Anco Software Is No More!

[lempkee]

Today when i searched for some info about the upcomming AmigaDE/Os4? game Kickoff 200x i found out that Anco is no more.

I follow news closely and i haven't seen anything about this here at amiga.org , so i hope that you all will agree on the fact that this is news.

Taken from their website:



We must apologise for the lack of Anco support over the last couple of weeks but we have been through traumatic times.

On the 20th May 2003 Anco owner Anil Gupta passed away. He had been ill for a little while but the end was very sudden and took everyone by surprise.

Anco, not being one of the biggest software houses in the world and certainly not very healthy financially was forced to close, thus ending one of the longest running software houses in existence.

We would like to thank everybody who has been in contact for their kind words and condolences.

http://www.anco.co.uk




To all who know the name "ANCO" but still need's
some sort of a clue on what they did and where ,
they made/released/published "kick off" among others onto the amiga , both budget label and full blown titles.

for additional info about anco's effort on Amiga info go to:

http://hol.abime.net/get.list?N_ref_publisher=36



About the Kickoff game that is supposed to come ,
supposedly to be developed by VP and not anco
so it might not affect us at all .

here is some more info about kick off 200x (The legend is back)  

http://www.amigaflame.demon.co.uk/amikickof.htm

[lempkee]

i hope this news item wont bore ya all to death

i'd like to know what is happening at VP though,
anyone know?

cheers

[Legerdemain]

Merely curious... but how does it work when people want to develop for AOS4? Do they have the information they need to have an application or a game ready when the release of the OS is due?

[lempkee]

legerdemain: well first of all you contact hyperion ofcourse , to get the devkit or like now you get some main info on what and how and if..

ie basics of what you need to know when developing for os4.

also for more information i think you should email them or join the new developer mailing list.

[tonyw]

Any system-legal m68k code should at least work under emulation (that is, a bit faster than an 060 at 50 MHz), but to use the new features of OS4 or to compile PPC code, you'd be better off becoming a developer and getting hold of the SDK.
tony

[Wilse]

Sad news. Back when I had my c=16, Anco were my favourite software house. Winter Olympics broke all graphical boundaries on the c=16 when it was released.

Fond memories.

[Waccoon]

Ah, Gridstart.  Simultaneously the coolest and most frustrating game I've ever played.