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  | Name        = Jason C. Brooke
 
  | Name        = Jason C. Brooke
 
  | Picture    = Jason Brooke.jpg
 
  | Picture    = Jason Brooke.jpg
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| Gender      = Male
 
  | Born        = Late 1960s
 
  | Born        = Late 1960s
 
  | BirthPlace  = Kippax, West Yorkshire, England
 
  | BirthPlace  = Kippax, West Yorkshire, England
 
  | Nationality = British
 
  | Nationality = British
 
  | Flag        = UK
 
  | Flag        = UK
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  | Aliases    = Jas.C.Brooke<br>Jas<br>Jas C Brooke<br>Jaz Brooke<br>Musicon Design<br>Jas.Brooke<br>J.Brooke<br>Jas C. Brooke<br>Jason.Brooke<br>Jason Brooke<br>Jason.C.Brook<br>Jas Brooke
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  | Aliases    = Jas.C.Brooke     <!--Strike C64
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        --><br />Jas               <!--Rasterscan C64
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        --><br />Jas C Brooke     <!--Rasterscan CPC
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        --><br />Jaz.C.Brooke      <!--Bosconian ZXS
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        --><br />J.C.Brooke        <!--Motos CPC
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        --><br />Jaz Brooke       <!--Inspector Gadget C64
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        --><br />Jas.Brooke        <!--OutRun C64
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        --><br />J.Brooke          <!--Bosconian C64
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        --><br />[[Musicon Design]]<!--Andy Capp C64
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        --><br />[[Binary Design]] <!--Out of This World C64
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        --><br />[[Binary Design|Binary Sight and Sounds]]<!--Out of This World ZXS manual
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        --><br />[[Binary Design|Binary Sigh and Sounds]]<!--Out of This World CPC manual German
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        --><br />Jas. C. Brooke   <!--Combat School CPC
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        --><br />Jas C. Brooke     <!--Garfield C64
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        --><br />Jason C Brooke    <!--Feud A8
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        --><br />Jas C.Brooke     <!--Gryzor CPC
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        --><br />Jason.Brooke     <!--Rockford C64
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        --><br />J.C.Brookes      <!--Mega Apocalypse ZXS
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        --><br />Jas.C.Brookes    <!--Rockford AST
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        --><br />J C Brooke       <!--Ikari Warriors AMI
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        --><br />Jason.C.Brook     <!--Lazer Tag C64
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        --><br />Jason C.Brookes  <!--Revenge of the Mutant Camels II AST
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        --><br />J. C. Brooke      <!--Vixen ZXS
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        --><br />Jas Brooke       <!--Vixen C64
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        --><br />Jason Brooke of [[Musicon Design|Musicon]]<!--World Darts AMI
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        --><br />Jason C. Brookes  <!--Revenge of the Mutant Camels II AMI
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        --><br />Jason Brooks      <!--Hellfire AST
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        --><br />Jason Brookes    <!--HoverForce AMI-->
 
  | Website    =  
 
  | Website    =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
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'''''Jason Brooke''''' (best known as Jas.C.Brooke) is a British composer who worked on the music and sound to many arcade computer game adaptions. He spent most of his early career at [[Mastertronic]] composing music for their ports to early home computer systems like the [[Atari 8-bit]] models, the [[Amstrad CPC]], and the [[Commodore 64]]. He is noted as one of the more popular European 8 bit composers. He did a small amount of programming as well, but around 1990 he began to focus less on music and more on programming, especially on Nintendo's [[Game Boy]] systems.
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'''''Jason Brooke''''' (goes by '''''Jas.C.Brooke''''' since 1986) is a British former video game programmer and composer. He spent most of his early career composing music and rearranging arcade music for early home computer systems, most popularly the [[Atari ST]], the [[ZX Spectrum]], and the [[Commodore 64]].
  
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Jason started out in school when a friend of his owned a ZX81 computer. Jason tried it for himself and was fascinated with it. In 1983, he had saved up enough money to buy his own [[ZX Spectrum]]. Jason wanted to compose music for a living, but after being told by his school that it was too unrealistic, he teamed up with a schoolmate of his who also was a programmer, and they had developed a piece of music software, which was later bought by [[Beam Software|Melbourne House]]. However, the software was never released.
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Brooke started out composing as a hobby on a Casio MT-31 and PT-30. He wanted to compose for a living, but was told by his school to learn to differentiate between dreams and reality. Just then, he saw his schoolmate programming on his Sinclair ZX81 computer. He tried it for himself and was fascinated with it. In 1983, he had saved up enough money to buy his own [[ZX Spectrum]]. In 1984, he teamed up with another schoolmate, Martin H. "Boffy" Smith. They programmed various things and sold a music editor called ''Muzik'' to [[Beam Software|Melbourne House]] for £300. However, it was never released. From June to October 1985, Brooke wrote a Christmas game called [[Plum Duff (ZXS)]].
  
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Jason wrote a Christmas-themed game called Plum Duff. He was trying to sell the game, and found Bug-Byte in 1985. Seeing as Binary Design were looking for game programmers, Jason applied and got the job and by early 1986, he had moved and started his job at Binary Design.
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Around Christmas 1985, he heard that [[Binary Design]] was looking for game programmers, went for an interview, and got the job. Since March 1986, he resides in Prestwich, Greater Manchester.
  
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While working at [[Binary Design]], Jason worked with the legendary [[David Whittaker]], who had him write different sound drivers for him. Binary eventually changed to Binary Sight and Sound (Jason being the 'sound' part of the title). Around this time, David Whittaker made a sister company to Icon Design called [[Musicon Design]]. David offered Jason a job at his company and he accepted and joined Whittaker in late 1987.
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Binary's musician was the legendary [[David Whittaker]], who had Brooke write new sound drivers for him. By late April 1987, Whittaker had left and Brooke had become Binary's musician for all platforms (without noticing that it fulfilled his childhood dream). In November, Brooke followed Whittaker's invitation to competitor [[Musicon Design]].
  
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One of Jason's jobs was to port arcade soundtracks to the home computers, which he was able to do through audio cassettes that were sent to the company of the original arcade soundtracks.
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In 1989, Brooke was getting bored of music and returned to programming. He followed an invitation to [[Zippo Games]] and freelanced for game companies as [[Day 1]]. In 1996, Brooke was about to retire from working on video games, until he learned about [[Perfect Entertainment]]'s new office in his hometown, where he developed an audio codec. However, in 1998, due to financial troubles, Brooke was let go from the company. Brooke then went to program PlayStation and Game Boy games at [[Software Creations]]. At their successor Acclaim Studios Manchester, he programmed in C for the GameCube and Xbox, but found the games unethical and quit the video game industry in 2003.
  
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Later, Jason worked for Zippo Games and worked on soundtracks for them, and also did some freelance projects for game companies. In 1996, Jason was about to retire from working on video games, until he learned about Perfect Entertainment's new office in his hometown which he joined. However, in 1998, due to financial troubles, Jason was let go from the company. Jason then went to work for [[Software Creations]], mainly working on Game Boy games. However, in 2001, Software Creations went out of business and Jason left and joined Acclaim with some former Software Creations staff. There, he worked on the Gamecube and Xbox, but he was unhappy with his job and quit the video game industry in 2003.
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Brooke does not listen to much music anymore, because he still imagines arranging for three voices. For his website, he programmed in JavaScript. He regularly tweets about Christianity and British politics, occasionally puns and his past. One of his brothers is video game graphic designer and artist Lyndon Brooke.
  
