Rick Dangerous Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Stumbled upon this recently: http://www.ebay.com/itm/141897310127 Looks to be a game contract, for "Hammerhead" (never heard of it). A few questions: -Who is James Purple Hampton, what else did he do on the Jaguar (and has he done anything since), and why do we care? -Is this really that rare, cool or valuable? I could see, as a jaguar super-fan, paying like $40 bucks for this to have it framed for a game room, but even then.. Curious to see if anyone knows anything about it, or thoughts on this kind of memorabilia in general And yes the topic title is meant to be facetious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 (edited) So mr. smith dropped the "360" from his eBay username, but wasn't bold enough to change it to vgamerxboxone. Still some stigma attached to dat bone I guess. Not really got any input on the item, that kind of stuff used to sell for silly money when there were people willing to fight each other for chocolate CDs and other "collectible" junk, which was great as those Hummers ain't gonna just grow new mudflaps. Edited February 9, 2016 by sh3-rg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SabertoothRetro Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Hammerhead = Skyhammer. As you likely know, Skyhammer was developed for Atari by Rebellion Software of AVP fame and Checkered Flag infamy. James Hampton was a producer at Atari who worked with Rebellion on AVP and Skyhammer. He also apparently worked on Highlander and some Lynx titles. You can find more info on his work here: http://www.jameshampton.net/index.html As far as collecting old memos, I guess there is a market for that stuff among extreme fans. The price of entry seems outrageous to me though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BitJag Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Hampton was producer on Trevor McFur in the Crescent. I guess I should feel proud that I knew this off hand, but strangely I don't... https://atariage.com/manual_page.php?SystemID=JAGUAR&SoftwareLabelID=1125&ItemTypeID=¤tPage=12&maxPages=16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 The price of entry seems outrageous to me though. That's what I thought...might be fun for $20-$40 but does the market really support $300 for the autograph of a guy now making Leapster games? I just don't see it... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+rdemming Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 I would scratch my head if I got an official company letter with a smiley as signature 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 I would scratch my head if I got an official company letter with a smiley as signature Especially given the tone of the letter itself. Nothing says "utter cock" more succinctly than a douchily inserted nickname or an overly flamboyant signature. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggn Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 So.... how come nobody grabbed that ossom R@R3 piece of memorabilia yet???!?!?!?!?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Perhaps he is the source of the Atari hookers and blow, party rumours? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterG Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 (edited) I like reading this things and I wish there would be an archive of all the paperwork that came out of Atari over the years since I really enjoyed those we got to see so far. But to pay that kind of money... It's nice that we can read the content though. Edited February 9, 2016 by PeterG 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felyx Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Not enough expensive for Qatar.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RARusk Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 (edited) Believe it or not I worked with him during my brief gametesting stint at LucasFilm Games. However, he was working on another game so his credits don't appear in the game I also worked on (which was Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (The Action Game)). If my fuzzy memory serves me right he got his "purple" nickname from those who interviewed him because of his purple socks and his purple car. Edited February 10, 2016 by RARusk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+madman Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Should've had it VGA graded. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 If you look up Hampton Wick you probably get closer to the truth about the guy's "purple" nickname. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 If you look up Hampton Wick you probably get closer to the truth about the guy's "purple" nickname. Purple like a bell-end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Purple like a bell-end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 "Be seeing you" is a nice douchey way to end a letter as well...lol What is the smiley face supposed to have near it anyway, are those tusks, or is it supposed to be like a vampire collar or something? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 I love using "Bell End", no one here that I work with in the US knows what it means 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+rdemming Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 I love British English. You have so many colourful words/expressions for naughty things. We Dutch often just use the vulgar word even when there are some less vulgar alternatives 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayreon Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 So... it had nothing to do with the purple gorilla that was spotted in Hampton Wick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leglock Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 I think it is neat, but wouldn't pay $300 for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+rdemming Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 So... it had nothing to do with the purple gorilla that was spotted in Hampton Wick Nah, the Purple Gorilla was only when Nolan Bushnell was still the boss at Atari. There are a lot of other things that could explain his "purple" nickname of which a lot seems related to German helmets and "a-holes" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willard Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 (edited) There is an old interview with Purple Hampton on this site here (that also explains his nickname, in his own words ). Sounds like he was largely responsible for the transition of AVP to the FPS genre. The contents of the memo are interesting but I imagine actually collecting originals of internal memos is a bit of a niche thing. Edited February 13, 2016 by Willard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electrobrain Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Actually Purple is an old friend of mine. I met him just after his Atari days when he was working on games at Macromedia. We became fast friends when I found out he produced AVP for the Jag. He has some amazing stories about his days at Atari. I just sent him a note to let him know about this listing. I'm sure he'll get a kick out of it haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidGameR186496 Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 (edited) He aslo was the tester and the actor for the marine for AVP as far as i'm aware Edited April 13, 2016 by KidGameR186496 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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