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Old 04 February 2003, 05:08 PM
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didn't they do chaos engine as well ?

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Old 04 March 2003, 08:21 PM
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Four years then Hey, you're partly responsible for me being a sad person (sometimes)


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Old 02 April 2003, 09:03 AM
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Read a good article on you lot in the latest copy of Indie magazine. And a picture of a green 01 as a mark of your success, Ed.
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Old 02 April 2003, 01:55 PM
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Old 02 April 2003, 02:12 PM
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Its amazing who is lurkin on this board.. we have at least one of the Time Splitters 2 team on board as it were...
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Old 02 April 2003, 03:54 PM
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Bitmap Brothers......on here..... We're not worthy...

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Old 02 April 2003, 04:03 PM
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Didnt they do the music for the pc game "Gods" ?

what else have they done?
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Old 02 April 2003, 04:06 PM
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Err...bitmap Bros wrote Gods, and speedball (and 2)...and Xenon 2 : Megablast (my fave from the 16-bit era)...
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Old 02 April 2003, 04:08 PM
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"Edcase - you're wanted!"

They also did "Z" but that was before Ed's time
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Old 02 April 2003, 05:15 PM
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Puff - I should have quized Edcase more at the last Surrey meet!
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Old 02 April 2003, 05:51 PM
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Old 02 April 2003, 06:00 PM
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wonder if they need a decent test manager
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Old 02 April 2003, 06:53 PM
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They wrote my all time fave games....

On the Amiga / ST...

Cadaver
Chaos Engine (1 and 2)
Gods
Magic Pockets
Speedball I
Speedball II
Xenon I
Xenon II

and Z on the PC

Bought them all, and probably played them more than any others. Those guys were practically worshipped back in the good old days

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Old 02 April 2003, 06:54 PM
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Spoke to a bloke at the Wiggin Tree meet some time ago who was involved with the Sony PS2 WRC game, anybody know who that was ?
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ah thought the name confused me

Yeah Xenon 2 was
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Old 03 April 2003, 11:26 AM
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Xennon 2, with the bomb the bass track! cool or what.

Magic Pockets was pretty darn cool I must say.

Bitmap Brothers - Gods to the older pooting generation!
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Old 03 April 2003, 11:29 AM
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Yes they are good, but it's the Stamper brothers who are gods to the earlier generation, ten years earlier
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Old 03 April 2003, 03:07 PM
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Well I asked because this Ed chap had a green 01 Scoob pictured in the article and I wondered if he visited these pages and voila, looks like I was right.
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There are two people @ Bitmap that have scoobs
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Old 03 April 2003, 06:32 PM
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didn't they also do Shadow of The Beast
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Old 03 April 2003, 06:34 PM
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No that was Psygnosis (sp?)

6 layers of paralax scrolling!!! ohhhhhhhhh
God damn the memories are flooding back thanks to this thread
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Old 03 April 2003, 06:50 PM
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Oh yeah thats right!!!! cheers mate
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Old 03 April 2003, 06:54 PM
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I turn my back for 10 minutes!!!



We mastered our latest game yesterday...check it out:

WWII: Frontline Command

I'm off to play GT3 in preparation for tomorrows trip to Prodrive
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Old 03 April 2003, 06:58 PM
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Oh yeah, and Steven Cotton: our first game was released in 1987. I don't remember Ultimate Play The Game (as Rare were then known) releasing anything in 1977
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Old 04 April 2003, 08:14 AM
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you're partly responsible for me being a sad person
I think that applies to most of us who gamed in the 80's/90's.
I remeber inviting mates round to listen to the music of Xenon 2 while playing as it was 'cool'.
That and setting up a mutiplayer league of Speedball 2
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Old 04 April 2003, 09:31 AM
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yeah, but do you remember Xenon 2 being on Tomorrow's World for some type of virtual surround sound that it had on the CDTV soundtrack?
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Old 04 April 2003, 09:38 AM
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Not to mention on Get Fresh on Saturday mornings

BTW if you thought Speedball 2 was good, wait til you see Speedball Arena. Imagine Unreal Tournmament 2003's visuals, Speedball 2's gameplay balance, Fifa's league structure and CounterStrikes online options. Don't hold your breath though, release is currently pencilled in for xmas 2004 at the earliest

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Speedball 2, lost many an hour on that game
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Speedball2 first game I ever saw on an Amiga. Was amazed at the sound and graphics. Was the reason I upgraded from a BBCB and games like carls cavern.

Bitmap Brothers games were always eagerly anticipated. Wasnt Gods supposed to be one of the first games with "intelligent" enemies.


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Old 04 April 2003, 10:21 AM
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Ah the memories

Speedball - what a damn fine game that was. many an hour lost playing that.

Steve - would never describe you as a sad man

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