The game was re-released as a standard edition in 2006 across all PAL regions except France after the 2005 release of Shadow of the Colossus, Icos spiritual sequel, to allow players to " fill the gap in their collection ".

According to her husband, Plath began writing the novel in 1961, after publishing her first collection of poetry, The Colossus.

* Sylvia Plath wrote a poem entitled " Lorelei " ( part of the collection The Colossus and Other Poems, first published in 1960 )

His later novels included fixups such as The Beast ( aka Moonbeast ) ( 1963 ), Rogue Ship ( 1965 ), Quest for the Future ( 1970 ) and Supermind ( 1977 ); expanded short stories ( The Darkness on Diamondia ( 1972 ), Future Glitter ( aka Tyranopolis ) ( 1973 ); original novels such as Children of Tomorrow ( 1970 ), The Battle of Forever ( 1971 ) and The Anarchistic Colossus ( 1977 ); plus sequels to his classic works, many of which were promised, but only one of which appeared, Null-A Three ( 1984 ; originally published in French ).

Wonders typically affect either the city in which they are built ( for example, the Colossus ), every city on the continent ( for example, the Hanging Gardens ), or the civilization as a whole ( for example, Darwin's Voyage ).

* In The Colossus of New York ( 1958 ), a father transplants the brain of his recently-deceased son into a large robotic body.

Machines such as the Z3, the Atanasoff – Berry Computer, the Colossus computers, and the ENIAC were built by hand using circuits containing relays or valves ( vacuum tubes ), and often used punched cards or punched paper tape for input and as the main ( non-volatile ) storage medium.

Of these, Thor was disqualified for throwing his hammer ( he was allowed to use it since he was powerless without it ), The Incredible Hulk was disqualified because the Champion refused to " soil his hands on a mindless animal ," Wonder Man was disqualified for tearing up the ring after being battered badly in the first round, Sasquatch was knocked out in the first round, and Colossus was defeated by technical knockout in the first round when he was unable to continue fighting.

Using about 1, 500 vacuum tubes ( 2, 400 for Mk2 ), Colossus replaced an earlier machine based on relay and switch logic ( the Heath Robinson ).

Other technological and engineering feats achieved during, or as a result of, the war include the world's first programmable computers ( Z3, Colossus, and ENIAC ), guided missiles and modern rockets, the Manhattan Project's development of nuclear weapons, operations research and the development of artificial harbours and oil pipelines under the English Channel.

The " all-new, all-different X-Men " were led by Cyclops from the original team and consisted of the newly created Colossus ( from the Soviet Union ), Nightcrawler ( from West Germany ), Storm ( from Kenya ), and Thunderbird ( a Native American from the Apache nation ), along with three previously introduced characters, Banshee ( from Ireland ), Sunfire ( from Japan ), and Wolverine ( from Canada ), who eventually became the breakout character on the team and, in terms of comic sales and appearances, the most popular X-Men character.

* Colossus ( Walt Mink album ), 1997

* Colossus ( comics ), a superhero in the X-Men comic book series

* Colossus ( novel ), a 1966 science fiction novel by D. F. Jones about a computer that takes over the world

* Colossus ( Six Flags Magic Mountain ), a wooden roller coaster in Valencia, California

* Colossus ( Ferris wheel ), a Ferris wheel

* Colossus ( Thorpe Park ), a roller coaster in Chertsey, England

Colossus: The Forbin Project is a 1970 American science fiction thriller film.

Following her recovery, she appeared in B-movie westerns, such as Rage at Dawn ( 1955 ), and science fiction films, among them The Colossus of New York ( 1958 ), Flight of the Lost Balloon ( 1961 ), and Doomsday Machine ( 1972 ).

*" The Statuette of Rhodes " ( 60 BC ) ( short story in Classical Whodunnits 1996 edited by Mike Ashley ) — Decius finds a corpse on the base of the Colossus of Rhodes.

Immediately behind Douglas was Captain Richard Grindall in Irresistible, with Orion, Colossus, Sans Pareil and Russell a short distance behind the leaders and the rest of the fleet substantially to the rear.

" Black Colossus " is one of the original short stories starring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard and first published in Weird Tales magazine, June 1933.

BBS which had early roots from the Colossus BBS started by the author of the popular shareware communications program Qmodem.

– Comparison of the first computers, with a chapter about Colossus and its reconstruction by Tony Sale.

Colossus is especially offended by this because he had been held captive and experimented upon by Danger's ally, Ord of the Breakworld.

During the Avengers vs. X-Men storyline, Professor X and his son Legion are sensing the Phoenix Force was emergencing by transforming Cyclops, Emma Frost, Namor, Colossus and Magik into the Phoenix Five.

A viral marketing campaign ran prior to the release of Shadow of the Colossus, stating the Colossi were actual real statues found by explorers and tourists.

The Colossus of Rhodes described in a 1620 book by Alenio.

The Mk I Colossus was built between March and December 1943 by Tommy Flowers and his colleagues at the Post Office Research Station at Dollis Hill in London and then shipped to Bletchley Park in January 1944.

He keeps himself busy by fighting powerful warriors throughout the universe, and has even fought a number of assorted Earth superheroes, including The Thing, both the Incredible Hulk and the She-Hulk, Colossus, Sasquatch, Thor, Doc Samson, and Wonder Man.

Flowers's Colossus and its successor Colossus Mk2 were built by the British during World War II to substantially speed up the task of breaking the German high level Lorenz encryption.

Once Colossus was built and installed, it ran continuously, powered by dual redundant diesel generators, the wartime mains supply being considered too unreliable.

A working Colossus has been rebuilt, and was switched on in 1996, followed by a Mk2 in 2004 ; a wartime German cyphertext was ( belatedly ) deciphered in 2007.

* Construction of the Colossus computer, which was used by British codebreakers to read encrypted German messages during World War II.

* The Colossus computer is invented by the British to break German encryption ( see History of computing hardware ).

* Rhodes is invaded by an Arab force ; remains of the Colossus of Rhodes are sold off.

* " Colossus ", a Canadian movie theater brand owned by Cineplex Entertainment

* " Colossus ", a song by the Afro Celt Sound System from the album Volume 3: Further in Time

* Colossus Crosswords Magazine, a monthly crossword magazine published by Lovatts Puzzle Magazines

* Colossus Records, an American record label founded in 1969 by Jerry Ross

The Hellfire Club had failed, and the X-Men had taken their toll: Phoenix had driven Mastermind insane, Colossus had crippled Donald Pierce and Wolverine nearly killed Harry Leland and several guards.

Subsequently he worked with Donald Michie in Max Newman's group on the Fish ciphers, leading to the development of the Colossus computer.

The book discusses key episodes of 20th-century espionage and cryptology involving the Zimmermann telegram ; Enigma decryption and " Ultra "; the Battle of the Atlantic ; Erwin Rommel ; the Colossus computer ; Frank Rowlett and Japan's Purple cipher ; Allied Operation Overlord deceptions ; World War II spies and spy organizations ; Rudolf Roessler and the Lucy Spy Ring ; Takeo Yoshikawa and Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor ; Joseph J. Rochefort and the Battle of Midway ; Richard Sorge ; Donald Maclean ; Klaus Fuchs ; Venona ; Oleg Penkovsky ; and Ryszard Kukliński.