From: Frank Scheelen Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Anyone remember LAMASOFT? Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 21:53:02 +0100 Organization: World Online Lines: 11 Message-ID: <34B9312E.A8829CFB@worldonline.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: tlb1-p50.worldonline.nl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.02 [en] (WinNT; I) Path: ccw.ch!aetna.dolphins.ch!news.planetc.com!news-xfer.siscom.net!Aladdin!aladdin.net!ns2.aladdin.net!nntp.news.xara.net!xara.net!btnet-peer!btnet!news-feed1.eu.concert.net!news.worldonline.nl!not-for-mail Does anyone remember Lamasoft, alias Jeff Minter, who made absolutely WEIRD games like "the attack of the mutant camels" and the unsurpassed trippotron? Does anyone know whether Jeff is still active? -- Frank Scheelen 5038 GX 13 Nederland +13 544 5722 Tip: http://www.sseyo.com ###### From: frank@wins.uva.nl (Frank van der Linden) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Anyone remember LAMASOFT? Date: 14 Jan 1998 12:42:24 +0100 Organization: Dpt. of Math., Comp. Sc., Phys., Astro., University of Amsterdam Distribution: world Message-ID: <69i8b0$ouq$1@mail.wins.uva.nl> References: <34B9312E.A8829CFB@worldonline.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: mail.wins.uva.nl X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.1 #6 Lines: 10 Path: ccw.ch!aetna.dolphins.ch!news.planetc.com!news-xfer.siscom.net!streamer1.cleveland.iagnet.net!qual.net!iagnet.net!news.idt.net!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!bullseye.news.demon.net!demon!sun4nl!146.50.16.20.MISMATCH!wins.uva.nl!not-for-mail Frank Scheelen writes: >Does anyone remember Lamasoft, alias Jeff Minter, who made absolutely >WEIRD games like "the attack of the mutant camels" and the unsurpassed >trippotron? Does anyone know whether Jeff is still active? Don't forget about "Sheep in space"! :-) I too wonder what he's doing these days, he had a rare talent for writing truely original games - Frank ###### From: sam@greenaum.demon.co.ARSE!ARSE!ARSE!uk (Sam.) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Anyone remember LAMASOFT? Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 20:59:05 GMT Message-ID: <34bd269d.7597520@news.demon.co.uk> References: <34B9312E.A8829CFB@worldonline.nl> Reply-To: sam@greenaum.demon.co.ARSE!ARSE!ARSE!uk NNTP-Posting-Host: greenaum.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: greenaum.demon.co.uk [194.222.71.189] X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: TIN / Lines: 25 Path: ccw.ch!aetna.dolphins.ch!news.planetc.com!leto.ou.edu!news.onenet.net!news.oru.edu!newspeer.monmouth.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!news.demon.co.uk!demon!greenaum.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail Frank Scheelen wrote: >Does anyone remember Lamasoft, alias Jeff Minter, who made absolutely >WEIRD games like "the attack of the mutant camels" and the unsurpassed >trippotron? Does anyone know whether Jeff is still active? Yep, he's working on Project X, a christ-knows-what device with some ex-Atari chaps. It's going to be the future of gaming except they're American and Jeff is British so naturally it will be a complete failure. It's a shame because I bet it will be cool. http://www.magicnet.net/~yak/ is his home page, and you can downlload Llamatron, which is typically mental. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "This is just plain sick and wrong. Those of you who would even suggest masturbating to pictures of the princess wounded and dying are in drastic need of both God and immediate psychiatric assistance. Get some help" XXsam@greenaum.demon.co.ukXX http://www.greenaum.demon.co.uk/ ###### From: ipoorten@cs.vu.nl (Ivo van Poorten) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Anyone remember LAMASOFT? Date: 14 Jan 1998 21:01:54 GMT Organization: Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, VU, Amsterdam Lines: 12 Message-ID: <69j942$eg5$1@star.cs.vu.nl> References: <34B9312E.A8829CFB@worldonline.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: dawn.cs.vu.nl X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.1 (NOV) Path: ccw.ch!aetna.dolphins.ch!news.planetc.com!news-xfer.siscom.net!