Zeit²

Zeit² is a scrolling shooter shoot 'em up made by German developer Brightside Games, which was released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox Live Arcade on January 12, 2011. The word "Zeit" is German for time.

Gameplay

Zeit² is a traditional side-scrolling, 2D, shoot-’em-up game with a unique gameplay mechanic that allows players to move forward and backward in time, making it possible for the player to combine shots and power, and even be assisted by a shadow version of the player.

The game features seventy challenges and eight bosses, as well as six game modes, including Score Attack, Survival, Wave, Time Limit and Tactics.

History

Zeit² was within the Top 20 of Microsoft Dream Build Play 2008, an Independent Games Festival 2009 Student Showcase Finalist and Indie Game Challenge 2010 Finalist.

References

External links

  • Official game site
  • Official developer site
  • Xbox LIVE Marketplace profile

  • Zeit

    Zeit (English: Time) is the third album by the German electronic music group Tangerine Dream. A double LP, it was released in August 1972, being the first release featuring Peter Baumann, who joined then-current members Christopher Franke and Edgar Froese. Zeit is subtitled Largo in Four Movements.

    Overview

    The style of this album is slower and more atmospheric than their previous albums. Florian Fricke from the Munich-based group Popol Vuh, playing Moog synthesizer, and four cellists appear on the first track. The album cover depicts a solar eclipse.

    As explained by Paul Russell for the 2002 reissue, "Zeit, which means 'time', was based on the philosophy that time was in fact motionless and only existed in our own minds." And concluding, "Without doubt Zeit is a Krautrock master work still capable of surprises without having to shock. The album which took the band to the edge of international recognition, still sounds timeless 30 years on."

    Music critics often refer to Zeit as being one of the first (or perhaps the first) examples of dark ambient music.

    Zeit (song)

    "Zeit" ("Time") was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, performed in German by Bianca Shomburg.

    The song was performed eleventh on the night, following Spain's Marcos Llunas with "Sin rencor" and preceding Poland's Anna Maria Jopek with "Ale jestem". At the close of voting, it had received 22 points, placing 18th in a field of 25.

    The song is a ballad, written and composed by Ralph Siegel and Bernd Meinunger, with Shomburg expressing her regret at "time running through my fingers" and her desire for just a bit more time - with the implication in the lyrics being that this would save a relationship. Shomburg also recorded an English version of the song, entitled "Time".

    It was succeeded as German representative at the 1998 Contest by Guildo Horn with "Guildo hat euch lieb!".

    References and external links

  • Official Eurovision Song Contest site, history by year
  • Detailed info & lyrics, Diggiloo Thrush

  • Podcasts:

    developed with YouTube
    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Zeit

    by: Megaherz

    Stunde um Stunde
    Tag um Tag
    Minute um Minute
    Schlag um Schlag
    Halt den Zeiger an
    Er soll sich nicht mehr drehen
    Ich marschiere nicht mehr
    Nein ich bleib einfach stehen
    Ich hab keine Lust mehr
    Mit den anderen
    Im Gleichschritt zu gehen
    Muß Leben zieht vorbei?
    Wieder stirbt ein Tag
    Mit dreißig bin ich tot
    Mit siebzig lieg ich dann im Grab
    Was kann ich noch tun
    Das kann doch noch nicht alles sein
    Ich will endlich wissen wofür es sich lohnt
    Auf dieser gottverdammten Welt zu sein
    Auf dieser Gott, gottverdammten Welt zu sein
    Zeit
    Ich brauche nur ein bißchen Zeit
    Zeit zu verstehen
    Zeit
    Gib mir nur ein bißchen Zeit
    Wieder klar zu sehen
    Zeit
    Ich brauche nur ein bißchen Zeit
    Zeit zu verstehen
    Zeit
    Gib mir nur ein bißchen Zeit
    Wieder klar zu sehen
    Zeit
    Oh, gib mir Zeit
    Wieder aufzustehen
    Note: special thanks to John for lending his „ear“ and to Jobarr for being so




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