Bracey was formerly the vp of development at ocean software. Ocean software ltd, commonly referred to as ocean, was a british software development. Its impossible to estimate the size of the problem, but if im forced to id say that for every one of our games bought on the shelves 1050 are being copied, depending on the title. How they landed the big film licences, the highs and lows, and games like. The developer and publisher flourished under his leadership, and a. A question asked on the ocean experience website relating to the amiga version saw replies by paul hughes and gary bracey.
There are also interviews with other people who worked with the pair throughout their partnership, such as oceans software manager gary bracey, chiptune composing master martin galway, and. As software manager for ocean, he controls a team of 30 inhouse programmers, artists and musicians, and a heavy weight of responsibility lies on his shoulders. Revenge of doh, the shoot em up game mag max, the your sinclair covertape game road. Gary bracey ocean interview with gary bracey by peter ward hello gary welcome to retrogamesmaster it is an honour to interview one of the pioneers of the industry. Gary bracey is currently a commercial director at kuju entertainment. Ocean is firmly into the licence business, as you might have noticed, and licences are expensive. When i got home from revival mini last night buzzing from sensory overload and my copy of the history of ocean software in my hands, id promised myself that is was going to go straight onto the bookshelf, unread until the christmas holidays when i could put my feet up, settle down into my cosy reading chair and indulge in a little. Com is a c64 site dedicated to just about everything that is connected to the commodore 64 c64. Ocean software academic dictionaries and encyclopedias. We attended the terra virtua preico launch in london. The british company ocean software or ocean software ltd. Jun 08, 2011 mark r jones mark r jones worked as a graphics artist on the zx spectrum for ocean software during the 1980s. The adventures of mighty max is based on the tv cartoon mighty max which in turn is based on a series of toys. At the heart of the fledgling industry, which grew to be a billiondollarayear business, ocean software led the way as a creative developer and publisher.
We take a look back at ocean softwares superb film licence. May 23, 2016 oceans managing director and man behind the now infamous dongle puts the numbers even higher. He worked on many prominent titles on our favourite 8bit machine providing various graphics and loading screens to the likes of the classic arcade conversions of arkanoid and arkanoid. How they landed the big film licences, the highs and lows, and games like robocop, platoon and batman the movie. Interview with spectrum legend bill harbison reassembler.
For more information on our response and operational status. After being welcomed, we made our way downstairs to the office of the software development manager, gary bracey, situated in the cellar of. Click here ocean software is an australian it company specialising in delivering integrated management solutions refined over the past 25 years. And for reasons unconnected to it hitting the number three spot in the amiga sales charts in september 1994 as recorded in amiga action issue 61, and sixth position in the snes charts in february 1994 snes power.
David ward, jon woods, paul patterson, gary bracey, marc djan ocean france ocean software ltd also known in the united states as ocean of america, inc. It was first released in the united kingdom for the amstrad cpc, amstrad gx4000 and commodore 64 in 1990. View gary braceys profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. How they landed the big film licences, the highs and lows, and games like robocop, platoon and batman. Spectrum computing, a database of sinclair zx spectrum games, software and hardware. About us ocean software command and control operations. Load film2 is a fulllength documentary feature film which takes a detailed look at the zx spectrum, its history, developers, games and fans. The company was founded by david ward and jon woods and was based in manchester. Yhtion perustivat david ward ja jon woods vuonna 1982 manchesterissa. Little did i know that gary bracey oceans software manager was building a fresh team of people to work inhouse just at the time when i decided to apply. Nov 23, 2017 gary bracey cites bringing jurassic park to life on the small screen as one of his fondest memories of working for ocean software. Paul patterson gary bracey marc djan ocean france ocean software ltd, commonly referred to as ocean, was a british software development company, that became one of the biggest european video game developers and publishers of the 1980s and 1990s.
David ward, jon woods, paul patterson,gary bracey, marc djan ocean france ocean software ltd also known in the united states as ocean of america, inc. Gary bracey has been credited on games developed by the following. It was later rereleased in the rest of europe for the zx spectrum, atari st and amiga home computers in the following year. A proven history, an exciting future ocean software designs, develops, and delivers enterprise software solutions for military, government, and corporate customers around the world. Navy seals is a shoot em up platform video game developed and published by ocean software. Ocean software the inside story with gary bracey the retro. Gary will be chatting about his time at ocean software, throwing in some licencing anecdotes and will no doubt be name dropping some of the very interesting people he had the good fortune to meet and work with. David ward, jon woods, gary bracey, marc djan ocean franca ocean software o ocean software ltd. As such if you want to know nearly everything there is to know about ocean who id class as one of the greats, you should seriously watch this video. With mel croucher, simon butler, jim bagley, jon ritman. For much of the 1980s, the uk led the worldwide revolution in home computing.