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!europa.clark.net!205.252.116.205!howland.erols.net!surfnet.nl!sun4nl!star.cs.vu.nl!ipoorten Frank Scheelen writes: >Does anyone remember Lamasoft, alias Jeff Minter, who made absolutely >WEIRD games like "the attack of the mutant camels" and the unsurpassed >trippotron? Does anyone know whether Jeff is still active? He is. I have an URL to his website somwhere. I'll look it up later if you want. He's still very in love with furry animals like sheep, camels and llama's ;-). (BTW it's Llamasoft). Ivo ###### Path: ccw.ch!usenet From: Neil.Franklin.nospam@ccw.ch (remove .nospam) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Anyone remember LAMASOFT? Date: 15 Jan 1998 17:33:18 +0100 Organization: My own Private Self Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <34B9312E.A8829CFB@worldonline.nl> X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Frank Scheelen asked us: >Does anyone remember Lamasoft, alias Jeff Minter, who made absolutely >WEIRD games like "the attack of the mutant camels" and the unsurpassed >trippotron? Do not forget Matrix! The fastest and noisiest shoot-until-you-are-shot game I have ever seen (remember the mirrors?). Made Doom look tame. And he managed that with 8 primary colours on 320x200 pixels. I still miss it. > Does anyone know whether Jeff is still active? No. -- Neil.Franklin.nospam@ccw.ch (remove .nospam), http://www.ccw.ch/Neil.Franklin/ for Geek Code, Papernet, Voicenet, PGP public key see http: Mac, 95 and NT users are CLUEless (Command Line User Environment) If I go missing, its once again my newsfeed that has craped ###### From: dgriffi@ultrix6.cs.csubak.edu (David Griffith) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Anyone remember LAMASOFT? Date: 15 Jan 1998 20:02:03 GMT Organization: California State University, Bakersfield Lines: 17 Distribution: world Message-ID: <69lpvr$2us$3@hades.csu.net> References: <34B9312E.A8829CFB@worldonline.nl> <69i8b0$ouq$1@mail.wins.uva.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: ultrix6.cs.csubak.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Path: ccw.ch!aetna.dolphins.ch!news.planetc.com!atl-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-peer.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!news.idt.net!nntp2.cerf.net!nntp3.cerf.net!news.sdsc.edu!newshub.csu.net!ultrix6.cs.csubak.edu!dgriffi Frank van der Linden (frank@wins.uva.nl) wrote: : Frank Scheelen writes: : >Does anyone remember Lamasoft, alias Jeff Minter, who made absolutely : >WEIRD games like "the attack of the mutant camels" and the unsurpassed : >trippotron? Does anyone know whether Jeff is still active? : Don't forget about "Sheep in space"! :-) I too wonder what he's doing : these days, he had a rare talent for writing truely original games : - Frank I loved Llamatron. The Kiler Mandelbrot set was incredible. -- David Griffith dgriffi@ultrix6.cs.csubak.edu ###### From: Chris Hayes Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Anyone remember LAMASOFT? Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 12:21:19 +0000 Organization: Babylon Larrrrrd Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <34B9312E.A8829CFB@worldonline.nl> <69i8b0$ouq$1@mail.wins.uva.nl> <69lpvr$2us$3@hades.csu.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: larrrrrd.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: larrrrrd.demon.co.uk [158.152.48.27] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: Turnpike (16) Version 3.05 beta 3 Lines: 15 Path: ccw.ch!aetna.dolphins.ch!news.planetc.com!news-xfer.siscom.net!204.186.0.13.MISMATCH!ptdnetP!newsgate.ptd.net!fastnet!howland.erols.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!news.demon.co.uk!demon!larrrrrd.demon.co.uk!Spanner The year has changed. But what I am reading hasn't... for example, David Griffith is still talking about "Anyone remember LAMASOFT?", thusly: >I loved Llamatron. The Kiler Mandelbrot set was incredible. Loved?! Past tense?! I still bang it on for half-an-hour or so just about every week. My favourite is the spider-like walking chips. -- By default by design, time after time. _\_;__:_|__ ;_/_!_ Maybe you've earned it, maybe you've spurned it, | Spanner@larrrrrd | But you've got it. Yes you've got it. | .demon.co.uk. | - ABC \_o____________o_/ ###### From: mcr@this.email.address.intentionally.left.crap.wildcard.demon.co.uk (Martin Rodgers) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Anyone remember LAMASOFT? Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 20:45:17 -0000 Organization: The Wildcard Killer Butterfly Breeding Ground Message-ID: References: <34B9312E.A8829CFB@worldonline.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: wildcard.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: wildcard.demon.co.uk [158.152.30.20] X-Newsreader: Anawave Gravity v2.00.779 X-Homepage: http://www.wildcard.demon.co.uk X-EMpathy: http://www.wildcard.demon.co.uk/empathy/ X-Enrapture: http://www.enrapture.com X-Nerdware: http://www.nerdware.org X-Coat: assert(got(coat)). Lines: 12 Path: ccw.ch!aetna.dolphins.ch!news.planetc.com!leto.ou.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!news.demon.co.uk!demon!wildcard.