Great computer games that never made the shops...?


Be patient with me - I'm still gathering hummus
( 100% of Gibbon, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 16:57, archived)

should've
posted that under a different username ;)
( GR33DY, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 17:00, archived)

Mhuh?
that took me all of 30 seconds...

Couldn't you tell?
( 100% of Gibbon, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 17:01, archived)

It's
got more hummus about it than me at the moment :/
( GR33DY, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 17:03, archived)

He was the bloke they used for the Barbarian cover...
circa 1987.

With Miss Maria Whittaker, page 3 tartlet, as the token bimbo with the large fluffy pillows and pout.

Ooo, ooo... and I once went for a job interview at Ultimate. Years ago. I was a mere slip of a lad then... met the lovely Louise Stamper though.... Mmmmmm.
( Tart Monkey, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 17:01, archived)

Didn't Ultimate
become Sensible Software (who have since been eaten by CodeMasters after they failed to attract a publisher for their work in progress of four years entitled Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n Roll)?

and breathe...
( spawn, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 17:07, archived)

Nope. They became RARE
....lots of stuff for Nintendo, last seen being bought by Microsoft for lots of wedge.

Sensible Software did indeed sort of fall apart and Jon Hare went to codemasters and became a celebrity producer. He's officially a bit rubbish if Mike Tyson Boxing is anything to go by.
( Tart Monkey, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 17:08, archived)

don't get me
started on sensible soccer...

i read up on the entire history of ultimate (and a number of other defunct software houses) this afternoon, which is why it took me about four hours to do that crappy picture...
( 100% of Gibbon, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 17:11, archived)

ThreadJack In Progress!
Nice work, btw :0)

Does anyone know of a way to screengrab QuickTime Movies? alt-printscreen just ain't working for me baby!
(Doctor Bob, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 17:15, archived)

I'll take that as a no then?
OI! I thought you lot were like Kings of knowledge
(Doctor Bob, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 17:19, archived)

i don't know anything ababout that sort of thing. sorry.
try me on kittens. i know quite a lot about them.
( 100% of Gibbon, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 17:26, archived)

you
could get a copy of trmoov to convert mov files to avi then use virtual dub to copy frame to clipboard
( Wildheart Baby release the midget sweatshop cellar mexicans, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 17:39, archived)

try
hypersnap
( Mosschops, Fri 18 Apr 2003, 17:36, archived)