Name : Jim Bagley Programmer : Programming Languages :- Z80 6502 6809E 680X0 65816 65C02 80X86 SH1 SH2 R3000 C C++ C# VB OPEN GL DIRECT X ARM & THUMB PIC MICRO CONTROLLER ASM PARALLAX PROPELLER SPIN & ASM Published Title :- Target Machine :- Task Throne Of Fire :- Spectrum :- Sole Programmer Road Runner :- Spectrum :- Sole Programmer Street Sports Basketball :- Spectrum :- Sole Programmer World Class Leaderboard :- Spectrum :- Sole Programmer Gutz :- Spectrum :- Sole Programmer Batman Caped Crusader :- Amstrad :-…
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Game Credits: 9 Lives (1990) (Program Design by) Hunchback: the Adventure (1986) (Game Design) N.O.M.A.D (1986) (Games Design) Cosmic Wartoad (1985) (From an original idea by) Shadowfire (1985) (Design) Gift from the Gods (1984) (Game / character design) The BBC was your first computer you used is that your favourite computer or do you have a different favourite? I came to this whole industry by accident. I was planning on having a career in advertising but was offered three days work by my friend Steve Cain, the Art Director at Imagine. I…
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Sadly Bob Wakelin passed away 21st January 2018 he will be a loss to so many an integral part of Ocean such a talent RIP BOB. (Peter Ward) Bob leaves a legacy that lives on in the hearts of millions of gamers and in the talent of the multitude of artists he inspired. It was a privilege to know him – he will be greatly missed by everyone whose lives he touched both in person and through his work … and that’s a lot of people! R.I.P. Bob.. (Gary Bracey)…
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Interview by Peter Ward What did you want to do when you was at school for a career and what was your first job? I wanted to be a Palaeontologist when I was a child and get paid to dig up fossils but it wasn’t to be. I had a paper round to start off with, for a massive £3.50 a week. I had a job I hated putting the hard bits in moccasins so they’d keep their shape in some factory that smelt of glue after school a…
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Interview by Peter Ward First of all, Welcome to Retro Gamesmaster. It is truly an honour to interview one of the biggest names in our industry. What did you want to do when you were at school for a career, and what was your first job? I didn’t have the faintest idea what I wanted to do when I was at school (it was a crap school; I even managed to fail maths). My first job was for the part of the Post Office that morphed into BT as a…
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Martyn Brown Interview by Peter Ward Originally founded as 17-Bit Software and later named Team17, Team 17 created game such Alien Breed and Worms. Martyn Brown is the Co Founder of Team 17. Interview Peter Ward Well, oddly enough I wanted to be a chemist. I had always been fascinated about games and technology but never considered I’d be able to do that for a living – and besides in your teens you don’t really think that way. School tried to convince me that an office job or in a bank was…
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Career Highlights Worked on games from 1986 to 2000, has been working on toys mostly since then (4 years in house at Fisher price), and the occasional game. Edited dialogue for a few AAA titles (Velvet assassin, Drakensang), did some voice acting (Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island, Neverwinter), some Gameboy titles, Batman Rise of Sin Tzu, Splinter Cell Pandora, and King Kong. Last few years, I did Dark Quest on mobile (a hero quest clone), and last year got consumed by Horizon Chase (a retro styled remake of Top Gear)…
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STOP THE PRESS Allister is doing the music for the new Super Samurai click here to support the kickstarter For those who don’t know Allister’s background, he has composed music and sound effects for the video game industry since the mid-1980’s. If you want to know more then take a look at this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allister_Brimble Click here to purchase Click here to purchase Interview by Peter Ward Thank you for this interview, it is an honour for me to interview such a talented Musician from the game industry…. What did…
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Interview by Peter Ward Hello and Welcome to Retro Gamesmaster, who come up with the Designs for the characters for Toejam and Earl? I came up with the designs. Believe it or not I actually had a dream about the characters back around 1989 and I woke up and did a little napkin sketch of them. They ended up looking pretty much as I pictured them. What inspired you to make the new Toejam and Earl? The game I made before ToeJam and Earl was Starflight 1 and 2. These…
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Interview with the Oliver Twins by Peter Ward “Hello and welcome to Retrogamesmaster It is such an honour to interview two of the pioneers of the gaming industry who gave so much joy to so many and still do including me. A book written by Chris Wilkins The story of the Oliver Twins needs your backing; Chris Has known Philip and Andrew for 10 years and has written some great retro books on Ocean Software and U.S Gold and the beloved ZX Spectrum check out more information at http://www.fusionretrobooks.com”…
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