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He is the brother of video game graphic designer and artist Lyndon Brooke.
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==Audio Development==
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Apart from [[Plum Duff (ZXS)]] and [[World Darts (AST)]] (see their pages), Brooke went always the same way.
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Generally at [[Binary Design]] and [[Musicon Design]], everything 8-bit was developed on [[Einstein]] computers, wired to the target computer for testing. A sound driver was programmed once per platform, and songs and sound effects were arranged by typing numbers and labels into the driver's source code, using the platform's respective [[Assembly#Assembler|assembler]] (see sections below). Most audio for the Spectrum 128K, CPC and MSX was tested directly on the Einstein as those platforms have the same CPU and audio chip, only differently tuned. To have arcade songs rearranged, companies sent audio cassettes, many of which Brooke recalls were recorded in an open arcade.
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[[David Whittaker]] created a driver for [[Commodore 64]] in late 1985 and [[Amstrad CPC]], but Binary's game programmers complained about their slowness. In June 1986, upon Whittaker's request, Brooke rewrote the CPC one to be much shorter, faster, and more flexible. This driver got adapted to more platforms and released [[Glider Rider (ZXS)|by late September]].
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Shortly after, Brooke, himself a Whittaker fan, made audio the same way. Some rippers believed that Brooke was an alias of Whittaker. Whittaker and Brooke updated the drivers separately from each other, leaving them distinguishable after all. Brooke retuned most drivers a couple of times, accidentally transposing soundtracks by up to two semitones.
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Upon finishing a soundtrack, Brooke sent a disk with the ''module'' and instructions with titles and a date. Examples are found at [http<!--not https, photo fails-->://ww<!--don't omit www, same reason-->w.javalemmings.com/DMA/DMA2_4.htm a programmer] and [https://ataricrypt.blogspot.com/2018/11/jason-c-brooke.html an interview].
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===Amiga===
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:''Main article: [[JCB]]''
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Brooke used [[Assembly#Assembler|an unknown assembler]] on an Amiga. Where he got samples is unconfirmed, but some of them look like pre-calculated waveforms. On 2022-01-11, he [https://twitter.com/Bible_Digger/status/1480834938303877124 tweeted]:
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{{Quote |
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I always felt like my Amiga music was my worst. I needed time to imrpove my driver but often ended up just adding a drum line on the 4th channel, trying to add fill to 3 channel AY chip tunes. That worked best on [[Main Theme - Vixen#Vixen (AMI)|Vixen]] as you can't have too many "jungle" drums🙂}}
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===Amstrad CPC===
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In 1986, shortly after rewriting Whittaker's driver, Brooke bought a CPC, Einstein and [[Mikes Assembler]] for £700.
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===Arcade===
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Brooke's only scored arcade system is basically an [[Amiga 500]] at [[NTSC]], so he likely [[#Amiga|treated it as such]].
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===Atari 8-bit===
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Brooke used [[Mikes Assembler]] on an Einstein wired to an [[Atari 800]].
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===Atari ST===
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Apart from [[World Darts (AST)]], Brooke used [[Assembly#Assembler|an unknown assembler]] on an ST.
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In ST Format Issue 2, dated September 1989, Brooke started [http<!--not https, it hangs-->://ww<!--don't omit www, it fails too-->w.atarimania.com/mags/hi_res/atari-st-format-issue-002_90.jpg a sound programming course]. Further parts have not been found.
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 +
===Commodore 64===
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Brooke used [[Mikes Assembler]] on an Einstein wired to a C64. He loved some of its thick sounds, specifically basslines on Whittaker's huge loud speakers.
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Since May 1988, Brooke occasionally used [[6581|SID]]'s built-in filter, mostly a [[band-pass filter]] sweeping over the entire frequency range, apparently aware that this range varies on every machine. Still, in VICE 3.4, his usages sound best with '''6581 (ReSID)''' and a [[SID - Recording Guide#6581 filter|bias]] of around '''-250'''. Brooke's audio sounds otherwise the same on every SID chip.
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===DOS===
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Brooke used [[Assembly#Assembler|an unknown assembler]], probably under DOS. He supported the following devices (though it was up to the game programmer which the gamer heard):
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* [[PC Speaker]]. Earlier soundtracks rapidly switch between two [[square wave]] tracks, later ones mix three waves together.
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* [[PCjr 3 Voice]] (Tiger Road only)
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* [[Ad Lib Music Synthesizer Card]] (since 1990)
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* [[Roland]] (since 1991)
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===MSX===
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Brooke used [[Mikes Assembler]] on an Einstein wired to an MSX.
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===ZX Spectrum===
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In 1983, Brooke bought a [[ZX Spectrum]] and "an add-on sound box". Apart from [[Plum Duff (ZXS)]], he used [[Mikes Assembler]] on an Einstein wired to a Spectrum. He supported the following devices (though it was up to the game programmer which the gamer heard):
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* [[Loudspeaker]]. Earlier soundtracks play one [[pulse width modulation|modulated]] pulse wave, later ones mix two unmodulated pulse waves together. In both cases, short [[noise]]s cut in as percussion.
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* [[AY-3-891x]] chip in:
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** [[ZX Spectrum 128K]]
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** [[Fuller Box]]
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** [[3-Channel Sound Unit]]
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** [[ZXM Sound Box]] (Plum Duff and Defcom only)
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** [[ADD-ON]] (Plum Duff only)
  
 
==Gameography==
 
==Gameography==
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Note: Jason mentioned in an interview working on an NES game for Rare, developed by Zippo that was not released. This game is thought to be Roller Thrasher.
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Note: Brooke mentioned in an interview working on an NES game at Zippo for Rare, that was not released. A Zippo co-founder [http<!--not https, it goes 404-->://www.zee-3.com/pickfordbros/softography/index.php?game=38 credits] Brooke for programming a such game called ''Roller Thrasher'', but does not credit anyone for audio.
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
! Released
 
! Released
 
! Title
 
! Title
 
! Sample
 
! Sample
 +
! Notes
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Unreleased
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| 1987-01-0?<!--amtix 870108-->
−
| Roller Thrasher (NES)
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| [[Elevator Action (CPC)]]
−
| Composer?
+
|
 +
| Unreleased music.
 +
|-
 +
| 1987-04-??<!--scene 870422-->
 +
| [[Strike! (C64)]]
 +
|  
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1987-0?-??<!--crash 870430-->
 +
| [[Rasterscan (ZXS)]]
 +
|
 +
| Driver. Arranger?
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1986-??-??
+
| 1987-0?-??<!--sinclair user 870518-->
−
| [[180 (A8)]]
+
| [[Strike! (ZXS)]]
−
| {{Song-Box|01 - 180 - A8 - Title.ogg}}
+
|  
 +
| Driver. Arranger?
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1986-??-??
+
| 1987-0?-??<!--scene 870524-->
−
| [[180 (C64)]]
+
| [[Rasterscan (C64)]]
−
| Composer?
+
|  
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1986-??-??
+
| 1987-0?-??<!--computer gamer 870526-->
−
| [[180 (CPC)]]
+
| [[Rasterscan (CPC)]]
−
| Composer?
+
|  
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1986-??-??
+
| 198?-??-??<!--file 870813-->
−
| [[180 (ZXS)]]
+
| [[Strike! (DOS)]]
−
| Composer?
+
|  
 +
| Driver? Arranger?
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1987-04-??
+
| 1987-0?-??<!--sinclair user 870818-->
−
| [[Strike! (C64)]]
+
| [[Motos (ZXS)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Arranged [[Motos (ARC)]].
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1987-08-??
+
| 1987-08-??<!--scene 870828-->
 
