<s>
The	O
Horace	B-Application
video	O
game	O
series	O
was	O
created	O
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
by	O
William	O
Tang	O
for	O
Beam	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
series	O
comprised	O
Hungry	O
Horace	B-Application
,	O
Horace	B-Application
Goes	O
Skiing	O
and	O
Horace	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Spiders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hungry	O
Horace	B-Application
and	O
Horace	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Spiders	O
were	O
two	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
games	O
also	O
available	O
in	O
ROM	O
format	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
the	O
Interface	B-Device
2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Horace	B-Application
game	O
,	O
Hungry	O
Horace	B-Application
was	O
written	O
as	O
a	O
simple	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
clone	O
,	O
published	O
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
it	O
,	O
Horace	B-Application
must	O
gather	O
food	O
from	O
around	O
a	O
park	O
and	O
move	O
onto	O
the	O
next	O
section	O
while	O
avoiding	O
park	O
guards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
possible	O
for	O
him	O
to	O
collect	O
a	O
bell	O
to	O
panic	O
the	O
guards	O
and	O
render	O
them	O
vulnerable	O
,	O
like	O
the	O
power	O
pills	O
in	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
title	O
was	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
Dragon	B-Device
32	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
original	O
was	O
marketed	O
and	O
distributed	O
by	O
Sinclair	O
themselves	O
,	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
Dragon	B-Device
32	I-Device
versions	O
by	O
Melbourne	O
House	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1983	O
Tang	O
produced	O
Horace	B-Application
Goes	O
Skiing	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
Horace	B-Application
must	O
cross	O
a	O
dangerous	O
road	O
teeming	O
with	O
traffic	O
,	O
à	O
la	O
Frogger	B-Application
,	O
to	O
rent	O
out	O
a	O
pair	O
of	O
skis	O
,	O
then	O
get	O
back	O
over	O
the	O
road	O
and	O
successfully	O
navigate	O
a	O
ski	O
course	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Hungry	O
Horace	B-Application
,	O
this	O
title	O
was	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
and	O
Dragon	B-Device
32	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
before	O
,	O
Sinclair	O
distributed	O
the	O
Spectrum	O
version	O
,	O
Melbourne	O
House	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
Dragon	B-Device
32	I-Device
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
placed	O
on	O
Eurogamer'''s	O
"	O
10	O
games	O
that	O
defined	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
"	O
list.Horace	O
Goes	O
Skiing	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	O
by	O
Pixel	O
Games	O
UK	O
in	O
October	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
256px|thumb|left|	O
In-game	O
screen	O
of	O
Horace	B-Application
in	O
the	O
Spiders	O
 '	O
Lair	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1983	O
,	O
Tang	O
produced	O
the	O
third	O
title	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Horace	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Spiders	O
which	O
was	O
primarily	O
a	O
platform	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
level	O
sees	O
Horace	B-Application
climbing	O
a	O
hill	O
while	O
jumping	O
over	O
spiders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
earlier	O
two	O
titles	O
,	O
this	O
game	O
was	O
only	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
stage	O
of	O
this	O
game	O
shared	O
similarities	O
with	O
both	O
Pitfall	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Colecovision	B-Device
game	O
Smurf	B-Application
:	I-Application
Rescue	I-Application
in	I-Application
Gargamel	I-Application
's	I-Application
Castle	I-Application
,	O
whilst	O
the	O
third	O
platform	O
stage	O
is	O
essentially	O
a	O
Space	B-Application
Panic	I-Application
clone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Horace	B-Application
made	O
a	O
comeback	O
in	O
1995	O
with	O
the	O
platform	O
based	O
game	O
Horace	B-Application
in	O
the	O
Mystic	O
Woods	O
for	O
the	O
Psion	B-Application
3-Series	I-Application
of	O
palmtop	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
fourth	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
Horace	B-Application
series	I-Application
is	O
a	O
platform	O
game	O
split	O
into	O
one-screen	O
levels	O
in	O
the	O
style	O
of	O
Manic	B-Application
Miner	I-Application
and	O
was	O
coded	O
by	O
Michael	O
Ware	O
of	O
Proteus	O
Developments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
a	O
conversion	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
by	O
indie	O
coder	O
Bob	O
Smith	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Spectrum	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
1987	O
game	O
Inspector	B-Application
Gadget	I-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
Circus	I-Application
of	I-Application
Fear	I-Application
,	O
Gadget	O
has	O
to	O
make	O
his	O
way	O
through	O
several	O
scrolling	O
worlds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
these	O
,	O
he	O
is	O
hindered	O
by	O
Horaces	B-Application
travelling	O
in	O
the	O
opposite	O
direction	O
;	O
if	O
he	O
trips	O
over	O
too	O
many	O
of	O
them	O
,	O
he	O
loses	O
a	O
life	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
reference	O
to	O
Horace	B-Application
is	O
also	O
present	O
in	O
the	O
2003	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
game	O
Dog	B-Application
's	I-Application
Life	I-Application
,	O
which	O
features	O
a	O
shop	O
named	O
Horace	B-Application
's	O
Ski	O
Shop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
a	O
font	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
one	O
used	O
on	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
is	O
accompanied	O
by	O
a	O
Spectrum-style	O
rainbow	O
pattern	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
fan	O
made	O
game	O
Horace	B-Application
Goes	O
to	O
the	O
Tower''	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
