REDO FROM START – Canada & Europe

Dedicated to the groundbreaking era of computer game design, the book series deals with the significance of the Commodore 64 in the years 1982 to 1985.

In Part II, Commodore 64 heroes once again answer questions about their formative days in the early gaming industry: 32 leading producers, marketers, artists, and developers from Canada & Europe.

• Hardback Edition + PDF
• 384 full-colour pages
• High-quality offset print
• 168 × 230 mm portrait format 
• Special cover refinement
• 130 gr/m² Amber Graphic paper
• Finest print raster (120) 
• Made in Germany

Pioneering spirit and creative freedom

Andrea Pachetti, Italian video game researcher, presents his debut work. The author invested 10 years in the project to track down and bring together the visionaries, creators and producers of this turbulent gaming era.

Here, innovators such as Randy Lyons (SYNTAX SOFTWARE), Andrew Braybrook (Paradroid), Rod Cousens (QUICKSILVA), Jason Benham (Interceptor) and John Steele (OCEAN) talk about their specific efforts that paved the way for the Commodore 64 as a gaming machine and why this period was so spectacular for a single producer in Canada and Europe.

Table of Contents

KEY TOPIC
From North America to Europe 

CANADA

33. Ken Grant for NüFEKOP (Battle through Time, Slapshot etc.)
34. Randy Lyons for SYNTAX SOFTWARE (Cyclons)
35. Rick Madge, from Garden Wars (VIC20 C= USA) to several C64 games 
36. Kevin Pickell – PET/c64 games and copy protection
37. Jay McIntosh and Steve Wilton for NET Software (Alien Attack, Robot Run, Inner Space, Sonic Boom)
 
VIDEO GAME & ART
38. Jim Sachs, author and artist (Saucer Attack, Time Crystal) 
39. John O'Neill, author of The Dolphin’s Rune

UNITED KINGDOM

INTRO
40. Gordon Houghton, Zzap!64 editor 

PART I - DEVELOPERS
41. Jason Benham, Interceptor, Superior, Paramount 
42. Andrew Braybrook
43. Damien Cavanagh, Bubble Bus
44. Steve Chapman, Softek
45. Paul McCherry, IJK Software
46. Kevin A. Moughtin, Firebird and others
47. Chris Murray, English Software
48. Don Rigby, Scorpio Gamesworld, Illusion Software Ltd.
49. Jon Steele, Ocean
50. Andy Trott, Supersoft

PART II - PUBLISHERS 
ANIROG
51. Jeff Gamon
52. Darrell Etherington

BEYOND
53. Terry Pratt
54. Paul Voysey

QUICKSILVA
55. Rod Cousens 

TERMINAL
56. Andy Hieke

TASKSET
57. Andy Walker

European Countries

58. Belgium - Jean-François de Wergifosse, Anirog 
59. France - Michel Koell - Loriciels
60. Germany - Joerg Dierks - Datamedia, Kingsoft
61. Holland - Stefan Posthuma
62. Hungary - Viktor Toth - Commodore
63. Italy - Comini - CSP Microgame
64. Sweden - Henrik Holmstrom - Handic

The cover image you see here is a preliminary version and is still being revised. The final result will look different.