Mosaic - Where are they? What happened to the people who wrote branded games for the Spectrum.
MOSAIC
(C) Beard
Where are they?
I barely recognized them as they're gone ...
Hello, dear readers!
Playing a game that came to us from abroad
You probably have repeatedly drawn attention to the
authors' names and dates of publication
toys, most of whom were
written between 1987 and 1991. But
If you do not complicate check with
calendar, you'll see that already
begins the second half of 1997. So
what happened to the people who worked
earlier on the Spectrum? Than they are now
involved and what are their plans for budushee.
All these questions we will try to
answer in this article.
Imagine / Denton Designs [games: Stonkers,
Frankie goes to Hollywood, etc.]
Dougie Burns (Programmer)
He was last seen in Glasgow, where
He bought a car.
Marc Dawson (Programmer)
He is currently
executive director for Barbie the
Video Game in Manchester.
John Gibson (programmer - ZZoom / Stonkers)
She currently works at Psygnosis, than the very
satisfied. (Eds: Psygnosys - one of the
the largest companies in the production of video games)
Fred Gray (musician)
Changed the roles and became a computer programmer. Lives
in Liverpool. Powered by Psygnosis, but not
forget Denton Designs. However, after
how the Sony Corporation bought all the right Island for
Psygnosis, he began to doubt the correctness of the choice of
their place of work. Dave Lawson (Director)
According to available data controls Kinetica
Software in Birkenhead.
Ally Noble (Artist) and John Heap (Prog.)
Still owned and operated by Denton
Designs.
Design Design [games: Halls Of The Things,
Dark Star, etc.]
Simon Brattel
The owner of a small company producing
Various system programs.
Graham Stafford
Powered by Psygnosis, but in his spare
work time earns in Denton De signs.
Vortex [games: Android, TLL, Highway Encounter, etc.]
Costa Panayi
He lives in southern England and works di zaynerom the company
manufacturing soft children's toys.
Mark Haigh-Hutchinson
Powered by Lucas Arts. Now appends
'Shadows of the Empire' for the Nintendo 64.
Is the main organizer of the firm
Vortex, known for its collection of games
for various platforms, including for
Spectrum.
Realtime Graphics [games: 3D StarStrike,
Starglider, Carrier Command, etc.]
Continues the tradition of 3D games on a more
Perfect platforms. At the moment
sozdaet 3-dimensional games for Nintendo.
The firm is the developer of many
popular 3D algorithms.
Ultimate Play The Game / ACG [games: Jetpac,
Knightlore, etc.]
The firm changed its name, and now it is known
by Nintendo as a Rare. The most recent of their
Releases on Nintendo Ultra 64 is: Donkey
Kong Country, Killer Instinct. On his
old Spectrum past they
prefer not to remember.
Gargoyle Games / Faster Than Light [games:
Heavy On The Magic, Lightforse, etc.]
Roy Carter
After the departure of the IBM PC Roy continues
remain a fan of the Spectrum. Now he
is registered (!)
user-Z80 (Spectrum emulator on the
PC. Author: G. Lyunter). He has the consistency of
free distribution :-)) games
written by Gargoyle Games. Roy
believes that he could not realize all
ideas, and so even now, thinking,
to do more of this (perhaps even
and on the Spectrum).
Internet: COMP.SYS.SINCLAIR
(Continued in the next issue.)
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