Before then, the game was only available on a limited basis on the Commodore 64 due to few publishers showing any interest in porting it.

Before the First Fleet sailed to found a convict settlement in New South Wales, Governor Arthur Phillip's final instructions, received less than three weeks before sailing, included the requirement to colonise Norfolk Island to prevent it falling into the hands of France, whose naval leaders were also showing interest in the Pacific.

Before his death in 1924, Lenin, while describing Trotsky as " distinguished not only by his exceptional abilities – personally he is, to be sure, the most able man in the present Central Committee ", and also maintaining that " his non-Bolshevik past should not be held against him ", criticized him for " showing excessive preoccupation with the purely administrative side of the work ", and also requested that Stalin be removed from his position of General Secretary, but his notes remained suppressed until 1956.

Before long the word was out and musicians began showing up, turning his gigs into jam sessions.

Before it was turned into a club, the Haçienda was a yacht builder's shop and warehouse before becoming a Bollywood cinema in the 1970s, showing films to the local Asian community.

Before calculators were cheap and plentiful, people would use mathematical tables — lists of numbers showing the results of calculation with varying arguments — to simplify and drastically speed up computation.

Before this public announcement, game industry journalists under a non-disclosure agreement had previewed the game in a private showing during E3 1999, and were reportedly amazed.

Before the sale to Michelin, Goodrich ran television and print ads showing an empty expanse of blue sky, to distinguish themselves from the similar-sounding Goodyear tire company.

' Before and after ' comparison images from Deep Impact and Stardust, showing the crater formed by Deep Impact on the right hand image.

Before 1 January 1988, on the ITV network, each programme would be preceded by the ident of the regional company that had made it, and this would be broadcast throughout the network, i. e. by all companies showing the programme.

Before 1530, the coat of arms had five fields, showing four griffins symbolizing Pomerania-Stettin, Pomerania, Wenden, Cassubia, and an empty regalia field.

Before Cory and Abby leave Carl and Ritchie, Cory runs over to Carl and gives him a kiss, showing him that she likes him as much as he likes her.

Map of the Median Empire ( 600 Before Christ | BC ) showing the relative locations of the Amardian tribe

Before Route 237 was upgraded to freeway status in the mid-1990s, it was a 4-6 lane street, known as Alviso-Milpitas Road or Milpitas-Alviso Road depending on different maps showing the description.

Before the Carnation Revolution, RTP was essentially a mouthpiece of the regime, and famously opened the newscast of 20 July 1969-the day of the first moon landing-with a segment showing president Américo Thomaz opening a concrete factory.

Before the first primaries, however, Sasso was identified as the person responsible for the distribution of a videotape showing similarities between a speech by Sen. Joseph Biden, a Dukakis rival for the nomination, and British politician Neil Kinnock, leading to Sasso's forced resignation from the Dukakis campaign.

Before each Speed Reader appearance, there would be a short film and " Speed Reader " song, showing Speed Reader reading fast.

Simulation showing outer planets and Kuiper belt: a ) Before Jupiter / Saturn 2: 1 resonance b ) Scattering of Kuiper belt objects into the Solar System after the orbital shift of Neptune c ) After ejection of Kuiper belt bodies by Jupiter

Before long Mobile's city council passed a law requiring all free negroes to post a bond signed by two white men, guaranteeing their good behavior, and to wear badges showing that they were under bond.

Before the main development of Jak and Daxter, Naughty Dog confirmed the idea with Sony Computer Entertainment, and after showing them a character they dubbed " Boxman " to demonstrate their animation engine, they came up with Jak and Daxter.

Before the late twentieth century, on the basis of studies showing widely varying validities for personnel selection techniques, the theory of " situational specificity " held sway.

Before long he was showing his films in 130 cities a year.

Jafar and Oogie Boogie ( from The Nightmare Before Christmas ) soon follow, and arriving last is Maleficent showing the audience how Halloween should really be celebrated.

Before showing with Brown, he had been represented by Pace Gallery for 10 years and by Marlborough Gallery for 30 years.

Before the assembled cardinals and delegations could engage in theological discussion, they had to decide how to sit during the proceedings.

Before any institution invests a great deal of time and energy into building high-quality e-learning content ( which can cost over $ 10, 000 per classroom hour ), it needs to consider how this content can be easily loaded into a Learning Management System.

Before and after imagery also helps to reveal how the landscape changed after an event, what may have triggered the landslide, and shows the process of regeneration and recovery.

Before the god and spirits depart they leave a tablet on Posthumus's chest explaining in obscure prophecy how destiny will grant happiness to Posthumus and Britain.

Before coming on stage, Trent Reznor explained how Numan was " vitally important and a huge inspiration " to him during the past 20 years.

Before embarking for England, Crusoe shows the mutineers how he survived on the island and states that there will be more men coming.

Before the nineteenth century, many military tactics were confined to battlefield concerns: how to maneuver units during combat in open terrain.

Before this, US Indian agents had counseled Pawnee chiefs to suppress the practice, as they warned of how it would upset the American settlers, who were arriving in ever greater number.

Before they board the train, Joe and Jerry have already noticed Sugar Kane ( Marilyn Monroe ), the band's vocalist and ukulele player, marveling over how she walks " like jello on springs ," as they struggle along in their high heels not at all sure they will be able to " pass " as women.

Before the Soviet Luna 9 mission ( landing four months before Surveyor 1 ) and the Surveyor project, it was unknown how deep the dust on the Moon was.

Before high school, David Byrne already knew how to play the guitar, accordion, and violin.

Before a game, the gamers agree on how many points will be used as the maximum army size and each assembles an army up to that maximum limit.

Before she returned to heaven as a cloud, she taught Kaitangata how to fish.

The Image Before the Weapon: A Critical History of the Distinction Between Combatant and Civilian ( Cornell University Press ; 2011 ) 264 pages ; explores ambiguities and inconsistencies in the principle since its earliest formulation ; discusses how the world wars and the Algerian war of independence shaped the issue.

Before being executed, he shouted to the crowd: " And now, it's time to show to the Parisians how Christians, Royalists and Bretons die ".

Before they parted, he ordered that Sun Wukong promise never to tell anyone how he acquired his powers.

Dana did not set out to write Two Years Before the Mast as a sea adventure, but to highlight how poorly common sailors were treated on ships.

Before the tour, Constantine said " We don't know how New Zealanders dress but we are looking forward to getting over there and finding out.

Before the 407 can notify the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to deny plate renewal or refuse to issue a new plate for a driver, the Highway 407 Act specifies how this process would work.

In his appearance on the " Where No Fan Has Gone Before " episode of the animated science-fiction TV series Futurama, aired on April 21, 2002, Shatner recited Eminem's hit " The Real Slim Shady " during a feast, both raising and answering the question of how one can perform a spoken word rendition of a rap song.

"' Before woomen were Readers ': how John Aubrey wrote female oral history ", in M. E.

Before deciding how to use game-based learning, the trainer must first determine what they would like the trainees to learn.

Before a match begins, the server specifies the Force ranking that will be used ; this controls how many points the players have to invest in different Force powers.

Before any presentation, he spent much time considering how to shorten it.

Before the testing had started, James Randi had written to the lab with a list of 11 " caveats " they should be wary of, and his suggestions on how to avoid them.