| [[Pi r Squared (C64)]]
 
| [[Pi r Squared (C64)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1987-0?-??
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| 1987-09-??<!--scene 870912-->
 
| [[Bismarck (C64)]]
 
| [[Bismarck (C64)]]
−
| Sound Driver by [[David Dunn]]
+
|  
 +
| Unconfirmed. Driver by [[Julie Dunn]]. Arranged [[Lili Marleen]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1987-0?-??<!--scene 870915-->
 +
| [[Motos (C64)]]
 +
|
 +
| Arranged [[Motos (ARC)]].
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1987-0?-??
+
| 1987-0?-??<!--sinclair user 870918-->
−
| [[Rasterscan (C64)]]
+
| [[Pi r Squared (ZXS)]]
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1987-0?-??<!--asm 870928-->
 +
| [[Feud (AMI)]]
 +
|
 +
| Composed by [[David Whittaker]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1987-??-??<!--sinclair user 871018-->
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| [[Bosconian 87 (ZXS)]]
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1987-??-??<!--asm 871026, back cover 86 (doubtful)-->
 +
| [[180 (A8)]]
 +
| {{Song-List|01 - 180 - A8 - Title.ogg}}
 +
| Composed by [[David Whittaker]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1987-??-??<!--asm 871026-->
 +
| [[180 (MSX)]]
 +
| {{Song-List|01 - 180 - MSX - Title.ogg}}
 +
| Driver. Arranger? Composed by [[David Whittaker]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1987-??-??<!--amstrad magazine 11/87-->
 +
| [[Motos (CPC)]]
 +
|
 +
| Arranged [[Motos (ARC)]].
 +
|-
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| 1987-11-??<!--scene 871111-->
 +
| [[Inspector Gadget: Binary Design (C64)]]
 
|  
 
|  
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| Arranged [[Inspector Gadget Theme]].
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1987-0?-??
+
| 1987-1?-??<!--sinclair user 871118-->
−
| [[Motos (C64)]]
+
| [[Gryzor (ZXS)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Drivers. Arranger? Arranged [[Contra (ARC)]].
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1987-11-??
+
| 1987-??-??<!--crash 871126-->
−
| [[Inspector Gadget and the Circus of Fear (C64)]]
+
| [[Ultimate Combat Mission (ZXS)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Drivers. Arranger? Composer?
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1987-12-??
+
| 1987-1?-??<!--scene 871201-->
−
| [[Garfield: Big, Fat, Hairy Deal (C64)]]
+
| [[Lawn Tennis (C64)]]
−
| Sound Effects
+
|  
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1987-1?-??
+
| 1987-1?-??<!--scene 871201-->
 +
| [[OutRun (C64)]]
 +
| {{Song-List|101 - OutRun - C64 - Splash Wave.ogg}}
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| Arranged [[OutRun (ARC)]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1987-12-??<!--scene 871209-->
 
| [[Andy Capp (C64)]]
 
| [[Andy Capp (C64)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Arranged [[New World Symphony]].
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|-
 +
| 1987-1?-??<!--crash 871210-->
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| [[Combat School (ZXS)]]
 +
|
 +
| 128K version. Arranged [[Combat School (ARC)]] and others.
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1987-1?-??
+
| 1987-12-??<!--scene 871212-->
−
| [[Bosconian '87 (C64)]]
+
| [[Bosconian 87 (C64)]]
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1987-12-1?<!--scene 871214-->
 +
| [[Out of This World (C64)]]
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1987-1?-??<!--cvg 871215-->
 +
| [[Combat School (CPC)]]
 +
|
 +
| Arranged [[Combat School (ARC)]] and others.
 +
|-
 +
| 1987-1?-??<!--sinclair user 871218-->
 +
| [[OutRun (ZXS)]]
 +
| {{Song-List|101 - OutRun - ZXS - Magical Sound Shower.ogg}}
 +
| Arranged [[OutRun (ARC)]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1987-12-??<!--scene 871218-->
 +
| [[Garfield in Big, Fat, Hairy Deal (C64)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Sound effects.
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1987-1?-??
 
| 1987-1?-??
−
| [[Lawn Tennis (C64)]]
+
| [[Plum Duff (ZXS)]]
 +
| {{Song-List|104 - Plum Duff - ZXS - Street.ogg}}
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1987-1?-??
+
| 1987-1?-??<!--pcw 871231-->
−
| [[OutRun (C64)]]
+
| [[Andy Capp (ZXS)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Drivers. Arranger? Arranged [[New World Symphony]].
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1987-??-??
 
| 1987-??-??
−
| [[1943: The Battle of Midway (AMI)]]
+
| [[Bosconian 87 (CPC)]]
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 198?-??-??
 +
| [[Feud (A8)]]
 +
|
 +
| Composed by [[David Whittaker]].
 +
|-
 +
| 198?-??-??
 +
| [[Out of This World (CPC)]]
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 198?-??-??
 +
| [[Rasterscan (MSX)]]
 +
|
 +
| Driver. Arranger?
 +
|-
 +
| 198?-??-??
 +
| [[Space Ranger (ARC)]]
 +
| {{Song-List|01 - Space Ranger - ARC - Title.ogg}}
 +
| Title song driver. Arranger? Composer?
 +
|-
 +
| 198?-??-??
 +
| [[Strike! (AST)]]
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 198?-??-??
 +
| [[Strike! (CPC)]]
 +
|
 +
| Driver. Arranger?
 +
|-
 +
| 198?-??-??
 +
| [[World Darts (ARC)]]
 +
| {{Song-List|02 - World Darts - ARC - Title.ogg}}
 +
| Main. Composed by [[David Whittaker]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-??-??<!--scene 880105-->
 +
| [[Gryzor (C64)]] a.k.a. ''Contra (C64)''
 +
|
 +
| Arranged [[Contra (ARC)]]. Released in autumn 1987 with different arranger.
 +
|-
 +
| 198?-??-??<!--cvg 880115-->
 +
| [[Gryzor (CPC)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Arranged [[Contra (ARC)]].
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1987-??-??
+
| 198?-??-??<!--cvg 880115-->
−
| [[Boot Camp (ZXS)]]
+
| [[OutRun (CPC)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Driver. Arranger? Arranged [[OutRun (ARC)]].
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1987-??-??
+
| 198?-??-??<!--sinclair user 880118-->
−
| [[Bosconian '87 (CPC)]]
+
| [[Madballs (ZXS)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Drivers. Arranger? Composer?
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1987-??-??
+
| 198?-??-??<!--crash 880128-->
−
| [[Bosconian '87 (ZXS)]]
+
| [[Out of This World (ZXS)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1987-??-??
+
| 198?-??-??<!--amstar 1/88-->
−
| [[Combat School (CPC)]]
+
| [[Madballs (CPC)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Driver. Arranger? Composer?
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1987-??-??
+
| 1988-0?-??<!--ace 880204-->
−
| [[Feud (AMI)]]
+
| [[Andy Capp (CPC)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Driver. Arranger? Arranged [[New World Symphony]].
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1987-??-??
+
| 1988-02-??<!--scene 880211-->
−
| [[Motos (ZXS)]]
+
| [[Rockford (C64)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Composer?
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1987-??-??
+
| 1988-03-??<!--scene 880308-->
−
| [[Rockford: The Arcade Game (AST)]]
+
| [[Ikari Warriors PAL (C64)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Main. Arranged [[Ikari Warriors (ARC)]].
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1987-??-??
+
| 1988-0?-??<!--sinclair user 880318-->
−
| [[World Darts (AMI)]]
+
| [[Mega Apocalypse (ZXS)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Arranged [[Mega Apocalypse (C64)]].
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1988-02-??
+
| 1988-0?-??<!--sinclair user 880318-->
−
| [[Rockford: The Arcade Game (C64)]]
+
| [[Ramparts (ZXS)]]
 +
| {{Song-List|01 - Ramparts - ZXS - Title.ogg}}
 +
| Arranged [[Ramparts (CPC)]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-0?-??<!--powerplay 880321-->
 +
| [[Lawn Tennis (CPC)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1988-03-??
+
| 1988-03-2?<!--scene 880322-->
 