Ocean software director gary bracey former ocean software director gary bracey will be joining play expo blackpool on saturday. See photos, profile pictures and albums from ocean software ltd. The adventures of mighty max for genesis 1994 mobygames. Bracey was formerly the vp of development at ocean software and development director at telstar electronic studios, before founding digimask in 1999. Yhtio muistetaan erityisesti useista lisenssipeleistaan, joita julkaistiin kymmenia 1980luvun kotitietokoneille. Mark r jones mark r jones worked as a graphics artist on the zx spectrum for ocean software during the 1980s. Games released across a variety of 8 and 16 bit sys. Ocean software ltd tai pelkka ocean oli yksi euroopan suurimmista pelitaloista. Our solutions are now trusted by militaries and used in. Gary bracey marc djan ocean france ocean software ltd, commonly referred to as ocean, was a british software development company, that became one of the biggest european video game developers and publishers of the 1980s and 1990s. We attended the preico launch event for terra virtua at bafta in london last thursday to find out from the team themselves exactly what they are about. Max is a kid who possesses a magic cap that allows you to travel across different world and to save people who get in trouble in other dimensions. Gary bracey video game credits and biography mobygames.
View gary bracey s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. He was running a company called ocean software and asked me if i would join them as he. Watch retrogaming ocean documentary well, here it is the documentary on the entire history of ocean software, from start to finish the early days with imagine, the glorious success that robocop bought, licensed game after licensed game, batman to daley thompson, cobra to frankie, jurassic park to the addams family. There is a list of unreleased andor unfinished titles but they have not been included in the total but are listed at the end. The developer and publisher flourished under his leadership, and a number of key movie licences and software deals ensured that the manchesterbased developer was a force to be reckoned with during the 8 and 16bit period. Gary bracey, software director for ocean software, said that the films director steven spielberg is a games fanatic himself and has a handson involvement to ensure that the final result is as faithful as possible to his original idea. Ocean software ltd is with gary bracey and tom rooney. Interview with gary bracey by peter ward hello gary welcome to. Gary bracey from ocean software talks about ocean movie licenses at geek 2012 a replay supported event. Revenge of doh, the shoot em up game mag max, the your sinclair covertape game road race and the. Remembering ocean software ltd gadgets, games, hardnsoft. We get the story of the movie licencing kings ocean software from former director gary bracey. Little did i know that gary bracey ocean s software manager was building a fresh team of people to work inhouse just at the time when i decided to apply. First guest confirmation former ocean software director gary bracey gary was instrumental in landing many of the big film licences ocean acquired including batman and robocop.
Gary bracey marc djan ocean france ocean software ltd also known in the united states as ocean of america, inc. Our solutions are widely regarded as the gold standard in their respective classes due to their completeness, levels of support, ongoing development, training and documentation. Aug 31, 2015 view gary braceys profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Any gaps are where titles were duplicated list by gary bracey. January 11 thanks to paul owens for digging this out. David ward are carved into the british gaming industry under the legend category, along with other such notable ocean staff as gary bracey.
Ocean remains fully operational with no disruption to support or development activities. Ocean software the inside story with gary bracey the. Gary bracey once said that ocean were the biggest games company in the world. Gary bracey is widely regarded as having helped turn around the fortunes of ocean software. Michael lamb programmed renegade and combat school to the zx spectrum, as well as produce versions of hit movies such as batman, robocop and top gun. David ward, jon woods, gary bracey, marc djan ocean france the british company ocean software or ocean software ltd. Oceans managing director and man behind the now infamous dongle puts the numbers even higher. This is a first hand account of working in video game development in the 1980s and 1990s from a start as a freelancing artist whilst still at school working, to creating the artwork for some of the eras largest games companies such as atari, ocean, gremlin graphics, activision, code masters, and alternative software working with many of the big name authors. We catch up with oceans gary bracey and talk about the good old days. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover garys. Bracey was formerly the vp of development at ocean software and. I remember ocean france where doing le mans on st and amiga i saw disks full of graphics ripped off the arcade board and quantised, but i cant for the life of me remember a version actually running on st or. A games industry veteran of 35 years, bracey has been involved in all aspects of the business, from development through to licensing, marketing and publishing.