CRV Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Starting a new thread for this... Basketbrawl BlueSky Software Klax (unreleased) BlueSky Software Mat Mania Challenge BlueSky Software Mean 18 Ultimate Golf BlueSky Software Ninja Golf BlueSky Software Scrapyard Dog BlueSky Software Xenophobe BlueSky Software California Games (unreleased) Computer Magic Impossible Mission Computer Magic One-on-One Basketball Computer Magic Summer Games Computer Magic Winter Games Computer Magic Barnyard Blaster Datafast Computer Services? Planet Smashers Datafast Computer Services Asteroids GCC Ballblazer GCC? Centipede GCC Desert Falcon GCC Diagnostic Cartridge GCC Dig Dug GCC Food Fight GCC Galaga GCC High Score Cartridge (UR) GCC Joust GCC Ms. Pac-Man GCC Pole Position II GCC Rescue on Fractalus! (UR) GCC Robotron: 2084 GCC Xevious GCC Crossbow Imagineering Double Dragon Imagineering F-18 Hornet Imagineering Fight Night Imagineering Ikari Warriors Imagineering Kung-Fu Master Imagineering Pete Rose Baseball Imagineering Sentinel Imagineering Super Skateboardin' Imagineering Title Match Pro Wrestling Imagineering Tomcat Imagineering Touchdown Football Imagineering Pit-Fighter (unreleased) Imagitec Design Rampart (unreleased) Imagitec Design MotorPsycho John Boeschen & Co. Choplifter! ibidinc GATO (prototype) ibidinc Hat Trick ibidinc Karateka ibidinc Electrocop (unreleased) ICC Donkey Kong ITDC Donkey Kong Junior ITDC Mario Bros. ITDC ITDC stood for "International Technology Development Corporation" and had a subsidiary in China called Shanghai Software Consortium, so it's possible these were done over there. Toki (unreleased) Images Midnight Mutants Radioactive Software/Sculptured Software Alien Brigade Sculptured Software Commando Sculptured Software Dark Chambers Sculptured Software Fatal Run Sculptured Software Missing in Action (unreleased) Sculptured Software Rampage Spectral Dimensions Road Riot 4WD (unreleased) Tiertex Steel Talons (unreleased) Tiertex Gauntlet (unreleased) US Gold? Jinks US Gold Tower Toppler US Gold? Jinks was programmed by Peter Pachla, who has said he worked for US Gold. Ace of Aces ? Is there any evidence Imagineering did this? Crack'ed ? Robert Neve did the original ST version, but the 2600 version was farmed out, so it's possible this was, too. MeltDown ? RealSports Baseball ? Skyfox (unreleased) ? Super Huey UH-IX ? Tank Command ? Water Ski ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Here's an interview with the Crack'ed developer http://www.atarilegend.com/interviews/interview.php?interview_id=6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Laird Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Jinks, Gauntlet and Tower Toppler were Graftgold not US Gold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eckhard Stolberg Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 (edited) Jinks, Gauntlet and Tower Toppler were Graftgold not US Gold. Gauntlet might have been done by Graftgold, since you said in the other thead it was programmed later than the other two. But in this message on the stella mailing list Peter Pachla mentions that he worked at US Gold when he converted games to the 7800. And in this post on rec.games.video.classic he says that Tower Toppler was developed on the desk next to his at US Gold at the same time he created Jinks. Edited January 9, 2011 by Eckhard Stolberg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Laird Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 (edited) Jinks, Gauntlet and Tower Toppler were Graftgold not US Gold. Gauntlet might have been done by Graftgold, since you said in the other thead it was programmed later than the other two. But in this message on the stella mailing list Peter Pachla mentions that he worked at US Gold when he converted games to the 7800. And in this post on rec.games.video.classic he says that Tower Toppler was developed on the desk next to his at US Gold at the same time he created Jinks. The title screen of Jinks clearly states Softgold which was another name Graftgold used The title screen of Tower Toppler clearly states Hewson who published games by Graftgold Graftgold History US Gold were a publisher and according to the boxes of both games they licensed the games to Atari. I think somebody got confused along the way. Edited January 9, 2011 by The_Laird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 (edited) U.S. Gold was both, publisher and developer. John M. Phillips wrote Nebulus (Tower Toppler) for Hewson. Tower Toppler was released on numerous platforms incl. NES, but never written by Graftgold. Jinks was written by Rainbow Arts (German) and Softgold GmbH was also a German developer/publisher firm. That is why The Laird is getting confused, Jinks has nothing to do with a UK Graftgold/Softgold: >>>>>Die Firmengründer trennten sich und Rainbow Arts wurde an die Softgold Computerspiele GmbH verkauft, die zur Rushware-Firmengruppe (also German) gehörte und mit dieser ihrerseits 1999 von THQ aufgekauft wurde<<<<< Edited January 9, 2011 by high voltage 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eckhard Stolberg Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 (edited) The title screen of Jinks clearly states Softgold which was another name Graftgold used The title screen of Tower Toppler clearly states Hewson who published games by Graftgold Graftgold History US Gold were a publisher and according to the boxes of both games they licensed the games to Atari. I think somebody got confused along the way. No, Softgold Computerspiele GmbH was a German publisher who bought Rainbow Arts. Rainbow Arts was the company that created the original C64 version of Jinks. Besides Graftgold games Hewson also published the original C64 version of Tower Toppler (Nebulus in Europe). That one was programmed by John M. Pillips. Graftgold had nothing to do with it. www.graftgold.com lists (all ?) their games and programmers. There is no mention of Peter Pachla or any games for the 7800 on that site. IIRC Peter mentioned being from the Birmingham area and probably still lives there. I think US Gold was from there too. Do you know where Graftgold was from and if they had an office in Birmingham as well? BTW, I saw that there are currently