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A
year before the release of Crazy Comets,
Simon and his friend John coded their own conversion of the arcade
'Mad Planets'.
It
wasn't brilliant compared with the two later versions lacking
music by Rob Hubbard, but a reasonable attempt none the less.
It was obviously the stepping stone to a sweet C64 success later
on..
No
publisher wanted it, Quicksilva and Virgin
were approached, but both turned it down as it had no story to
it.. A full copy roams around and had its official release recently
on an issue of Commodore Zone, which
featured an interview with the author and all his games.
You
can respect that this game was a huge step towards the massively
popular Crazy Comets and Mega Apocalypse, so perseverance proved
good for Simon Nicol.
A
early glimpse at what was to be eventually Simon's famous game...
Frank.
(Additional
source credits - Simon Nicol)
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