Byzantine Blackwood convention Byzantine Blackwood convention Byzantine Blackwood is a bidding in the game of bridge. Devised by Jack Marx, it is a complex version of the (by which a four notrump (4NT) asks about 's holdings). Its premise is that both aces and kings may safely be shown in response to a Blackwood-type 4NT enquiry; provided that such kings are in well-defined "key" or "half-key" suits, there being no more than two such suits. The name was chosen to express the idea that Byzantine Blackwood is a development from Roman Blackwood, by analogy with the Byzantine Empire and the Roman Empire; rather
F-Zero (video game) mid-1990s. "BS F-Zero Grand Prix" contained a new track along with the original 15 tracks from the SNES game and four different playable vehicles. According to "Nintendo Power", the game was under consideration for a North American release via Game Pak. IGN states "BS F-Zero Grand Prix 2" features one new league containing five tracks, a Grand Prix and a Practice mode. Although the "F-Zero" franchise made the transition to 3D graphics on the Nintendo 64 with the release of "F-Zero X" in 1998, Mode 7 graphical effects continued to be used for the Game Boy Advance (GBA) installments ""