“H.U.R.G., High-Level User-Friendly Real-Time Games Designer”, is a program that enables you to create games. It is a menu driven utility designed to assist in creating games for the ZX Spectrum 48K and can be used by those with little or no knowledge of programming. For example, by using the ‘Edit Game’ menu option, the player can select actions such as creating a title page or specifying playing conditions via sub-menus. Utilities like these opened the possibilities for using home computers, by making programming accessible to anyone who was interested. Games created with “H.U.R.G.” are not stand-alone; they still require the engine to run.
“H.U.R.G.” came with three demo games that were created within the engine: ‘Manic Koala’, ‘Egg Pack’ and ‘Ms. Hortense’. Melbourne House ran competitions to encourage people to use “H.U.R.G.” in games design, with cash prizes for the best games created on the software.
Source: Play It Again website:
http://www.ourdigitalheritage.org/archive/playitagain/games/h-u-r-g-high-level-user-friendly-real-time-game-designer/
Last accessed: 5/05/2021
Original game developed by Beam Software. Published in 1984 by Melbourne House.
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ARC000014-1
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Game
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Computer game cassette/Computer game/Game
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Cassette tape computer program. Cassette, manual, cardboard cassette case and plastic cassette tray.