at least two sellers offering several issues of ACE magazine from 1989/1990 on ebay.co.uk. Maybe you could ask them if one of those magazines contains the article about Gauntlet 7800 that you mentioned. Then we would at least know which issue to look for (or not to look for, if it's none of the ones available). (Whoa, that post took long to research and write. high voltage beat me to the answer by almost an hour ) Edited January 9, 2011 by Eckhard Stolberg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Laird Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Yeah its all certainly very confusing when a person has stated to have worked/known who worked on games for the 7800 when they are credited to different developers. I was about to repost myself after I had been looking stuff up and saw the Rainbows Arts/Softgold connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Perhaps the list should be expanded to list the programmers who worked on the game where known. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Says Softgold in the game title screen... Jinks, Gauntlet and Tower Toppler were Graftgold not US Gold. Gauntlet might have been done by Graftgold, since you said in the other thead it was programmed later than the other two. But in this message on the stella mailing list Peter Pachla mentions that he worked at US Gold when he converted games to the 7800. And in this post on rec.games.video.classic he says that Tower Toppler was developed on the desk next to his at US Gold at the same time he created Jinks. The title screen of Jinks clearly states Softgold which was another name Graftgold used The title screen of Tower Toppler clearly states Hewson who published games by Graftgold Graftgold History US Gold were a publisher and according to the boxes of both games they licensed the games to Atari. I think somebody got confused along the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRV Posted January 10, 2011 Author Share Posted January 10, 2011 Here's an interview with the Crack'ed developer I've seen the interview before. He doesn't actually say he did the 2600 and 7800 versions. Randy Bowker worked on the 2600 version at Zip Technologies. Perhaps the list should be expanded to list the programmers who worked on the game where known. I'm for keeping track of staff, but adding it to this list could make it messy. (Ninja Golf has three programmers, and then there's designers, etc.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRV Posted April 22, 2021 Author Share Posted April 22, 2021 (edited) Ace of Aces Absolute Entertainment/Imagineering? Crossbow Absolute Entertainment/Imagineering Double Dragon Absolute Entertainment/Imagineering F-18 Hornet Absolute Entertainment/Imagineering Fight Night Absolute Entertainment/Imagineering Ikari Warriors Absolute Entertainment/Imagineering Kung-Fu Master Absolute Entertainment/Imagineering Pete Rose Baseball Absolute Entertainment/Imagineering Sentinel Absolute Entertainment/Imagineering Super Skateboardin' Absolute Entertainment/Imagineering Title Match Pro Wrestling Absolute Entertainment/Imagineering Tomcat Absolute Entertainment/Imagineering Touchdown Football Absolute Entertainment/Imagineering Basketbrawl BlueSky Software Klax (unreleased) BlueSky Software Mat Mania Challenge BlueSky Software Mean 18 Ultimate Golf BlueSky Software MotorPsycho BlueSky Software Ninja Golf BlueSky Software Scrapyard Dog BlueSky Software Xenophobe BlueSky Software California Games (unreleased) Computer Magic (under subcontract with Man Development Corp.?) Impossible Mission Computer Magic (under subcontract with Man Development Corp.?) One-on-One Basketball Computer Magic (under subcontract with Man Development Corp.?) Summer Games Computer Magic (under subcontract with Man Development Corp.?) Winter Games Computer Magic (under subcontract with Man Development Corp.?) Barnyard Blaster Datafast Computer Services? Planet Smashers Datafast Computer Services The Time Lords of Xantac (UR) Datafast Computer Services? Asteroids GCC Ballblazer GCC Centipede GCC Desert Falcon GCC Diagnostic Cartridge GCC Dig Dug GCC Food Fight GCC Galaga GCC High Score Cartridge (UR) GCC Joust GCC Ms. Pac-Man GCC Pole Position II GCC Rescue on Fractalus! (UR) GCC Robotron: 2084 GCC Xevious GCC Toki (unreleased) Images, Maximum Effect Pit-Fighter (unreleased) Imagitec Design Rampart (unreleased) Imagitec Design Choplifter! ibidinc GATO (prototype) ibidinc Hat Trick ibidinc Karateka ibidinc Electrocop (unreleased) ICC Donkey Kong ITDC Donkey Kong Junior ITDC Mario Bros. ITDC Super Stunt Cycle (unreleased) John Boeschen & Co. MeltDown Radioactive Software, Sculptured Software? Midnight Mutants Radioactive Software, Sculptured Software Alien Brigade Sculptured Software Commando Sculptured Software Dark Chambers Sculptured Software Fatal Run Sculptured Software Missing in Action (unreleased) Sculptured Software Rampage Spectral Dimensions Paperboy (unreleased) Tiertex Road Riot 4WD (unreleased) Tiertex Steel Talons (unreleased) Tiertex Plutos (unreleased) Tynesoft Sirius (unreleased) Tynesoft Deflektor (unreleased) US Gold Gauntlet (unreleased) US Gold? Jinks US Gold Tower Toppler US Gold? Crack'ed ? RealSports Baseball ? Skyfox (unreleased) ? Super Huey UH-IX ? Tank Command ? Water Ski ? Credit where due: List formatting was probably inspired by this post Zero magazine claimed Tony Porter and Bob Armour were working on 7800 Gauntlet at US Gold. However, Armour has said he only worked on the Atari 8-bit version and was not aware that a 7800 version existed. Edited April 22, 2021 by CRV 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaden (JRH) Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Oh wow, talk about a bump! Nice work on finding these developers. Also, there are quite a few games here that I didn't even know were plannned to be games. Deflektor especially sounds very interesting. I doubt it would have Ben Daglish's awesome background music to go with it though. I also noticed that Tiertex is listed as a developer for a few games. And knowing their track record, maybe it's for the best that those never came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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