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Re: Cinemaware interview and briefly touching on the Amiga
« on: March 16, 2011, 02:39:40 PM »
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Jim Sachs (if that's his name, I cant recall for sure) doesnt seem quite as enthusiastic.


Bob Jacob, presumably. The founder of Cinemaware. I think it's not so much Amiga he isn't enthusiastic about, as it's Commodore's numerous bad decisions combined with rampant piracy that combined to help drive Cinemaware out of business.

This interview gives a pretty different feel. He cites them being late to move into the PC market combined with their deal with NEC (NEC bought 20% of Cinemaware when they needed  cash, in order to get them to develop for TurboGrafx-16, while "everyone" else developed for Sega Genesis or Super Nintendo instead)

Jim Sachs is a developer / graphics artist. He did the graphics for Defender of the Crown, and did the CD32 version of Defender of the Crown (development and new graphics), as well as graphics for Ports of Call and a few other games.