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail remove .nospam wheezed these wise words: > > Does anyone know whether Jeff is still active? > > No. See for news of recent "Yak" developments. It looks like he's still active - he's just moved on from the C64. -- Please note: my email address is munged; You can never browse enough "Oh knackers!" - Mark Radcliffe ###### From: slavins@hearsay.demon.nojunk.co.uk (Simon Slavin) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Anyone remember LAMASOFT? Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 01:09:27 +0000 Organization: First Sirian Bank Message-ID: References: <34B9312E.A8829CFB@worldonline.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: hearsay.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: hearsay.demon.co.uk [194.222.24.177] Lines: 17 Path: ccw.ch!aetna.dolphins.ch!news.planetc.com!leto.ou.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!news.demon.co.uk!demon!hearsay.demon.co.uk!user In article <34B9312E.A8829CFB@worldonline.nl>, Frank Scheelen wrote: > Does anyone remember Lamasoft, alias Jeff Minter, who made absolutely > WEIRD games like "the attack of the mutant camels" and the unsurpassed > trippotron? Does anyone know whether Jeff is still active? There are rather a lot of Lama references in SimCity 2000. I suppose I should do a web search for 'minter maxis' and see if he has anything to do with them. Simon. -- Simon Slavin -- Computer Contractor. | If I ran usenet, the timestamp for http://www.hearsay.demon.co.uk | anything posted between 2am and 5am Check email address for UBE-guard. | would *blink*. -- Nancy Lebovitz My s/ware deletes unread >3 UBEs/day.| Junk email not welcome at this site. ###### From: littaum@unm.edu (Mike Littau) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Anyone remember LAMASOFT? Date: 17 Jan 1998 22:36:57 -0700 Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Lines: 11 Message-ID: <69s4dp$fbi@capella.unm.edu> References: <34B9312E.A8829CFB@worldonline.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: capella.unm.edu Path: ccw.ch!aetna.dolphins.ch!news.planetc.com!atl-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!jobone!lynx.unm.edu!capella.unm.edu!not-for-mail In article <34B9312E.A8829CFB@worldonline.nl>, Frank Scheelen wrote: >Does anyone remember Lamasoft, alias Jeff Minter, who made absolutely >WEIRD games like "the attack of the mutant camels" and the unsurpassed >trippotron? Does anyone know whether Jeff is still active? > Jeff made his mark with Tempest 2000 & Defender 2000 for the Atari Jaguar, the former which will probably go down as the best game ever to be released for that system. Lots of Llamas & psychedelic effects in that one. ###### From: Ben Hutchings Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Anyone remember LLAMASOFT? Date: 18 Jan 1998 22:49:45 -0000 Organization: Not organised Lines: 21 Sender: womble@max65.public.ox.ac.uk Message-ID: <69u0u9$euq$1@max65.public.ox.ac.uk> References: <34B9312E.A8829CFB@worldonline.nl> <69s4dp$fbi@capella.unm.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: max65.public.ox.ac.uk Path: ccw.ch!aetna.dolphins.ch!news.planetc.com!newsfeed.usit.net!news-dc-3.sprintlink.net!news-dc-1.sprintlink.net!news-east.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!howland.erols.net!recycled.news.erols.com!nntp.news.xara.net!xara.net!cableinet-uk!news.cableinet.co.uk!baron.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!server3.netnews.ja.net!news.ox.ac.uk!not-for-mail In article <69s4dp$fbi@capella.unm.edu>, Mike Littau wrote: >In article <34B9312E.A8829CFB@worldonline.nl>, >Frank Scheelen wrote: >>Does anyone remember Lamasoft, alias Jeff Minter, who made absolutely >>WEIRD games like "the attack of the mutant camels" and the unsurpassed >>trippotron? Does anyone know whether Jeff is still active? >> > >Jeff made his mark with Tempest 2000 & Defender 2000 for the Atari Jaguar, >the former which will probably go down as the best game ever to be released >for that system. Lots of Llamas & psychedelic effects in that one. Well, no, the Jaguar was a flop, because the design was slightly crippled and its release was delayed for so long that pre-announcement of the Playstation killed it. Jeff Minter was well-known long before the Jaguar. -- Ben Hutchings, M&CS student | Jay Miner Society website: http://www.jms.org/ email/finger m95bwh@ecs.ox.ac.uk | homepage http://users.ox.ac.uk/~worc0223/ This sentence contradicts itself - no actually it doesn't. ###### From: Pete Fenelon Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Anyone remember LLAMASOFT? Date: 18 Jan 1998 23:41:54 GMT Organization: home Message-ID: <69u402$eeh$2@irk.zetnet.co.uk> References: <34B9312E.A8829CFB@worldonline.nl> <69s4dp$fbi@capella.unm.edu> <69u0u9$euq$1@max65.public.ox.