Interview with Steve McNeil by Peter Ward What was your first TV appearance? My first TV appearance was on Anglia TV in the early 90s, on a regional magazine programme in which I can be seen for approximately 2 seconds rollerskating backwards. Thanks for asking. How did you get involved withVideogame nation? Very early on in the development of Go 8 Bit, I met a guy called David McClelland (great tech presenter on various telly things/live events) who worked for the Virgin Media video gaming TV channel, Ginx TV,…
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Thank you for this interview it is an honour for me to interview such a Legend…. What did you want to do when you were at school for a career and what was your first job? I wanted to be a games designer! And my first real job was as a computer programming trainee. A combination made for what followed later. As a kid I used to create games as a hobby. Mostly board games. The IBM mainframe was your first computer is that your favourite computer? Now, it is…
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Interview with Steve Hammond by Peter Ward Thank you for this interview it is an honour for me to interview such a Legend…. I’m not a legend, just willing to talk is all! What did you want to do when you were at school for a career and what was your first job? I wanted to be an artist for 2000AD until I decided that I just couldn’t draw people. My first actual job was filling shelves at Wm. Low. After that it was college and then freelancing for Dave…
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Mevlut Dinc Interview by Peter Ward Twitter Facebook http://www.pixelagestudios.com/ Thank you for this interview it is an honour for me to interview such a Legend…. MD- You are very kind! Thank you for keeping our memories, and work alive, it’s much appreciated! What did you want to do when you were at school for a career and what was your first job? MD- What a difficult question to start the interview with! J The full answer to this question would be too long for the interview but I will…
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STOP THE PRESS Support the new Super Samurai click here to support the kickstarter Interview with Raffaele Cecco by Peter Ward Thank you for this interview it is an honour for me to interview such a Legend…. It’s a pleasure and thanks for the compliment! What did you want to do when you were at school before making your first game at school? I’d always been interested in science, technology, engineering and electronics, so I’m pretty sure I would have ended up working in those fields – I didn’t fancy working…
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Mike Lamb Interview by Peter Ward What did you want to do when you were at school for a career and what was your first job? Astronaut, footballer, secret agent. My first job was picking tomatoes in a green house The Commodore PET was your first computer is that your favourite computer? or do you have a different favourite such as when you owned a Spectrum? I liked the proper keyboard. Even now I hate laptops for the same reason. I guess my favorite retro was the Amstrad. When…
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Marc Djan Interview by Peter Ward Thank you for this interview it is an honour for me to interview such a Legend….. What did you want to do when you were at school for a career and what was your first job? I cannot really remember but something around the sport business. What was your first computer and is that your favourite computer or do you have a different favourite? My first computer was an Atari ST and my favorite one was the 1st Mac . it was…
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Interview by Peter Ward Thank you for this interview it is anhonorfor me toi nterview such a Legend…. Whatdid you want to do when you were at school for a career and what was your first job? At school I had no idea what I wanted to do as a career but I hoped it would be something based in the arts and I was preparing to attend Glasgow School of Art. I had owned a ZX Spectrum for a few years and I had started creating mockups of…
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Click Here to support the Kickstarter Interview by Peter Ward OverviewIf you were a ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Atari ST or Amiga gamer, then the chances are you played games published by two small British companies called Hewson Consultants and 21st Century Entertainment. Throughout the 1980s Hewson built up a reputation for producing some of the finest games of the era, publishing smash-hit titles such as Avalon, Paradroid, Uridium, Nebulus, Exolon, Cybernoid, Quazatron, Stormlord and Zynaps from legendary programmers like Steve Turner, Andrew Braybrook, Raffaele Cecco and John…
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Interview with Gary Bracey by Peter Ward Hello Gary welcome to retrogamesmaster it is an honour to interview one of the pioneers of the industry. What did you want to do when you was at school for a career and what was your first job? [[GB] ] At one time I was studying to get into law but when I got to a certain age I decided I didn’t want to study for another 5 years but get out in the real world and start earning some money to pay…
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