Initially created for Sierra On-Line by Mark Crowe and Scott Murphy ( who called themselves the " Two Guys from Andromeda "), the games parodied both science fiction properties such as Star Wars and Star Trek ( the theme song itself is a parody of the Star Wars theme ), as well as pop-culture phenomena from McDonald's to Microsoft.

Initially named CATI ( Conception Assistée Tridimensionnelle Interactive — French for Interactive Aided Three-dimensional Design ) — it was renamed CATIA in 1981, when Dassault created a subsidiary to develop and sell the software, and signed a non-exclusive distribution agreement with IBM.

Initially standing for Atari Low-Level Game Routines, Allegro was originally created by Shawn Hargreaves for the Atari ST in the early 1990s.

Initially, ten regional reliability councils were created by groups of interconnected power systems, which collectively covered the entire footprints of the major North American interconnections, and NERC was then formed as a more formalized successor to NAPSIC to spearhead reliability efforts and assist the regional councils by developing common operating policies and procedures as well as training resources and requirements.

Initially Medicare consisted exclusively of Part A, which covers hospital and other inpatient services, and Part B, which covers outpatient care, physician visits, and other “ medically necessary services .” Congress then added Medicare Part C ( originally called Medicare + Choice, then later changed to Medicare Advantage ), which allows enrollees to receive their Medicare benefits through a private plan, under the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, while Medicare Part D was created under the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003.

Initially, the city was considered to become the capital of the voivodeship created from the former German province east of the Oder-Neisse line, which nevertheless was assigned to Szczecin ( Szczecin voivodeship, 1945 – 1950 ).

Initially regions were created and elected regional assemblies set up.

Initially controversial at the time, the show was created with the express intention of changing the nature of network one-hour drama to compete with the more adult fare broadcast on cable networks.

Initially, it was a wholly owned subsidiary of the JNR Settlement Corporation ( JNRSC ), a special company created to hold the assets of the former JNR while they were shuffled among the new JR companies.

Initially a small, informal group, Das Kleeblatt increased it influence in the Wiener Camera-Klub through its international connections, and several other organizations promoting pictorialism were created in other cities throughout the region.

Initially two posts were created, one as head of the foot troops, as the magister peditum (" Master of the Foot "), and one for the more prestigious horse troops, the magister equitum (" Master of the Horse ").

Initially he teamed with Mel Bartz, an electrical engineer working with Storz, Inc. Michelson's report to the American Academy of Otolaryngology and Ophthalmology created a tempest.

Initially, the estates ' contributions were limited to six years, yet the Frederick William obliged the estates to continue the payments thereafter and created a dedicated office to collect the contributions.

Initially, this process, too, required a very long exposure to produce a distinct image, but Daguerre made the crucial discovery that an invisibly faint " latent " image created by a much shorter exposure could be chemically " developed " into a visible image.

Initially, the project was created solely in English ; a later expansion to include additional languages was started in July 2004.

Initially the character was created as a corrupt, gruff nemesis for the Duke family to battle, but as the series evolved over its first and subsequent seasons, Hogg developed more into a comical money-grabbing villain, more intent on various get-rick-quick schemes and shady plots than ever knowingly causing anyone serious harm.

Initially called the Pomeranian Voivodeship, it was created from the southern part of the pre-war Pomeranian Voivodeship and superseded by the voivodeships of Bydgoszcz, Toruń and Włocławek.

Initially the Polish government denied that it was responsible for the false flag action that created the entity, but Polish leader, Józef Piłsudski, subsequently acknowledged that he personally ordered Żeligowski to pretend that he was acting as a mutinous Polish officer.

Initially a maid of the Dowager Empress who caught the eye of Emperor Wanli, however, Wanli only favoured Lady Zheng, and all but ignored Xiaojing, hence Taichang was not created crown prince until 1601.

Initially called " Kootenay Dominion Park ", the park was created in 1920 as part of an agreement between the province of British Columbia and the Canadian federal government to build a highway in exchange for title ( property ) to a strip of land on either side of the route.

Initially created in an attempt to understand processes of innovation and knowledge-creation in science and technology, the approach drew on existing work in STS, on studies of large technological systems ( see large technical system ), and on a range of French intellectual resources including the semiotics of Algirdas Julien Greimas, the writing of philosopher Michel Serres, and the Annales School of history.

Initially founded as " IG Tatsunoko Limited " in 1987, it was a break-off branch-studio of Tatsunoko Productions which created Zillion.

Initially formed as the Australian Rugby League Board of Control on December 1924, it was created to administer the running of the national team.