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: man-056.dialup.zetnet.co.uk User-Agent: tin/pre-1.4-980105 (UNIX) (Linux/2.0.30 (i486)) Lines: 21 Path: ccw.ch!aetna.dolphins.ch!news.planetc.com!news-xfer.siscom.net!newspeer.monmouth.com!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!peer.news.zetnet.net!zetnet.co.uk!fenelon.zetnet.co.uk!pete Ben Hutchings wrote: > Well, no, the Jaguar was a flop, because the design was slightly > crippled and its release was delayed for so long that pre-announcement > of the Playstation killed it. Jeff Minter was well-known long before > the Jaguar. True -- Minter was one of the first wave of British Vic-20 programming aces, along with Eugene Evans of Imagine (apparently burned out on the young side of 20 and never got his head around 16-bit machines). While we're on the subject of British games programming celebs of the early/mid 80s, who was the guy who did most of the excellent music for Mastertronic and various other companies? (Rob Hubbard seems to ring a bell?) Wonder what he'd do with an AWE64, a fast processor and shedloads of RAM? :) pete -- Pete Fenelon ("There's no room for enigmas in built-up areas") pete@fenelon.zetnet.co.uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/petef/ 3 Beckside Gardens, Melrosegate, York, Y01 3TX +44 1904 438472 ###### From: lwalkerN0SpaM@interlog.com (Lawrence Walker) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Anyone remember LAMASOFT? Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 21:59:00 GMT Organization: Interlog Internet Services Lines: 22 Message-ID: <34cb16f9.39685674@news.interlog.com> References: <34B9312E.A8829CFB@worldonline.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: ip220-193.cc.interlog.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/16.451 Path: ccw.ch!aetna.dolphins.ch!news.planetc.com!newsfeed.usit.net!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-peer.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!News.Toronto.iSTAR.net!news.istar.net!newsfeed.interlog.com!news.interlog.com!not-for-mail On Fri, 16 Jan 1998 20:45:17 -0000, mcr@this.email.address.intentionally.left.crap.wildcard.demon.co.uk (Martin Rodgers) wrote: >remove .nospam wheezed these wise words: > >> > Does anyone know whether Jeff is still active? >> >> No. > >See for news of recent >"Yak" developments. It looks like he's still active - he's just moved >on from the C64. I've always thought of him as an Atari developer. On another note, you can find Llamatron for dos at that site. ciao larry "Common sense is actually nothing more than a deposit of predjudices laid down in the mind prior to the age of 18." ....Albert Einstein ###### From: nik@carrig.strand.iii.co.uk (Nik Clayton) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Anyone remember LLAMASOFT? Date: 20 Jan 1998 15:38:47 GMT Organization: MatriX Publishing Network Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <34B9312E.A8829CFB@worldonline.nl> <69s4dp$fbi@capella.unm.edu> <69u0u9$euq$1@max65.public.ox.ac.uk> <69u402$eeh$2@irk.zetnet.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: in.iii.co.uk X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.4.3 UNIX) Path: ccw.ch!aetna.dolphins.ch!news.planetc.com!leto.ou.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news2.chicago.iagnet.net!iagnet.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!195.99.66.215!news-feed1.eu.concert.net!btnet-peer!btnet-feed2!btnet!news.mpn.com!nik In article <69u402$eeh$2@irk.zetnet.co.uk>, Pete Fenelon wrote: >While we're on the subject of British games programming celebs of the >early/mid 80s, who was the guy who did most of the excellent music for >Mastertronic and various other companies? (Rob Hubbard seems to ring a >bell?) Rob Hubbard is the chap. First encountered his work on (I believe) _Monty on the run_ for the C=64, which was quite astounding. Also did the soundtrack for _I-Ball_, _Crazy Comets_, _Thing on a spring_ and a whole host of other excellent titles. First to use the 'Mix-e-load' system as well I think, where you could fiddle the parameters of the game's loading music as it was loading. Last I heard he was working for Sega. Others include Martin Galway (who was responsible for title theme and in-game music to _Parallax_ -- as I recall the intro was something like 20 minutes long) and a lot of the in-game music for Ocean games. The name David Daglish is ringing a bell too. N -- --+==[ Nik Clayton is Just Another Perl Hacker at Interactive Investor ]==+-- . . . and relax ###### From: "Dylan Rhodes" Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Anyone remember LAMASOFT? Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 17:50:00 -0800 Organization: Creative Labs, Inc. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <6a3klo$c3c@clarknet.clark.net> References: <34B9312E.A8829CFB@worldonline.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: drhodes.cli.creaf.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Path: ccw.ch!aetna.dolphins.ch!news.planetc.com!leto.ou.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!europa.clark.net!209.70.91.68!news.clark.net!usenet >There are rather a lot of Lama references in SimCity 2000. >I suppose I should do a web search for 'minter maxis' and see if >he has anything to do with them. The llama jokes in various Maxis products are due to co-founder Will Wright's love of the creatures -- I think he owns some. > >Simon. -- Dylan ###### From: dgriffi@ultrix6.cs.csubak.edu (David Griffith) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Anyone remember LAMASOFT? Date: 21 Jan 1998 03:39:21 GMT Organization: California State University, Bakersfield Lines: 16 Distribution: world Message-ID: <6a3ql9$a0k$4@hades.csu.net> References: <34B9312E.A8829CFB@worldonline.nl> <69i8b0$ouq$1@mail.wins.uva.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: ultrix6.cs.csubak.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Path: ccw.ch!aetna.dolphins.ch!news.planetc.com!news-xfer.siscom.net!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!awabi.library.ucla.edu!134.139.1.31!csulb.edu!newshub.csu.net!ultrix6.cs.csubak.edu!dgriffi Chris Hayes (Spanner@larrrrrd.demon.co.uk) wrote: : The year has changed. But what I am reading hasn't... for example, David : Griffith is still talking about "Anyone remember LAMASOFT?", thusly: : >I loved Llamatron. The Kiler Mandelbrot set was incredible. : Loved?! Past tense?! I still bang it on for half-an-hour or so just : about every week. : My favourite is the spider-like walking chips. Sorry, but I'm being lazy getting DOSemu to work. -- David Griffith dgriffi@ultrix6.cs.csubak.edu ###### From: "High Technology Publishing Ltd." Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Anyone remember LLAMASOFT? Date: 23 Jan 1998 18:00:13 GMT Organization: UUNET Lines: 53 Message-ID: <01bd2828$a80143e0$4ff382c1@localhost.dial.pipex.com> References: <34B9312E.A8829CFB@worldonline.nl> <69s4dp$fbi@capella.unm.edu> <69u0u9$euq$1@max65.public.ox.ac.uk> <69u402$eeh$2@irk.zetnet.co.uk> <6a0pc5$17j$1@max77.public.ox.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: ad079.du.pipex.com X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1161 Path: ccw.ch!aetna.dolphins.ch!news.planetc.com!leto.ou.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news-peer.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!howland.erols.net!rill.news.pipex.net!pipex!bore.news.pipex.net!pipex!not-for-mail > >While we're on the subject of British games programming celebs of the > >early/mid 80s, who was the guy who did most of the excellent music for > >Mastertronic and various other companies? (Rob Hubbard seems to ring a > >bell?) Wonder what he'd do with an AWE64, a fast processor and shedloads > >of RAM? :) Strange you should mention it, because at the beginning of February, an authorised Commodore 64 themes CD, done professionally, will be released. Details of the CD are on http://www.c64audio.com, and clips are on http://www.c64audio.com/ra (they're Realaudio clips in both 28.8 streamable format, and Dual_ISDN almost-CD-quality format. Each clip is between 45 seconds and a minute long. <<< Rob Hubbard is the chap. First encountered his work on (I believe) _Monty on the run_ for the C=64, which was quite astounding. Also did the soundtrack for _I-Ball_, _Crazy Comets_, _Thing on a spring_ and a whole host of other excellent titles. >>> Rob himself contributed mixes of Monty on the Run and Crazy Comets, so you'll be able to hear what he could do in real life...!! (some great piano in Monty, and wacka guitars in Crazy Comets) <<< Last I heard he was working for Sega. >>> Electronic Arts: he's a producer now. <<< Others include Martin Galway (who was responsible for title theme and in-game music to _Parallax_ -- as I recall the intro was something like 20 minutes long) >>> About 12, but it felt like 20! This track is also on the CD. <<< name David Daglish is ringing a bell too. >>> Benn Daglish, currently doing VB consultancy to pay for various real musical projects, such as choral composing, orchestral work and playing in a country and western band. Martin Galway is at Digital Anvil. Email me if you want to be added to the mailing list for order details, or just to chew the cud about C64 music: I'm the official publisher of most of the stuff on the CD. Chris Abbott High Technology Publishing