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# I met a strange bearded man in a dutch squat once...
who claimed to have made JSW or it could have been JBJ, I can't remember.

/purplehaze
(I helped save b3ta! Whato_Jeeves Did your surgery require a vaginal mesh patch?, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 13:34, archived)
# Then he was probably telling the truth!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Smith_%28games_programmer%29

"Smith closed Software Projects in 1988 without completing any more programs and "vanished" for a while. He was living in a Dutch commune from around 1995 but was deported from the Netherlands in October 1997 and returned to Britain.
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(I helped save b3ta! The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 13:37, archived)
# :O
Oh my! I remember he had a laptop with him aswell,
I recall him showing me some stuff.
We were pretty wasted, or at least me and the rest of the squatters were!
(I helped save b3ta! Whato_Jeeves Did your surgery require a vaginal mesh patch?, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 13:39, archived)
# there's plenty of photos of the coder about
was it him? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Smith_%28games_programmer%29
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 13:38, archived)
# Your next mission (should you choose to accept it)

is to get an interview with the legend that is Matthew Smith :)
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 13:42, archived)
# I sent him a few emails years ago for that very reason
and heard nothing back - would love to interview him mind
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 13:44, archived)
# yea I think there's a load of people who would love to interview him :D
In my opinion he kick started the gaming boom over here..utter legend
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 13:46, archived)
# also David Braben and Ian Bell would be good interviewees
The writers of Elite: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_%28video_game%29
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Thu 2 Sep 2010, 14:09, archived)
# That's definately the fella!
The place was in Leiden not far from the dam.
(I helped save b3ta! Whato_Jeeves Did your surgery require a vaginal mesh patch?, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 13:44, archived)
# haha fab :)
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 13:47, archived)
# I want that icon now.
A tribute to the man.
(I helped save b3ta! Whato_Jeeves Did your surgery require a vaginal mesh patch?, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 13:52, archived)
# Haha fucking ace.
I really hope you're telling the truth.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 14:32, archived)
# could've been him (Matthew Smith) ...he went crazy on acid and buggered off over there
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 13:38, archived)
# Freaked the fuck out!
He was born in London, but his family moved around a great deal, finally ending up in Wallasey.

I live like 3 miles away from Wallasey!
(I helped save b3ta! Whato_Jeeves Did your surgery require a vaginal mesh patch?, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 14:07, archived)
# *plays spooky music* :D
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 14:13, archived)
# You are Matthew Smith
AICMFP
(I helped save b3ta! Eduard Khil's Haircut is lurking and liking on, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 14:18, archived)
# Shhhh!
(I helped save b3ta! Whato_Jeeves Did your surgery require a vaginal mesh patch?, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 14:23, archived)