Initially rejected by the council, the reform created a single state-wide electorate of 22 members, with half being elected each time.

Initially created as the Resettlement Administration ( RA ) in 1935 as part of the New Deal in the United States, the Farm Security Administration ( FSA ) was an effort during the Depression to combat American rural poverty.

Initially Lasker wanted to play for US $ 5, 000 a side and a match was agreed at stakes of $ 3, 000 a side, but Steinitz agreed to a series of reductions when Lasker found it difficult to raise the money.

Initially, parliaments were mostly summoned when the king needed to raise money through taxes.

Initially, nine locks were used in a temporary arrangement to lower and raise the canal for the crossing of the River Great Ouse at Wolverton at the river's water level.

Initially, Jubelirer defended the raise.

Initially limited frequency space meant that Channel 4 could not be broadcast alongside S4C, though some English Channel 4 programmes would be aired at less popular times on the Welsh variant, a practice that carried on up until the closure of S4C's analogue transmissions in 2010.

Initially, a number of nationwide systems were set up, such as Interlink, which were limited to participating correspondent banking relationships, not being linked to each other.

Initially, the majority of films in the programmes were Pathé films, but this changed fairly quickly as the American companies cranked up production.

Initially, he was not swept up by Hitler's charisma or the cult of Führer worship.

Initially, the President was merely a symbolic figure with the Reichstag dominant ; however, persistent political instability, in which governments often lasted only a few months, led to a change in the power structure of the republic, with the president's emergency powers called increasingly into use to prop up governments challenged by critical or even hostile Reichstag votes.

Initially, most IRC servers formed a single IRC network, to which new servers could join without restriction, but this was soon abused by people who set up servers to sabotage other users, channels, or servers.

Initially growing up in Bithynia, raised by his maternal grandmother, at the age of seven he was under the guardianship of Eusebius of Nicomedia, the semi-Arian Christian Bishop of Nicomedia, and taught by Mardonius, a Gothic eunuch, whom Julian wrote warmly of later.

Initially it painted ridiculous graffiti of dwarves on paint spots covering up anti-government slogans on city walls.

Initially set up under the HVP as a rocket training battery ( Number 444 ), Heimat-Artillerie-Park 11 Karlshagen / Pomerania ( HAP 11 ) also contained the A-A Research Command North for the testing of anti-aircraft rockets.

Initially a " rancho carnavalesco ", then a Carnival's Block, and finally a samba school, the Deixa Falar was the first to Rio Carnival parade in the sound of an orchestra made up of percussion surdos, tambourines, and cuícas, who joined pandeiro and shakers.

Initially well regarded because of its speed and flexibility, it was made up of Privy Counsellors, as well as common-law judges, and supplemented the activities of the common-law and equity courts in both civil and criminal matters.

Initially, British subjects from Australia made up the majority, but the establishment of the Caledonian Company of the New Hebrides in 1882 soon tipped the balance in favour of French subjects.

Initially the MiniDisc was comparable to a miniaturised CD, capable of storing up to 74 minutes of near CD-quality audio on a disc roughly two-thirds the size of a CD.

Initially the line up fluctuated, at various times including Clancy Pegg ( later of Tystion ) on keyboards, Daisy Hewitt as a harmony singer, Dafydd Ieuan and Kris Jenkins ( of Super Furry Animals ) on drums and percussion, before settling down to the " classic " line up in 1995.

Initially ordered to take his command to the Rhineland for rest and reinforcements, Chill disregarded the order and moved his forces to the Albert Canal, linking up with the 719th ; he also had ' reception centres ' set up at the bridges crossing the Albert Canal, where small groups of retreating troops were picked up and turned into ' ad hoc ' units.

Initially, when Bhutan was opened up for Tourism in 1974, the Government-owned Tourism Corporation was set up in Thimphu to encourage and organise individual and group tours to destinations of cultural importance in Bhutan, concentrating on Buddhism, weaving, birds, nature and trekking, and any special package.

Initially dismissing Luther's theses as " an argument between monks ", he later outlawed Luther and his followers in that same year but was tied up with other concerns and unable to take action against Protestantism.

Initially the Pistons had a tough time moving up the NBA ladder.

Initially, the pantheon of deities was not ordered, but later Mesopotamian theologians came up with the concept of ranking the deities in order of importance.

Initially, the accord opened up dialogue in Peru ’ s political arena, but within a year, the public considered it to be less effective than had been hoped.

Initially intrigued by Zampanò ’ s isolative tendencies and surreal sense of reality, Johnny unknowingly sets himself up as a victim to the daunting task that awaits him.