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Sirius Software, Inc.

The company was found in 1980 by Jerry Jewell and Nasir Gebelli, and gained attention for its dramatically quick rise to prominence and its equally quick collapse in 1984.

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Short summary describing this company.

Concepts

2D
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Sure, these days have almost every game sporting the newfangled 3D, but way back when, everyone had to live with plain old 2D. 2D, or two dimensions, limit the game to scrolling backgrounds, but some games even now make use of this basic concept.
Single-Screen Level
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A level in which everything is displayed on-screen at once, with no scrolling, flip screen, or 3D movement. Many '80s games consist entirely of single-screen levels.
Instant Death
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A situation where the player-controlled character loses their life immediately. The quickness of that demise is often a stark departure from the balance of power, and sometimes the rules, established by the developers during the rest of the game.
Lives
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The concept of lives in video games evolved to let the player get a second chance after failing once. The most recognizable symbol is the heart.
Instant Kill
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Whether it be a close up shotgun blast, far away sniper rifle, explosive, or backstab, the "one hit kill" is a popular kill strategy. Usually hard to master and even harder to avoid, the instant kill is loved and hated by gamers everywhere.
Single Word Titles
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Games whose titles consist of a single word.
Space Battle
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Space is usually empty, but sometimes it's filled with virtual death machines.
Game Over
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Game Over originally appeared in pinball machines, and later, arcade machines. When players lose at a game, it is game over.
Attract Mode
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A mode in which a game will play a gameplay demonstration video as a means to entice players into playing the game.
Vertical Scrolling
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Vertical scrolling is when the screen scrolls along the y-axis. In a vertical scrolling game the player usually starts from the bottom of the screen and moves up. They are also almost always presented in a top-down perspective.

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