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Alien Garden

Alien Garden is a computer game for Atari 8-bit computers published by Epyx in 1982 by Bernie De Koven and programmed by Jaron Lanier. Designed with an emphasis on the need for experimentation within an extraterrestrial world, Alien Garden was described by its creators as an art game, and ranks among the earliest art games. Its release predates Lanier's…

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Genre
Non-game
Publisher
Epyx
Designer
Bernie De Koven
Mode
Single-player
Platform
Atari 8-bit
Programmers
Jaron Lanier Robert Leyland

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Alien Garden

Nodes24
Edges23
Triples23
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.083333
Components1

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Alien Garden

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related to Development · 13
Alien Garden → Automated Simulations, Bernie De Koven, De Koven, De Koven's, Epyx, He, Jaron Lanier, KB, Lanier, Ricochet, Robert Leyland, The, This
related to External links · 2
Alien Garden → Internet Archive, Internet ArchiveManual
Designer · 1
Alien Garden → Bernie De Koven
Genre · 1
Alien Garden → Non-game
Mode · 1
Alien Garden → Single-player
Platform · 1
Alien Garden → Atari 8-bit
Programmers · 1
Alien Garden → Jaron Lanier Robert Leyland
Publisher · 1
Alien Garden → Epyx
Release · 1
Alien Garden → 1982
is a · 1
Alien Garden → computer game for Atari 8-bit computers published by Epyx in 1982 by Bernie De Koven and programmed by Jaron Lanier

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game alien epyx garden de koven lanier world games bernie jaron flowers player challenge one computer designed art year score

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Alien GardenDesignerBernie De Koven1.00infobox
Alien GardenGenreNon-game1.00infobox
Alien GardenModeSingle-player1.00infobox
Alien GardenPlatformAtari 8-bit1.00infobox
Alien GardenProgrammersJaron Lanier Robert Leyland1.00infobox
Alien GardenPublisherEpyx1.00infobox
Alien GardenRelease19821.00infobox
Alien Gardenis acomputer game for Atari 8-bit computers published by Epyx in 1982 by Bernie De Koven and programmed by Jaron Lanier0.90text
Alien Gardenrelated to DevelopmentBernie De Koven0.60section
Alien Gardenrelated to DevelopmentJaron Lanier0.60section
Alien Gardenrelated to DevelopmentRobert Leyland0.60section
Alien Gardenrelated to DevelopmentEpyx0.60section

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