Microdeal - Revision history

Robcfg: /* Advertisements gallery */ Added new posters courtesy of Richard Harding

2018-12-30T16:50:54Z

‎Advertisements gallery: Added new posters courtesy of Richard Harding

Robcfg: Created ads gallery and added scan courtesy of Richard Harding

2018-12-06T22:23:39Z

Created ads gallery and added scan courtesy of Richard Harding

Robcfg: Added Software Publisher category

2016-03-30T11:38:21Z

Added Software Publisher category

Admin: Removed link

2016-03-30T10:56:33Z

Removed link

Robcfg: /* Software */ Changed "Tele-Tutor 1" to "Tele-Tutor"

2015-04-10T20:33:43Z

‎Software: Changed "Tele-Tutor 1" to "Tele-Tutor"

Jedie at 15:19, 5 August 2014

2014-08-05T15:19:47Z

Robcfg: Fixed link to Cuthbert in the Jungle

2012-04-22T22:34:41Z

Fixed link to Cuthbert in the Jungle

Admin: 1 revision

2011-06-01T12:07:37Z

1 revision

Snarkhunter at 11:57, 11 September 2010

2010-09-11T11:57:26Z

Admin: /* Activities */

2010-08-18T07:42:26Z

‎Activities

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 == Advertisements gallery ==
 <gallery>
 File:MD-1984-Games-Computing-back-cover-0384.jpg|Games Computing March 1984
 </gallery>

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	[[Worlds Of Flight]]		[[Worlds Of Flight]]
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		+	== Advertisements gallery ==
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		+	File:MD-1984-Games-Computing-back-cover-0384.jpg\|Games Computing March 1984
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	== Search Downloads ==		== Search Downloads ==

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−	[[Category:Documentation]] [[Category:History]] [[Category:Software]] [[Category:Company]]	+	[[Category:Documentation]] [[Category:History]] [[Category:Software]] [[Category:Company]] [[Category:Software_publishers]]

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 Microdeal also sold Cuthbert-branded blank media (tapes, disks, etc), re-boxed and sometimes adapted hardware (such as joysticks) made by other companies and published an occasional semi-informative, semi-promotional magazine called ''[[The Cuthbert Chronicle]]''. They also accounted for most of the advertising space and reviews of [[Dragon User]] magazine.
-John Symes the founder of Microdeal now runs a car dealership in Bournemouth [http://www.symesmini.com].
+John Symes the founder of Microdeal went on to run a car dealership in Bournemouth.
 == Software ==

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 [[Tele-Mod]]
-[[Tele-Tutor 1]]
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 [[Tele-Tutor 2]]

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	[http://archive.worldofdragon.org/archive/index.php?dir=Tapes%2F&search=microdeal&search_mode=f Tapes]		[http://archive.worldofdragon.org/archive/index.php?dir=Tapes%2F&search=microdeal&search_mode=f Tapes]
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		+	[[Category:Documentation]] [[Category:History]] [[Category:Software]] [[Category:Company]]

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 ==Activities==
-Some of Microdeal's software was produced in-house by the company's own programmers (including [[Steve Bak]], [[Rita Jay]] and [[Ed Scio]]) but they also licensed software from foreign sources, such as the American [[Tom Mix Software]] and [[Spectral Associates]], and published the works of independent programmers (notably [[Ken Kalish]] who was responsible for some of their most successful titles). Much of the software brought to Britain from the US was originally written for the Tandy CoCo (which was the more popular machine there) and converted to work with the Dragon. These conversions were contracted out to a company called Northern Software Consultants where they were handled by lead programmer [[Chas Robertson]]. Chas also designed the dongle device that was experimentally used for copy protection of a single Microdeal title, ''[[Buzzard Bait]]''. Some of Microdeal's licenced games were renamed for the British market. For example, they released a series of games based around the company mascot ''Cuthbert'' (''[[Cuthbert Goes Digging]]'', ''[[Cuthbert in the Jungle]]'', etc). The original members of this series were written in-house by [[Steve Bak]], but later additions were completely unrelated. Rather, they were renamed titles from several different sources - the graphical limitations of computers at that time meant that a character was unrecognisable and could be given any convenient name. Microdeal also had a brand called ''[[Pocket Money Software]]'', which published simpler games submitted by users at a lower price than the main titles. While some Pocket Money games were arguably of poor quality, others were among the company's most popular titles.
+Some of Microdeal's software was produced in-house by the company's own programmers (including [[Steve Bak]], [[Rita Jay]] and [[Ed Scio]]) but they also licensed software from foreign sources, such as the American [[Tom Mix Software]] and [[Spectral Associates]], and published the works of independent programmers (notably [[Ken Kalish]] who was responsible for some of their most successful titles). Much of the software brought to Britain from the US was originally written for the Tandy CoCo (which was the more popular machine there) and converted to work with the Dragon. These conversions were contracted out to a company called Northern Software Consultants where they were handled by lead programmer [[Chas Robertson]]. Chas also designed the dongle device that was experimentally used for copy protection of a single Microdeal title, ''[[Buzzard Bait]]''. Some of Microdeal's licenced games were renamed for the British market. For example, they released a series of games based around the company mascot ''Cuthbert'' (''[[Cuthbert Goes Digging]]'', ''[[Cuthbert In The Jungle]]'', etc). The original members of this series were written in-house by [[Steve Bak]], but later additions were completely unrelated. Rather, they were renamed titles from several different sources - the graphical limitations of computers at that time meant that a character was unrecognisable and could be given any convenient name. Microdeal also had a brand called ''[[Pocket Money Software]]'', which published simpler games submitted by users at a lower price than the main titles. While some Pocket Money games were arguably of poor quality, others were among the company's most popular titles.
 Microdeal also sold Cuthbert-branded blank media (tapes, disks, etc), re-boxed and sometimes adapted hardware (such as joysticks) made by other companies and published an occasional semi-informative, semi-promotional magazine called ''[[The Cuthbert Chronicle]]''. They also accounted for most of the advertising space and reviews of [[Dragon User]] magazine.

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 [[Scarfman]]
-[[Shocktrooper]]
+[[Shock Trooper]]
 [[Skramble]]