| [[Pac-Land (C64)]]
 
| [[Pac-Land (C64)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Arranged [[Pac-Land (ARC)]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-0?-??<!--crash 880331-->
 +
| [[Rastan (ZXS)]]
 +
|
 +
| Drivers. Arranger? Arranged [[Rastan (ARC)]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-0?-??<!--tgm 880421-->
 +
| [[Rockford (AST)]]
 +
|
 +
| Composer?
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-0?-??<!--tgm 880421-->
 +
| [[Rockford (DOS)]]
 +
|
 +
| Composer? Arranged by [[Nick Scarim]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-0?-??<!--asm 880422-->
 +
| [[Rockford (A8)]]
 +
|
 +
| Driver. Arranger? Composer?
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-0?-??<!--asm 880422-->
 +
| [[Rockford (ZXS)]]
 +
|
 +
| Driver. Arranger? Composer?
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-0?-??<!--crash 880428-->
 +
| [[Super Trolley (ZXS)]]
 +
| {{Song-List|201 - Super Trolley - ZXS - Main Menu.ogg}}
 +
| Drivers. Arranger? Composer?
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-0?-??<!--amstar 4/88-->
 +
| [[Mega Apocalypse (CPC)]]
 +
|
 +
| Arranged [[Mega Apocalypse (C64)]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-0?-??<!--scene 880506-->
 +
| [[Lazer Tag (C64)]]
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-0?-??<!--cvg 880515-->
 +
| [[Buggy Boy (AST)]] a.k.a. ''Speed Buggy (AST)''
 +
|
 +
| Arranged [[Buggy Boy (ARC)]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-0?-??<!--cvg 880515-->
 +
| [[OutRun (AST)]]
 +
|
 +
| US version. Arranged [[OutRun (ARC)]].
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1988-05-??
+
| 1988-0?-??<!--cvg 880515-->
 +
| [[Revenge of the Mutant Camels II (AST)]]
 +
|
 +
| Arranged [[Peruvian Traditional]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-0?-??<!--sinclair user 880518-->
 +
| [[Vixen (ZXS)]]
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-0?-??<!--tgm 880519-->
 +
| [[Ikari Warriors (AST)]]
 +
|
 +
| Arranged [[Ikari Warriors (ARC)]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-0?-??<!--tgm 880519-->
 +
| [[Starquake (AST)]]
 +
|
 +
| Driver. Arranger? Composer?
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-05-??<!--scene 880519-->
 +
| [[Vixen (C64)]] a.k.a. ''She-Fox (C64)''
 +
| {{Song-List|02 - Vixen - C64 - Main Theme.ogg}}
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-05-??<!--scene 880520-->
 +
| [[Rockford (AMI)]]
 +
|
 +
| Composer?
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-05-2?<!--scene 880528-->
 
| [[Super Trolley (C64)]]
 
| [[Super Trolley (C64)]]
−
| Composer?/Sound Driver
+
| {{Song-List|02 - Super Trolley - C64 - Theme.ogg}}
 +
| Driver. Arranger? Composer?
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1988-05-??
+
| 1988-0?-??<!--cvg 880615-->
−
| [[Vixen (C64)]]
+
| [[Vixen (AST)]] a.k.a. ''She-Fox (AST)''
−
| {{Song-Box|02 - Vixen - C64 - Main Theme.ogg}}
+
|  
 +
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1988-0?-??
+
| 1988-0?-??<!--tgm 880616-->
−
| [[Ikari Warriors (C64)]]
+
| [[Lazer Tag (CPC)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Driver. Arranger?
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1988-0?-??
+
| 1988-0?-??<!--tgm 880616-->
−
| [[Lazer Tag (C64)]]
+
| [[Platoon (DOS)]]
 +
|
 +
| Arranged [[Platoon (C64)]] (or [[David Whittaker]]'s arrangements?).
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-0?-??<!--tgm 880616-->
 +
| [[Vixen (CPC)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1988-0?-??
+
| 1988-0?-??<!--scene 880629-->
 
| [[Ninja Scooter Simulator (C64)]]
 
| [[Ninja Scooter Simulator (C64)]]
−
| Composer?/Sound Driver
+
| {{Song-List|01 - Ninja Scooter Simulator - C64 - Theme.ogg}}
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1988-12-??
+
| 1988-0?-??<!--commodore user 880718-->
−
| [[Tiger Road (C64)]]
+
| [[Ikari Warriors (AMI)]]
−
| Sound Driver by [[David Whittaker]]
+
|
 +
| Arranged [[Ikari Warriors (ARC)]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-0?-??<!--commodore user 880718-->
 +
| [[World Darts (AMI)]]
 +
| {{Song-List|01 - World Darts - AMI - Title.ogg}}
 +
| Composed by [[David Whittaker]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-0?-??<!--tgm 880721-->
 +
| [[Side Arms (AST)]]
 +
|  
 +
| Driver. Arranger? Arranged [[Side Arms (ARC)]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-0?-??<!--file 880718, ace 8/88-->
 +
| [[Vixen (DOS)]]
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-0?-??<!--st action 880815-->
 +
| [[World Darts (AST)]]
 +
| {{Song-List|01 - World Darts - AST - Waiting.ogg}}
 +
| Composed by [[David Whittaker]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-0?-??<!--cvg 880816-->
 +
| [[Overlander (AST)]]
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-0?-??<!--commodore user "end of August"-->
 +
| [[Vixen (AMI)]] a.k.a. ''She-Fox (AMI)''
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-??-??<!--your sinclair 881011-->
 +
| [[Fernandez Must Die (ZXS)]]
 +
|
 +
| Driver. Arranger? Arranged [[Fernandez Must Die (C64)]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-??-??<!--sinclair user 881018-->
 +
| [[Savage (ZXS)]]
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-??-??<!--tgm 881020-->
 +
| [[1943 (CPC)]]
 +
|
 +
| Driver. Arranger? Arranged [[1943 (ARC)]].
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1988-1?-??
+
| 1988-1?-??<!--scene 881104-->
 
| [[Turbo Boat Simulator (C64)]]
 
