The Bilestoad is a computer game by Marc Goodman (credited as "Mangrove Earthshoe") for the Apple II platform, released in 1982 by Datamost.
In The Bilestoad, players control "meatlings" that hack and battle with axes and shields from a top-view perspective. The name is derived from the German words Beil (axe) and Tod (death). The odd spelling reflects Goodman's idea of a future language similar to A Clockwork Orange's Nadsat in which English has...
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The Bilestoad is a computer game by Marc Goodman (credited as "Mangrove Earthshoe") for the Apple II platform, released in 1982 by Datamost.
In The Bilestoad, players control "meatlings" that hack and battle with axes and shields from a top-view perspective. The name is derived from the German words Beil (axe) and Tod (death). The odd spelling reflects Goodman's idea of a future language similar to A Clockwork Orange's Nadsat in which English has been modified by the borrowing of foreign words . Although the game may seem medieval, the backstory in the manual explains that the axe fighting is actually a future virtual reality game designed to reduce real violence.
The Bilestoad allows a human player to fight against either a computer-controlled opponent or another human; one can also pit two robots against each other. Movement and combat is accomplished with the keyboard, pressing keys to swing the gladiator's axe or shield outwards or inwards, or to make the gladiator turn, stop or...
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