Imagine Software and Codemasters with Bruce Everiss - The Retro Hour EP164

We're joined by Bruce Everiss to get the inside story on the legendary rise and fall of Imagine Software and Codemasters in their heyday.
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Show notes:
The Old Internet: theoldnet.com/
Why The Web Won't Be Nirvana: bit.ly/2AGezEH
Panic Dizzy for the NES: bit.ly/2O62Kuq
Inside out - features RCM leicester: bbc.in/2TFFnOq
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[@metalmickey]

I've hit the motherland with this channel I can't believe it. Superb. As a 46 year old UK gamer this is right up my street.

[@AdiSneakerFreak]

WOW really good interview here, no holds barred. Loved it.

[@stephenvalente3296]

The strange thing I didn't actually own any Imagine products until they went onto the clearance racks, and more so when Ocean bought out the brand to market other games. Great times at the dawn of home computing, and far more exciting than the console generations that have followed.

[@DarrenMcCowan280470]

Me, me, me - The infamous BE blowing his own trumpet again.(a legend in his own mind only)

[@hazy33]

God yes! His own biggest fan. If you've seen his bits in Bedrooms to Billions he comes across as incredibly creepy. Real i'd cross the road to avoid him kinda thing.

[@zawtowers]

Good interview all round, just thinking that the name could have been Bruce Everiss Interview Simulator! "Best interview - ever!" - David Darling ;)

[@electronash]

Hi, guys. ;) Perfect timing for an insomniac. lol

[@walkingwithtamson]

So this is the guy to blame for the impossible Imagine marketing saga hehe. The lad didn't hold back. Nice to hear the other side of the coin on piracy too. Could hear the tounges being bitten!

[@hazy33]

This should be a nice work of fiction.

[@brockchipchura3429]

China has the biggest pirate market also lol. Strange that not one major game has come from china you would think we would have at least one major studio pumping out gold but nothing. Reason being i suspect would be piracy.

[@JesterEric]

Chinese society lacks creativity

[@hazy33]

Nothing to do with that. Everyone is brought just to be a clone of "a good citizen". Creativity, imagination and individualism are not ideals the government want.

[@wizofssp]

Bruce Everiss: "I am brilliant, i am brilliant, ... because i said it many times !" No you are not.