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David Webb (David M. Webb).

ewgfewgf
edited March 2009 in Sinclair Miscellaneous
Whatever happened to David Webb (refered to on the WOS database as David M. Webb), the bloke who wrote Starglider? He was a really talented programmer, and he wrote two great Spectrum books (Super Charge Your Spectrum, and Advanced Spectrum Machine Language, but after Starion he seems to have left the Spectrum scene.
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  • The StargliderThe Starglider
    edited March 2009
    ewgf wrote: »
    Whatever happened to David Webb (refered to on the WOS database as David M. Webb), the bloke who wrote Starglider? He was a really talented programmer, and he wrote two great Spectrum books (Super Charge Your Spectrum, and Advanced Spectrum Machine Language, but after Starion he seems to have left the Spectrum scene.

    Just to correct you, but David Webb didn't write Starglider, Jez San did (converted to the Speccy by Realtime Games).
  • SardSard
    edited March 2009
    lol edit: i think he just got muddled at the start at meant starion :)
  • GeoffGeoff
    edited March 2009
    WOS permissions is your friend

    http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showwrap.cgi?permit=individuals/WebbDavidM.pmt

    also Wikipedia

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Michael_Webb

    One of the better investment bankers.
  • RST#08RST#08
    edited March 2009
    ewgf wrote: »
    Whatever happened to David Webb (refered to on the WOS database as David M. Webb)...and he wrote two great Spectrum books (Super Charge Your Spectrum, and Advanced Spectrum Machine Language, but after Starion he seems to have left the Spectrum scene.

    Here's his website:

    http://www.webb-site.com/aboutus.htm#bio

    Apparently he's now "retired", lucky lad. By my calculation, he can't be much older than 44. Now, that makes me feel thoroughly depressed...:sad:
  • ewgfewgf
    edited March 2009
    The Starglider wrote: »
    Just to correct you, but David Webb didn't write Starglider, Jez San did (converted to the Speccy by Realtime Games).

    Ah, sorry, I did mean Starion, not Starglider.
  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited March 2009
    Would you buy a space and time travelling, anagram solving, 3D shoot-em-up Speccy game from this man?

    Face5.JPG
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...
  • ewgfewgf
    edited March 2009
    karingal wrote: »
    Would you buy a space and time travelling, anagram solving, 3D shoot-em-up Speccy game from this man?

    If he had stubble, he'd look like Sylar from Heroes.
  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited March 2009
    ewgf wrote: »
    If he had stubble, he'd look like Sylar from Heroes.
    But he doesn't...
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...
  • ewgfewgf
    edited March 2009
    karingal wrote: »
    But he doesn't...

    He doesn't what? Doesn't have stubble, or just doesn't look like Sylar at all?



    Sylar:

    Sylar.jpg



    523px-Zachary_Quintojpg.jpg
  • VampyreVampyre
    edited March 2009
    There's a guy who's an employee of a client of the company I work for and he's even more of a spitting image of Sylar (I agree that DW does). He's quite proud of it in fact, I'll have to get him to pose for a pic! He really is scarily alike!
    ZXSR - Speccy Mags Reviews
  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited March 2009
    ewgf wrote: »
    He doesn't what? Doesn't have stubble, or just doesn't look like Sylar at all?



    Sylar:

    Sylar.jpg



    523px-Zachary_Quintojpg.jpg
    Both......
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...
  • VampyreVampyre
    edited March 2009
    I'm more intrigued to see as how the "Sylar" actor will make out as the new Mr Spock. Talk about big shoes to fill! He *is* a good actor, but it may cripple him.
    ZXSR - Speccy Mags Reviews
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