Tyrian purple by ancient authors. Not much is known about the subsequent steps, and the actual ancient method for mass-producing the two murex dyes has not yet been successfully reconstructed; this special "blackish clotted blood" colour, which was prized above all others, is believed to be achieved by double-dipping the cloth, once in the indigo dye of "H. trunculus" and once in the purple-red dye of "B. brandaris". The Roman mythographer Julius Pollux, writing in the 2nd century AD, asserted ("Onomasticon" I, 45–49) that the purple dye was first discovered by the philosopher Heracles of Tyre, or rather, by his dog, whose
Tyrian (video game) version, consists of first 3 episodes and included various bugfixes. The registered version also included the ship editor, which was later available as separate download. Version 2.0 added the additional Episode 4 (An End to Fate) and several new game modes, like the two-player mode. Version 2.01/2.1 fixed some keyboard bug and included the "Christmas mode", triggered by starting the game in December In 1999, "Tyrian" was re-released as "Tyrian 2000", which includes an additional fifth episode and bug fixes. Additional ships include Phoenix II, Storm, Red Dragon, Pretzel Pete Truck (from the Pretzel Pete video game published by XSIV