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Did you know Melbourne House were still going?

udgoverloadudgoverload
edited November 2006 in Chit chat
They used to do so many Spectrum games, I was very surprised to see Melbourne House in the news today:

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=20791

Are there many old Speccy developers still in existence (apart from Rare)?
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  • NickHNickH
    edited November 2006
    My god, someone's still plugging away at the Test Drive franchise...

    I was never impressed by that game.
  • RefrenzRefrenz
    edited November 2006
    Did you know Melbourne House were still going?

    Yes. http://www.melbournehouse.com/ :)
  • Ian HamiltonIan Hamilton
    edited November 2006
    Nescaf? is a superior brand to Maxwell House. :p

    Necros.
  • ArjunArjun
    edited November 2006
    Test Drive for the PC was one of the finest driving games I played when 486's were still the rage. :)

    I remember MH mostly for The Hobbit and Penetrator.
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  • DEATHDEATH
    edited November 2006
    Necros wrote:
    Nescaf? is a superior brand to Maxwell House. :p

    Necros.

    Absolutly! Can't beat a drop of the proper stuff!
    Oh bugger!<br>
  • Malc74Malc74
    edited November 2006
    Refrenz wrote:
    Yes. http://www.melbournehouse.com/ :)

    Except they're now going to be known as Krome Studios Melbourne apparently.

    Mind you, I thought they'd disappeared when Titus went under so it's good to see that they survived this far.
  • VampyreVampyre
    edited November 2006
    "Atari has sold Melbourne House, the developer best known for producing the PSP and PS2 versions of Test Drive Unlimited"

    It's a shame they're "best known" for Test Drive Unlimted.

    I'd prefer they were "best known" for The Hobbit. I'd also prefer they were "best known" for the first "proper" beat 'em up playable in the home with The Way of The Exploding Fist (Bug Bytes Kung Fu doesn't count as it wasn't all that playable). I'd even prefer they were "best known" for ShadowRun, one of the best and sadly underplayed games on the SNES.

    In the cold light of sobriety I'll probably acknowledge that Test Drive is the most well known globally of all. A shame really, all the games I mentioned are far better than any of the Test Drives, except maybe 3, I quite liked that but that probably had more to do with getting to know the really fit gal on my YTS course who also did!!
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  • udgoverloadudgoverload
    edited November 2006
    Vampyre wrote:
    It's a shame they're "best known" for Test Drive Unlimted.

    I'd prefer they were "best known" for The Hobbit.

    In the press though they always take whatever something or someone has done last, rather than a proper long look at a career. That's especially true in gaming where anything older than 5 years is considered worthless.
  • Scottie_ukScottie_uk
    edited November 2006
    Necros wrote:
    Nescafé is a superior brand to Maxwell House. :p

    Necros.


    Proper stuff......?????????? have you ever had a cup of good coffe my friend.....

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  • Malc74Malc74
    edited November 2006
    Scottie_uk wrote:
    Proper stuff......?????????? have you ever had a cup of good coffe my friend.....


    GOD I am pissed!!!..... too much drop of the good studf.....I have had far to manty of rht e gpppd stuff tonigjt. :D :lol: haa haaa yeeeeeeeAAA!q!!!! .... I'll get mi coat!!!

    coat of paint!!!...no thats going to far kids... remember winners don't do beer!!!!


    awww f*kiy.......take the piss out of me in the marning wint ya!!

    You still make more sense than Cornish Davey ever will...
  • Ian HamiltonIan Hamilton
    edited November 2006
    Beer ... Freemasonry ... Global Conspiracy ... Aspertame ... Yeah!!!!!!!!

    It's easy really. :)

    Necros.
  • Scottie_ukScottie_uk
    edited November 2006
    Malc74 wrote:
    You still make more sense than Cornish Davey ever will...

    Oops... :oops:
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