Move #09 02 августа 1997

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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.)