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Fiction

Avenell and the Cyclorama never existed. The hardware is real: specified, emulated and playable here.

The company, its people, dates, prices and sales are alternate-history fiction. On this site every in-universe statement sits under a red tally lamp. The machine is not invented: its specification, emulator, development tools and cartridges are real software, and every game picture is a frame a real cartridge drew.

Avenell Cyclorama

14 games for a 1987 console that never existed. They all play in your browser.

Erg, the Cyclorama’s astronaut mascot, in his helmet with its lamp lit.
A television set with its screen switched off. A 3D render made for this site.
ERG: NIGHTSIDE RUN, frame 2541, from the real cartridge.

ERG: NIGHTSIDE RUN

Number
CYC-1001
Year
1987
Genre
Side-scrolling platformer
Made by
Avenell Playhouse

Avenell Playhouse's side-scrolling platformer, packed in with the Cyclorama at its launch. Erg the astronaut runs across the night side of a slow-turning world to the Dawn Beacon before his helmet lamp dies; the lamp's pool of light is his energy meter.

Play

14 games
No.TitleYearGenreDeveloper
CYC-1001ERG: NIGHTSIDE RUN1987Side-scrolling platformerAvenell PlayhousePlay
CYC-1002SHADEWORKS1987PuzzleAvenell PlayhousePlay
CYC-1003HOUSELIGHTS1987Maze actionAvenell PlayhousePlay
CYC-1004ERG: GUNLIGHT1988Run-and-gunAvenell PlayhousePlay
CYC-1005ERG: STRIPLIGHT1988Shoot-'em-upAvenell PlayhousePlay
CYC-1006ERG: LAST CUE1988DuelAvenell PlayhousePlay
CYC-1007LOAD-IN RUN1990RacingAvenell PlayhousePlay
CYC-2017INKLIGHT1989Action-adventureLogiciels SoupirailPlay
CYC-5001TINSEL AND TALLOW1991Role-playingAvenell PlayhousePlay
CYC-5002ERG AND COMPANY1992Single-screen climberAvenell PlayhousePlay
CYC-5003ERG: NIGHT CHART1993Exploration actionAvenell PlayhousePlay
CYC-5004STRIKE THE SET1994Beat-'em-upAvenell PlayhousePlay
CYC-5005LATE LEAGUE1994SportsAvenell PlayhousePlay
CYC-6002SHADOW RALLY1993SportsSkymning DataPlay

In the fiction The numbers, years and developers. The games are real, and so is every picture on the TV: each is a frame the real cartridge drew on the emulator.