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| − | Software Projects | + | Software Projects was the name of a computer game development company which employed [[Manic Miner]] developer [[Matthew Smith]]. After leaving Bug-Byte as a freelance developer, Smith was able to take the rights to his recently developed [[Manic Miner]] game with him, due to an oversight in his freelance contract. Software Projects was then able to market and publish the hit game separately from Bug-Byte. |
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| + | Conversions of both [[Manic Miner]] and [[Jet Set Willy]] to the Dragon were completed by [[Roy Coates]] using a Dragon running [[FLEX]] - but without access to [[Mathew Smith]]'s source code - The game was created by playing the Sinclair Spectrum version and copying the behaviour and graphics by hand. The extra RAM in the Dragon allowed [[Roy Coates]] to add a few additional levels to [[Manic Miner]]. | ||
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Revision as of 15:35, 1 June 2011
Software Projects was the name of a computer game development company which employed Manic Miner developer Matthew Smith. After leaving Bug-Byte as a freelance developer, Smith was able to take the rights to his recently developed Manic Miner game with him, due to an oversight in his freelance contract. Software Projects was then able to market and publish the hit game separately from Bug-Byte.
Conversions of both Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy to the Dragon were completed by Roy Coates using a Dragon running FLEX - but without access to Mathew Smith's source code - The game was created by playing the Sinclair Spectrum version and copying the behaviour and graphics by hand. The extra RAM in the Dragon allowed Roy Coates to add a few additional levels to Manic Miner.
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