CINEMAWARE

FROM KNIGHTS TO MOBSTERS, WORLD WAR I FLYING ACES, THE ARABIAN NIGHTS AND BUXOM MEDIEVAL PRINCESSES, CINEMAWARE’S IMAGINATIVE SOFTWARE CAPTIVATED A GENERATION. MIKE BEVAN TALKS TO PRODUCER JOHN CUTTER AND OTHER PAST EMPLOYEES TO DISCOVER THE TALE OF A TRUE GREAT OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF VIDEOGAMES

To readers of a certain age the name Cinemaware will evoke cherished memories of storming castles, battling giant ants or soaring into the air to fight Nazis. The company’s distinctive releases, beginning with Defender Of The Crown, showcased the graphic power of a new generation of home computers, particularly Commodore’s Amiga. And the stories they told were timeless cinematic archetypes – historical epics, silent comedies, Fifties sci-fimonster movies or Saturday morning matinee-serials with broad-jawed rocket-pack wearing heroes. “Several of us were raised as gamers on the Amiga, coming from computers like the C64 and Apple II,” says Darren Falcus, development director of the modern incarnation of the celebrated company. “Cinemaware, along with maybe LucasArts and Psygnosis, was the leading developer of the time. Its games were cuttingedge in terms of…

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