| [[Turbo Boat Simulator (C64)]]
−
| Sound Driver by [[Rob Hubbard]]
+
|  
 +
| Unconfirmed. Driver by [[Rob Hubbard]] and [[Giulio Zicchi]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-11-??<!--scene 881109-->
 +
| [[OutRun (AMI)]]
 +
|
 +
| Arranged [[OutRun (ARC)]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-??-??<!--new computer express before 881110-->
 +
| [[Savage (CPC)]]
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-??-??<!--zzap 881110-->
 +
| [[Revenge of the Mutant Camels II (AMI)]]
 +
|
 +
| Arranged [[Peruvian Traditional]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-??-??<!--tgm 881117-->
 +
| [[Hellfire (AST)]]
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-??-??<!--amstrad cent pour cent 11/88, amstar 11/88-->
 +
| [[Rastan (CPC)]]
 +
|
 +
| Driver. Arranger? Arranged [[Rastan (ARC)]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-??-??<!--the one 12/88-->
 +
| [[1943 (AST)]]
 +
|
 +
| Driver. Arranger? Arranged [[1943 (ARC)]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-??-??<!--the one 12/88-->
 +
| [[Flying Shark (AST)]]
 +
|
 +
| Arranged [[Sky Shark (ARC)]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-??-??<!--the one 12/88-->
 +
| [[Hellfire (AMI)]]
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1988-??-??<!--asm 881205-->
 +
| [[Rockford (CPC)]]
 +
|
 +
| Driver. Arranger? Composer?
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1988-??-??
+
| 1988-12-??<!--scene 881210-->
−
| [[Contra (C64)]]
+
| [[Tiger Road (C64)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Unconfirmed. Driver by [[David Whittaker]].
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1988-??-??
+
| 1988-??-??<!--commodore user 881219-->
−
| [[Heavy Metal (AST)]]
+
| [[Thunder Blade (AMI)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Arranged [[Thunder Blade (ARC)]] (and others?).
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1988-??-??
+
| Unreleased<!--commodore computing 12/88-->
−
| [[Hellfire Attack (AMI)]]
+
| Chainsaw Warrior (AST)
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1988-??-??
+
| 1988-??-??<!--amstrad cent pour cent 12/88, amstar 12/88-->
−
| [[Ikari Warriors (AST)]]
+
| [[Fernandez Must Die (CPC)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Driver. Arranger? Arranged [[Fernandez Must Die (C64)]].
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1988-??-??
 
| 1988-??-??
−
| [[OutRun (AMI)]]
+
| [[OutRun (MSX)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Driver. Arranger? Arranged [[OutRun (ARC)]].
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1988-??-??
 
| 1988-??-??
−
| [[Ramparts (ZXS)]]
+
| [[Super Trolley (CPC)]]
 +
| {{Song-List|01 - Super Trolley - CPC - Menu.ogg}}
 +
| Driver. Arranger? Composer?
 +
|-
 +
| 1989-??-??<!--zzap 890112-->
 +
| [[Side Arms (AMI)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Arranged [[Side Arms (ARC)]].
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1988-??-??
+
| 198?-??-??<!--amstrad computer user 1/89-->
−
| [[Return of the Mutant Camels (AST)]]
+
| [[Hopper Copper (CPC)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Driver. Arranger? Composer?
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1988-??-??
+
| 1989-0?-??<!--commodore user 890226-->
−
| [[Rockford: The Arcade Game (AMI)]]
+
| [[Space Harrier (AMI)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Arranged [[Space Harrier (ARC)]] (and others?).
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1988-??-??
+
| Partly unreleased<!--scene 890310-->
−
| [[Savage (CPC)]]
+
| [[Dreadnought (C64)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1988-??-??
+
| 1989-0?-??<!--sinclair user 890318-->
−
| [[Savage (DOS)]]
+
| [[Pac-Land (ZXS)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| [[Pac-Land (C64)]] driver by [[Unknown]].
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1988-??-??
+
| 1989-0?-??<!--new computer express 890325-->
−
| [[Savage (ZXS)]]
+
| [[Pac-Land (CPC)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| [[Pac-Land (C64)]] driver by [[Unknown]].
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1988-??-??
+
| 1989-0?-??<!--new computer express 890325-->
−
| [[Sky Shark (AST)]]
+
| [[Pac-Land (MSX)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| [[Pac-Land (C64)]] driver by [[Unknown]].
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1988-??-??
+
| 1989-0?-??<!--scene 890329-->
−
| [[Vixen (AMI)]]
+
| [[Pac-Land (AMI)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Arranged [[Pac-Land (ARC)]].
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1988-??-??
+
| 1989-0?-??<!--crash 890330-->
−
| [[Vixen (DOS)]]
+
| [[Supertrux (ZXS)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1988-??-??
+
| 1989-0?-??<!--scene 890409-->
−
| [[Vixen (ZXS)]]
+
| [[ThunderBlade (C64)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| US version. Driver. Arranger? Arranged [[Thunder Blade (ARC)]].
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1989-0?-??
+
| 1989-0?-??<!--tgm 890420-->
−
| [[Street Cred Football (C64)]]
+
| [[Supertrux (CPC)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1989-0?-??
+
| 1989-0?-??<!--scene 890516-->
 
| [[Supertrux (C64)]]
 
| [[Supertrux (C64)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1989-12-??
+
| Unreleased<!--zee-3 890601-->
−
| [[Operation Neptune (C64)]]
+
| Roller Thrasher (NES)
−
| Sound Driver
+
|
 +
| Sound or game programmer?
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1989-1?-??
+
| 1989-0?-??<!--st amiga format 890615-->
−
| [[Ballistix (C64)]]
+
| [[Savage (AST)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1989-??-??
+
| 1989-0?-??<!--scene 890627-->
−
| [[After Burner (AMI)]]
+
| [[Street Cred Football (C64)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1989-??-??
+
| 1989-0?-??<!--powerplay 890710-->
−
| [[After Burner II (AMI)]]
+
| [[Savage (DOS)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1989-??-??
+
| 1989-??-??<!--amiga joker 11/89-->
 +
| [[1943: The Battle of Midway (AMI)]]
 +
|
 +
| Arranged [[1943 (ARC)]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1989-??-??<!--theone 11/89-->
 
| [[Eye of Horus (DOS)]]
 
| [[Eye of Horus (DOS)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Composed by [[David Whittaker]]?
 +
|-
 +
| 1989-1?-??<!--scene 891102-->
 +
| [[Ballistix (C64)]]
 +
|
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1989-??-??<!--pc leisure before 891208-->
 +
| [[World Darts (DOS)]]
 +
| {{Song-List|01 - World Darts - DOS - Title.ogg}}
 +
| Driver? Arranger? Composed by [[David Whittaker]].
 +
|-
 +
| 1989-12-??<!--scene 891222-->
 +
| [[Operation Neptune (C64)]]
 +
|
 +
| Driver. Composed by [[Charles Callet]].
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1989-??-??
+
| 1989-??-??<!--scene 900117-->
−
| [[Ikari Warriors (AMI)]]
+
| [[After Burner NTSC (AMI)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Arranged [[After Burner II (ARC)]].
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1989-??-??
+
| 1990-0?-??<!--your sinclair 900118-->
−
| [[Pac-Land (AMI)]]
+
| [[Heavy Metal (ZXS)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1989-??-??
+
| 19??-??-??<!--files(scene?) 900124-->
−
| [[Side Arms (AMI)]]
+
| [[Tiger Road (DOS)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| PC Speaker driver. PCjr driver? Arranger? Composer?
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1989-??-??
+
| 1990-0?-??<!--amstrad cent pour cent 3/90, amstar 3/90-->
−
| [[Space Harrier (AMI)]]
+
| [[Heavy Metal (CPC)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1989-??-??
+
| 1990-0?-??<!--asm 900330-->
−
| [[Super Trux (ZXS)]]
+
| [[Netherworld (DOS)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Arranged [[Netherworld (CPC)]] or [[Netherworld (ZXS)|(ZXS)]].
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1989-??-??
+
| 1990-0?-??<!--900426-->
−
| [[Thunder Blade (AMI)]]
+
| [[Raster Runner (ZXS)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| [[Bosconian 87 (CPC<!--not ZXS-->)]] without permission?
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1989-??-??
+
| 1990-0?-??<!--cvg 900516-->
−
| [[Thunder Blade (C64)]]
+
| [[Raster Runner (CPC)]]
−
| US Version Only. Arranger?/Sound Driver
+
|  
 +
| [[Bosconian 87 (CPC)]] without permission?
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1990-??-??
+
| 1990-0?-??<!--commodore user 900526-->
−
| [[F29 Retaliator (DOS)]]
+
| [[Resolution 101 (AMI)]] a.k.a. ''HoverForce (AMI)''
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1990-??-??
+
| 1990-0?-??<!--tgm "end of May"-->
−
| [[Harley Davidson: The Road to Sturgis (AMI)]]
+
| [[Time Soldier (AST)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Arranged [[Time Soldiers (ARC)]] (and others?).
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1990-??-??
+
| 1990-0?-??<!--powerplay 900615-->
 
