari from threatening to sue Activision for "stealing" the technique along with other various proprietary information.

Since Activision knew that they hadn't stolen anything from Atari, they decided to play a little joke on Atari. According to David Crane, when the Atari's lawyers questioned them about the "stolen" Venetian Blinds technique David showed them this demo and said "Is this what you guys are referring to?". Apparently Atari wasn’t in a laughing mood, and they went through with the lawsuit. In the end Atari ended up losing the case and Activision went on to become the most successful of the 2600 third party companies.

Although Activision never made a game out of this demo it didn't go completely to waste. The sunset was later used in the background of Barnstorming.
 zwabiksoki
Portugais Como o nome indica, a demo Venetian Blinds não é um jogo, mas uma demo que simula um par de venezianas! O joystick pode ser usado para aumentar e diminuir as cortinas, empurrando para cima ou para baixo. Quando as cortinas são levantadas, um belo pôr do sol é visível pela janela.

A história por trás da demo do Venetian Blind é bastante interessante. Como a maioria das pessoas sabe, a Activision foi fundada por vários ex-funcionários da Atari que saíram devido às políticas da Atari sobre reconhecimento de programadores (ou a falta delas). Um desses funcionários foi Bob Whitehead, criador da técnica "Venetian Blinds", que foi usada pela primeira vez no Video Chess da Atari para exibir oito objetos em uma linha em vez dos seis normais. Mesmo que a Activision nunca tenha usado a técnica Venetian Blinds em nenhum de seus jogos, isso não impediu a Atari de ameaçar processar a Activision por "roubar" a técnica junto com várias outras informações proprietárias.
 unibratec
General Information
Media
Additional information
Tips
Controls
ROMs/ISOs
Licence Creative Commons licensed under the terms of Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

General credits : Hereafter, sources 'Creative Commons' of information and media providers.
Infos : Community ScreenScraper. Wikipedia . Gamefaqs . jeuxvideo . gametronik . gametdb . mobygames . Boxes Texture : Community ScreenScraper . Community The Cover Project . Community gbatemp . Community Hyperspin . Southtown-Homebrew . 2D / 3D Boxes : Community ScreenScraper . Community Hyperspin . Community Emumovies . gametdb . flyers.arcade-museum.com . videos : Community ScreenScraper . Community Emumovies Screenshots / Marquees : ScreenScraper . Progetto Snaps . musee des jeux video .