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OBJECT TYPE: game/PC/5.25 in. floppy disk/double sided
DATE: 1984
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.0822.015

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Quest for Tires/ Boulderdash
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 15
Total Parts: 52
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SYNTHETIC DISK WITH PAPER LABEL/ PAPER PROTECTOR

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 14.3 cm
Width: 13.4 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Computing Technology
Category: Digital peripheral devices
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1980'S
Canada: SOFTWARE USED IN CANADIAN HOME ON APPLE IIC PERSONAL COMPUTER. ORIGINAL APPLE II, INTRODUCED IN 1977, WAS FIRST PC TO BE MASS MARKET SUCCESS IN CANADA AS ELSEWHERE B.C.’s Quest for Tires was developed by Artech Studios of Ottawa, Ontario for Sydney Development Corp. of Vancouver, British Columbia. Sydney Development Corp. was the only large Canadian based video game publisher/developer in the early 1980s. The business model worked so that some titles were developed in Vancouver while other titles were farmed to other Canadian software developers (mostly in Ottawa and Toronto) only to have them branded as Sydney games. Ironically, B.C’s Quest for Tires was a successful adaptation of a popular franchise (comic strip B.C) at a time when the industry, internationally, was suffering from poorly developed games even when licensed. Boulder Dash was one of the first modern video games developed in Canada. Created by Chris Grey of Ottawa, Ontario and further developed by Peter Leipa of Toronto, Boulder Dash is an example of an early Canadian game published by a US publisher rather than the Vancouver based Sydney Development Corp.
Function: COMPUTER PROGRAM DEVELOPED FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES IN WHICH GAME IS PLAYED USING COMPUTER SCREEN & INPUT DEVICE SUCH AS JOYSTICK OR MOUSE. MOST OF THESE GAMES INVOLVE ROLE-PLAYING IN SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT.
Technical: COMPUTER GAMES WERE ONE OF MOST POPULAR APPLICATIONS OF PERSONAL COMPUTER
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: TYPEWRITTEN TEXT ON LABEL READS '7/16 Format: Special/ A: Quest for Tires/ B: Boulderdash'
Missing: N/A
Finish: BLACK DISK/ WHITE LABEL
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Software, after 1984, Artifact no. 1995.0822, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0822.015/

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