| [[Heavy Metal (AMI)]]
 
| [[Heavy Metal (AMI)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| 1990-0?-??<!--cvg 900616-->
 +
| [[Resolution 101 (AST)]]
 +
|
 +
| Released on 1990-05-10 without audio.
 +
|-
 +
| 1990-0?-??<!--cvg 900616-->
 +
| [[ThunderStrike (DOS)]]
 +
|
 +
| Arranged [[Toccata and Fugue in D Minor]] and others.
 +
|-
 +
| 1990-0?-??<!--preview st action 7/90, review st format 900712-->
 +
| [[ThunderStrike (AST)]]
 +
|
 +
| Arranged [[Toccata and Fugue in D Minor]] and others.
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1990-??-??
+
| 1990-0?-??<!--scene 900712-->
−
| [[Heavy Metal (ZXS)]]
+
| [[Harley-Davidson: The Road to Sturgis (AMI)]]
 +
|
 +
| Main.
 +
|-
 +
| 1990-0?-??<!--asm 8+9/90-->
 +
| [[Heavy Metal (AST)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1990-??-??
+
| 1990-0?-??<!--st format 900809-->
−
| [[Hoverforce (DOS)]]
+
| [[Harley-Davidson: The Road to Sturgis (AST)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Driver. Arranger? Composer?
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1990-??-??
+
| 1990-0?-??<!--cvg 900816-->
−
| [[Resolution 101 (AMI)]]
+
| [[ThunderStrike (AMI)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Arranged [[Toccata and Fugue in D Minor]] and others.
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1990-??-??
+
| 1990-??-??<!--asm 910222-->
−
| [[Thunderstrike (AMI)]]
+
| [[Turbo OutRun (DOS)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Arranged [[Turbo OutRun (ARC)]] (and others?) with [[Brian Rice]].
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1990-??-??
+
| 199?-??-??<!--90 or 91?-->
−
| [[Thunderstrike (DOS)]]
+
| [[Star Dragon (ZXS)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Driver without permission?
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 1990-??-??
+
| 1991-0?-??
−
| [[Turbo Out Run (DOS)]]
+
| [[HoverForce (DOS)]]
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Released in 1990 with sound effects only as ''Resolution 101 (DOS)''.
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Unreleased
+
| 1991-0?-??
−
| [[Dreadnought (C64)]]
+
| [[F29 Retaliator (DOS)]]
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|}
 
|}
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==Picture Gallery==
 
==Picture Gallery==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
 +
Jason Brooke - 01.jpg|Found on Abandonware France.
 +
Jason Brooke - 02.jpg|PC Zone Issue 27, dated June 1995.
 
Jason Brooke - 1.jpg|Facebook profile.
 
Jason Brooke - 1.jpg|Facebook profile.
−
Jason Brooke.jpg|Jason at Fake Castle circa 2009; Facebook.
+
Jason Brooke.jpg|At Fake Castle circa 2009; Facebook.
 
Jason Brooke - 3.jpg|Facebook profile.
 
Jason Brooke - 3.jpg|Facebook profile.
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
−
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20161126034141/http://athand.org/index.html web.archive.org/web/20161126034141/http://athand.org/index.html] - Official. <!-- NOTE: removing the index.html only led to a coming-soon page -->
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140716210248/http://athand.org.uk/spectrum.htm web.archive.org/web/20140716210248/http://athand.org.uk/spectrum.htm] - Autobiography from 2014-01-04.
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* [https://www.mobygames.com/person/816/jas-c-brooke/ mobygames.com/person/816/jas-c-brooke/] - MobyGames.
 
* [https://www.facebook.com/Jas.C.Brooke facebook.com/Jas.C.Brooke] - Facebook.
 
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* [http://www.c64.com/?type=4&id=21 c64.com/?type=4&id=21] - Interview from February 3, 2012.
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* [https://www.youtube.com/@jas.c.brooke youtube.com/@jas.c.brooke] - YouTube.
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* [https://ataricrypt.blogspot.com/2018/11/jason-c-brooke.html ataricrypt.blogspot.com/2018/11/jason-c-brooke.html] - Interview from November 18, 2018.
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Jason C. Brooke
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Gender Male
Born Late 1960s
Birth Place Kippax, West Yorkshire, England
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Jason Brooke (goes by Jas.C.Brooke since 1986) is a British former video game programmer and composer. He spent most of his early career composing music and rearranging arcade music for early home computer systems, most popularly the Atari ST, the ZX Spectrum, and the Commodore 64.

Brooke started out composing as a hobby on a Casio MT-31 and PT-30. He wanted to compose for a living, but was told by his school to learn to differentiate between dreams and reality. Just then, he saw his schoolmate programming on his Sinclair ZX81 computer. He tried it for himself and was fascinated with it. In 1983, he had saved up enough money to buy his own ZX Spectrum. In 1984, he teamed up with another schoolmate, Martin H. "Boffy" Smith. They programmed various things and sold a music editor called Muzik to Melbourne House for £300. However, it was never released. From June to October 1985, Brooke wrote a Christmas game called Plum Duff (ZXS).

Around Christmas 1985, he heard that Binary Design was looking for game programmers, went for an interview, and got the job. Since March 1986, he resides in Prestwich, Greater Manchester.

Binary's musician was the legendary David Whittaker, who had Brooke write new sound drivers for him. By late April 1987, Whittaker had left and Brooke had become Binary's musician for all platforms (without noticing that it fulfilled his childhood dream). In November, Brooke followed Whittaker's invitation to competitor Musicon Design.

In 1989, Brooke was getting bored of music and returned to programming. He followed an invitation to Zippo Games and freelanced for game companies as Day 1. In 1996, Brooke was about to retire from working on video games, until he learned about Perfect Entertainment's new office in his hometown, where he developed an audio codec. However, in 1998, due to financial troubles, Brooke was let go from the company. Brooke then went to program PlayStation and Game Boy games at Software Creations. At their successor Acclaim Studios Manchester, he programmed in C for the GameCube and Xbox, but found the games unethical and quit the video game industry in 2003.

