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David Ward

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Head of Ocean Software, one of the best software houses (and there's a phrase you don't here any more) of their day.

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David Ward, co-founder of influential British developer and publisher Ocean Software, and a pioneer of game development in the UK, has died at the age of 75.
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Owned the 80s IMO. Perhaps not the same consistency as Ultimate, but delivered some amazing movie tie-ins, rather than just sticking the movie title on the loading screen of some generic crap.
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On which, Dan...


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Is that the Kim Justice thing? Hats off for the effort, but I lasted about 5 minutes before I switched off.
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dasnutnock3 wrote: Thu May 12, 2022 7:14 pm Is that the Kim Justice thing? Hats off for the effort, but I lasted about 5 minutes before I switched off.
Shame, you're missing out.
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Well I have 6 hours of server maintenance to orchestrate tomorrow, so I may very well revisit during the periods of soul-crushing tedium.
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Ouch. Good luck!
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Up the Junction wrote: Sat May 14, 2022 7:00 pm Ouch. Good luck!
You’ve got to hand it to her, she sure as hell knows how to do her research!
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dasnutnock3 wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 9:44 am You’ve got to hand it to her, she sure as hell knows how to do her research!
Kim's gaming channel has consistently excellent output. Great content.
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Really sad to hear. Ocean were the professional ying to Imagine's chaotic yang. They put out some cracking games and also had lots of awesome Bob Wakelin artwork.
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