Chris Wilkins, Roger Kean, David Ward (Foreword)
Ocean - The History charts the rise and rise of Ocean Software, the company behind games like Robocop, Terminator 2 and Pang, throughout the 1980 and 1990's and is littered with anecdotes from those that contributed to the company's success as well as photographs, concept graphics, sprites and Ocean memorabilia that has never been seen outside the Ocean Headquarters in Manchester. The apple iBook edition is 264 pages long and features enhanced multi-media elements including video, music and images. The Ocean story is captured by Chris Wilkins and Roger Kean and illustrated by Oliver Frey. Roger was editor of Crash and Zzap 64! magazines and the owner of Newsfield Publications whilst Oli was responsible for the artwork that defined the look and feel of these magazines plus created their infamous covers.
Take a journey back in time and discover the genesis of one of the most influential UK software houses of the 80's and 90's.
PUBLICATION DETAILS
LANGUAGE | BINDING | EDITION | ISBN | YEAR | PAGES |
English | Paperback | 1st Edition | N/A | 2013 | 264 |
English | Paperback | 2nd Edition | N/A | 2014 | 264 |
English | eBook | Digital | N/A | 2014 | 264 |
This book was first published in 2013 by Revival Retro Events. In 2014, it was published by Fusion Retro Books, and was released digitally in eBook format by Fizzy Pop Digital.
INDUSTRY FIGURES
Allan Short
Bill Harbison
Bob Wakelin
Brian Beuken
Brian Flanagan
Colin Porch
David Selwood
Dawn Drake
Gareth Betts
Ian Richardson
Ivan Davies
James Higgins
Jayne Millar
Jim Bagley
John Gibson
John Meegan
John Palmer
Jon Ritman
Jonathan Smith
Julian Hicks
Kevin Oxland
Lee Clare
Mark Jones Jr.
Mark Jones Sr.
Martin Galway
Michael Lamb
Paul Hughes
Paul Millar
Paul Owens
Peter Johnson
Richard Kay
Richard Palmer
Simon Butler
Simon Cobb
Stephen Thomson
Steve Levache
Steve Wahid
Tony Pomfret