Brooke does not listen to much music anymore, because he still imagines arranging for three voices. For his website, he programmed in JavaScript. He regularly tweets about Christianity and British politics, occasionally puns and his past. One of his brothers is video game graphic designer and artist Lyndon Brooke.

Audio Development

Apart from Plum Duff (ZXS) and World Darts (AST) (see their pages), Brooke went always the same way.

Generally at Binary Design and Musicon Design, everything 8-bit was developed on Einstein computers, wired to the target computer for testing. A sound driver was programmed once per platform, and songs and sound effects were arranged by typing numbers and labels into the driver's source code, using the platform's respective assembler (see sections below). Most audio for the Spectrum 128K, CPC and MSX was tested directly on the Einstein as those platforms have the same CPU and audio chip, only differently tuned. To have arcade songs rearranged, companies sent audio cassettes, many of which Brooke recalls were recorded in an open arcade.

David Whittaker created a driver for Commodore 64 in late 1985 and Amstrad CPC, but Binary's game programmers complained about their slowness. In June 1986, upon Whittaker's request, Brooke rewrote the CPC one to be much shorter, faster, and more flexible. This driver got adapted to more platforms and released by late September.

Shortly after, Brooke, himself a Whittaker fan, made audio the same way. Some rippers believed that Brooke was an alias of Whittaker. Whittaker and Brooke updated the drivers separately from each other, leaving them distinguishable after all. Brooke retuned most drivers a couple of times, accidentally transposing soundtracks by up to two semitones.

Upon finishing a soundtrack, Brooke sent a disk with the module and instructions with titles and a date. Examples are found at a programmer and an interview.

Amiga

Main article: JCB

Brooke used an unknown assembler on an Amiga. Where he got samples is unconfirmed, but some of them look like pre-calculated waveforms. On 2022-01-11, he tweeted:

“
I always felt like my Amiga music was my worst. I needed time to imrpove my driver but often ended up just adding a drum line on the 4th channel, trying to add fill to 3 channel AY chip tunes. That worked best on Vixen as you can't have too many "jungle" drums🙂
„

Amstrad CPC

In 1986, shortly after rewriting Whittaker's driver, Brooke bought a CPC, Einstein and Mikes Assembler for £700.

Arcade

Brooke's only scored arcade system is basically an Amiga 500 at NTSC, so he likely treated it as such.

Atari 8-bit

Brooke used Mikes Assembler on an Einstein wired to an Atari 800.

Atari ST

Apart from World Darts (AST), Brooke used an unknown assembler on an ST.

In ST Format Issue 2, dated September 1989, Brooke started a sound programming course. Further parts have not been found.

Commodore 64

Brooke used Mikes Assembler on an Einstein wired to a C64. He loved some of its thick sounds, specifically basslines on Whittaker's huge loud speakers.

Since May 1988, Brooke occasionally used SID's built-in filter, mostly a band-pass filter sweeping over the entire frequency range, apparently aware that this range varies on every machine. Still, in VICE 3.4, his usages sound best with 6581 (ReSID) and a bias of around -250. Brooke's audio sounds otherwise the same on every SID chip.

DOS

Brooke used an unknown assembler, probably under DOS. He supported the following devices (though it was up to the game programmer which the gamer heard):

MSX

Brooke used Mikes Assembler on an Einstein wired to an MSX.

ZX Spectrum

In 1983, Brooke bought a ZX Spectrum and "an add-on sound box". Apart from Plum Duff (ZXS), he used Mikes Assembler on an Einstein wired to a Spectrum. He supported the following devices (though it was up to the game programmer which the gamer heard):

Gameography

Note: Brooke mentioned in an interview working on an NES game at Zippo for Rare, that was not released. A Zippo co-founder credits Brooke for programming a such game called Roller Thrasher, but does not credit anyone for audio.

