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Style
Registered: Jun 2004
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Did anyone make much money writing c64 games?
and if so, what sort of money are we talking?
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SECRET MAN
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Registered: Jun 2004
Posts: 336 |
I made a lot of Money as i coded Katakis :-)
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
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Burglar
Registered: Dec 2004
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Quote: I made 800-900 danish crowns on the music+sound effects I did for a lowbudget game called "Complex". However, I told the makers of the game that I didn't want any money, as the music was pretty crappy. Ofcourse composing music isn't writing games.. but still. ;-)
ah Complex +4 ;) |
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Turtle
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Registered: Jan 2002
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iirc, ther was an article in a german mag (telematch/computer praxis, 11/84) about ECA and their 'noble art of programming' in which Michael Abbot was pictured as becoming a millionair for developing hart hat mack etc.
Never believed it, though.
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Tim
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Registered: Mar 2002
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I have always wondered the same about c64 based papermagazines in their prime days.
Anyone know more about the people behind those? |
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Skylab
Registered: Dec 2005
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There are still so many secrets... But not all of them will be published... |
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T.M.R
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Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 749 |
Magazine staff were, at least judging by the ones in the U.K., a mixture of journalists and gamers pretending/learning to be journalists. =-) i've always had the impression that people like Julian Rignall were gamers who got into writing, others like Gordon Houghton were writers who got into gaming; in either case it works 'cos the writer can string a sentence together and enjoys the subject matter.
Some mags were "professional" in that they only hired professional writers, that meant they occasionally got people who could write really pretty, like, but hadn't a clue about their subject matter... i can't think of any examples right now but i've seen some horrendous articles in the past that more than hint at that cause. |
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SIDWAVE
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Registered: Apr 2002
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I went to school with the 2 guys that made Thunderforce. They earned very little on that game. |
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Graham
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Registered: Dec 2002
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Quote: ok, forgot this computer as i never brought an atari xl before
the C64.. ;)
The Atari 800 is not an Atari XL. |
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TDJ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1879 |
Julian Rignall rocked. Him & Gary Penn were my fave writers back in the days.
Btw, I just found out that there's a Wikipedia article about Julian :Z |
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