Released Title Sample Notes
1987-01-0? Elevator Action (CPC) Unreleased music.
1987-04-?? Strike! (C64)
1987-0?-?? Rasterscan (ZXS) Driver. Arranger?
1987-0?-?? Strike! (ZXS) Driver. Arranger?
1987-0?-?? Rasterscan (C64)
1987-0?-?? Rasterscan (CPC)
198?-??-?? Strike! (DOS) Driver? Arranger?
1987-0?-?? Motos (ZXS) Arranged Motos (ARC).
1987-08-?? Pi r Squared (C64)
1987-09-?? Bismarck (C64) Unconfirmed. Driver by Julie Dunn. Arranged Lili Marleen.
1987-0?-?? Motos (C64) Arranged Motos (ARC).
1987-0?-?? Pi r Squared (ZXS)
1987-0?-?? Feud (AMI) Composed by David Whittaker.
1987-??-?? Bosconian 87 (ZXS)
1987-??-?? 180 (A8)
Composed by David Whittaker.
1987-??-?? 180 (MSX) Driver. Arranger? Composed by David Whittaker.
1987-??-?? Motos (CPC) Arranged Motos (ARC).
1987-11-?? Inspector Gadget: Binary Design (C64) Arranged Inspector Gadget Theme.
1987-1?-?? Gryzor (ZXS) Drivers. Arranger? Arranged Contra (ARC).
1987-??-?? Ultimate Combat Mission (ZXS) Drivers. Arranger? Composer?
1987-1?-?? Lawn Tennis (C64)
1987-1?-?? OutRun (C64)
Arranged OutRun (ARC).
1987-12-?? Andy Capp (C64) Arranged New World Symphony.
1987-1?-?? Combat School (ZXS) 128K version. Arranged Combat School (ARC) and others.
1987-12-?? Bosconian 87 (C64)
1987-12-1? Out of This World (C64)
1987-1?-?? Combat School (CPC) Arranged Combat School (ARC) and others.
1987-1?-?? OutRun (ZXS)
Arranged OutRun (ARC).
1987-12-?? Garfield in Big, Fat, Hairy Deal (C64) Sound effects.
1987-1?-?? Plum Duff (ZXS)
1987-1?-?? Andy Capp (ZXS) Drivers. Arranger? Arranged New World Symphony.
1987-??-?? Bosconian 87 (CPC)
198?-??-?? Feud (A8) Composed by David Whittaker.
198?-??-?? Out of This World (CPC)
198?-??-?? Rasterscan (MSX) Driver. Arranger?
198?-??-?? Space Ranger (ARC) Title song driver. Arranger? Composer?
198?-??-?? Strike! (AST)
198?-??-?? Strike! (CPC) Driver. Arranger?
198?-??-?? World Darts (ARC) Main. Composed by David Whittaker.
1988-??-?? Gryzor (C64) a.k.a. Contra (C64) Arranged Contra (ARC). Released in autumn 1987 with different arranger.
198?-??-?? Gryzor (CPC) Arranged Contra (ARC).
198?-??-?? OutRun (CPC) Driver. Arranger? Arranged OutRun (ARC).
198?-??-?? Madballs (ZXS) Drivers. Arranger? Composer?
198?-??-?? Out of This World (ZXS)
198?-??-?? Madballs (CPC) Driver. Arranger? Composer?
1988-0?-?? Andy Capp (CPC) Driver. Arranger? Arranged New World Symphony.
1988-02-?? Rockford (C64) Composer?
1988-03-?? Ikari Warriors PAL (C64) Main. Arranged Ikari Warriors (ARC).
1988-0?-?? Mega Apocalypse (ZXS) Arranged Mega Apocalypse (C64).
1988-0?-?? Ramparts (ZXS)
Arranged Ramparts (CPC).
1988-0?-?? Lawn Tennis (CPC)
1988-03-2? Pac-Land (C64) Arranged Pac-Land (ARC).
1988-0?-?? Rastan (ZXS) Drivers. Arranger? Arranged Rastan (ARC).
1988-0?-?? Rockford (AST) Composer?
1988-0?-?? Rockford (DOS) Composer? Arranged by Nick Scarim.
1988-0?-?? Rockford (A8) Driver. Arranger? Composer?
1988-0?-?? Rockford (ZXS) Driver. Arranger? Composer?
1988-0?-?? Super Trolley (ZXS)
Drivers. Arranger? Composer?
1988-0?-?? Mega Apocalypse (CPC) Arranged Mega Apocalypse (C64).
1988-0?-?? Lazer Tag (C64)
1988-0?-?? Buggy Boy (AST) a.k.a. Speed Buggy (AST) Arranged Buggy Boy (ARC).
1988-0?-?? OutRun (AST) US version. Arranged OutRun (ARC).
1988-0?-?? Revenge of the Mutant Camels II (AST) Arranged Peruvian Traditional.
1988-0?-?? Vixen (ZXS)
1988-0?-?? Ikari Warriors (AST) Arranged Ikari Warriors (ARC).
1988-0?-?? Starquake (AST) Driver. Arranger? Composer?
1988-05-?? Vixen (C64) a.k.a. She-Fox (C64)
1988-05-?? Rockford (AMI) Composer?
1988-05-2? Super Trolley (C64)
Driver. Arranger? Composer?
1988-0?-?? Vixen (AST) a.k.a. She-Fox (AST)
1988-0?-?? Lazer Tag (CPC) Driver. Arranger?
1988-0?-?? Platoon (DOS) Arranged Platoon (C64) (or David Whittaker's arrangements?).
1988-0?-?? Vixen (CPC)
1988-0?-?? Ninja Scooter Simulator (C64)
1988-0?-?? Ikari Warriors (AMI) Arranged Ikari Warriors (ARC).
1988-0?-?? World Darts (AMI)
Composed by David Whittaker.
1988-0?-?? Side Arms (AST) Driver. Arranger? Arranged Side Arms (ARC).
1988-0?-?? Vixen (DOS)
1988-0?-?? World Darts (AST)
Composed by David Whittaker.
1988-0?-?? Overlander (AST)
1988-0?-?? Vixen (AMI) a.k.a. She-Fox (AMI)
1988-??-?? Fernandez Must Die (ZXS) Driver. Arranger? Arranged Fernandez Must Die (C64).
1988-??-?? Savage (ZXS)
1988-??-?? 1943 (CPC) Driver. Arranger? Arranged 1943 (ARC).
1988-1?-?? Turbo Boat Simulator (C64) Unconfirmed. Driver by Rob Hubbard and Giulio Zicchi.
1988-11-?? OutRun (AMI) Arranged OutRun (ARC).
1988-??-?? Savage (CPC)
1988-??-?? Revenge of the Mutant Camels II (AMI) Arranged Peruvian Traditional.
1988-??-?? Hellfire (AST)
1988-??-?? Rastan (CPC) Driver. Arranger? Arranged Rastan (ARC).
1988-??-?? 1943 (AST) Driver. Arranger? Arranged 1943 (ARC).
1988-??-?? Flying Shark (AST) Arranged Sky Shark (ARC).
1988-??-?? Hellfire (AMI)
1988-??-?? Rockford (CPC) Driver. Arranger? Composer?
1988-12-?? Tiger Road (C64) Unconfirmed. Driver by David Whittaker.
1988-??-?? Thunder Blade (AMI) Arranged Thunder Blade (ARC) (and others?).
Unreleased Chainsaw Warrior (AST)
1988-??-?? Fernandez Must Die (CPC) Driver. Arranger? Arranged Fernandez Must Die (C64).
1988-??-?? OutRun (MSX) Driver. Arranger? Arranged OutRun (ARC).
1988-??-?? Super Trolley (CPC)
Driver. Arranger? Composer?
1989-??-?? Side Arms (AMI) Arranged Side Arms (ARC).
198?-??-?? Hopper Copper (CPC) Driver. Arranger? Composer?
1989-0?-?? Space Harrier (AMI) Arranged Space Harrier (ARC) (and others?).
Partly unreleased Dreadnought (C64)
1989-0?-?? Pac-Land (ZXS) Pac-Land (C64) driver by Unknown.
1989-0?-?? Pac-Land (CPC) Pac-Land (C64) driver by Unknown.
1989-0?-?? Pac-Land (MSX) Pac-Land (C64) driver by Unknown.
1989-0?-?? Pac-Land (AMI) Arranged Pac-Land (ARC).
1989-0?-?? Supertrux (ZXS)
1989-0?-?? ThunderBlade (C64) US version. Driver. Arranger? Arranged Thunder Blade (ARC).
1989-0?-?? Supertrux (CPC)
1989-0?-?? Supertrux (C64)
Unreleased Roller Thrasher (NES) Sound or game programmer?
1989-0?-?? Savage (AST)
1989-0?-?? Street Cred Football (C64)
1989-0?-?? Savage (DOS)
1989-??-?? 1943: The Battle of Midway (AMI) Arranged 1943 (ARC).
1989-??-?? Eye of Horus (DOS) Composed by David Whittaker?
1989-1?-?? Ballistix (C64)
1989-??-?? World Darts (DOS)
Driver? Arranger? Composed by David Whittaker.
1989-12-?? Operation Neptune (C64) Driver. Composed by Charles Callet.
1989-??-?? After Burner NTSC (AMI) Arranged After Burner II (ARC).
1990-0?-?? Heavy Metal (ZXS)
19??-??-?? Tiger Road (DOS) PC Speaker driver. PCjr driver? Arranger? Composer?
1990-0?-?? Heavy Metal (CPC)
1990-0?-?? Netherworld (DOS) Arranged Netherworld (CPC) or (ZXS).
1990-0?-?? Raster Runner (ZXS) Bosconian 87 (CPC) without permission?
1990-0?-?? Raster Runner (CPC) Bosconian 87 (CPC) without permission?
1990-0?-?? Resolution 101 (AMI) a.k.a. HoverForce (AMI)
1990-0?-?? Time Soldier (AST) Arranged Time Soldiers (ARC) (and others?).
1990-0?-?? Heavy Metal (AMI)
1990-0?-?? Resolution 101 (AST) Released on 1990-05-10 without audio.
1990-0?-?? ThunderStrike (DOS) Arranged Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and others.
1990-0?-?? ThunderStrike (AST) Arranged Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and others.
1990-0?-?? Harley-Davidson: The Road to Sturgis (AMI) Main.
1990-0?-?? Heavy Metal (AST)
1990-0?-?? Harley-Davidson: The Road to Sturgis (AST) Driver. Arranger? Composer?
1990-0?-?? ThunderStrike (AMI) Arranged Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and others.
1990-??-?? Turbo OutRun (DOS) Arranged Turbo OutRun (ARC) (and others?) with Brian Rice.
199?-??-?? Star Dragon (ZXS) Driver without permission?
1991-0?-?? HoverForce (DOS) Released in 1990 with sound effects only as Resolution 101 (DOS).
1991-0?-?? F29 Retaliator (DOS)

Picture Gallery

  • Found on Abandonware France.

  • PC Zone Issue 27, dated June 1995.

  • Facebook profile.

  • At Fake Castle circa 2009; Facebook.

  • Facebook profile.

Links

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