Audiogenic

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A big company, but one which spread its resources throughout the 8-bit platforms, never really dedicating to one platform, and consequently it was much respected, but never really had the image of 'belonging' to one machine, like Ultimate Play The Game (the speccy) and Superior Software. The games were good, the star programmers were undoubtably the multi-talented Peter Scott and the technically amazing Gary Partis.

Audiogenic were orginally set up by Martin Maynard, and based down in Theale, Berkshire. This all changed when the MD of Supersoft - Peter Calver, bought a 50% stake in the company, and it became a different legal entity - ASL.

For a while, the company stayed in Theale, and when Icon Software got into financial difficulties ASL bought the rights to all their games and oher assets such as the Newcastle-based development team, which included Gary Partis.

Darryl Still ran this new 'arm' of ASL, heading up the northern development team, re-releasing some of the old Icon titles, and launching new projects with this team (Thunderstruck, Psycastria et al.), whilst developing titles such as Ziggy from the berkshire based authors like Dean Lester.

The joint Managing Directorship of Peter Calver and Martin Maynard was not a happy one, apparently both were very strong personalities and both wanted control of the company, and in the end, Martin Maynard sold out his 50% of the company to Peter Calver, and went to set up Maynard International and the budget arm of that company, Top Ten.

ASL re-located to the old Supersoft offices in Harrow, London. Shark, Loopz and Helter Skelter are all titles developed in this phase of ASL's lifetime.

By this time, the northern development teams contracts were all finishing up, so Gary Partis and Peter Scott and the rest all became free agents and went on to develop for other companies. Darryl Still (despite offers from both Calver to continue with ASL and Maynard to work for Maynard International) also left and founded his own label, Godax.

Audiogenic are still around today, though they are very much smaller now than they ever were before, the website address is:

http://www.audiogenic.com

Please contact me if you have any additional information about the company or its games!


Genesis Project

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This is a graphically excellent shoot em up, played in a sort of Elite style view, with you inside the ship. You have to fend off the aliens with your trusty phasers. It is annoying though because it is so difficult to hit anythint, and the aliens are just too accurate! The sound is also annoying, so this is not one of their best games!


Graham Gooch Test Cricket

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Very poor Cricket game, the graphics are laughable and the gameplay is non-existent to say the least. The batsmen don't respond very well do your directions, and neither to the bowlers. This one is best missed by a mile.


Helter Skelter

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A strange game which involves you guiding a ball around the screen in order to kill the enemies, you have to keep the momentum of the ball up enough to hit everyone. It is quite hard to do this on the later levels, and will require a lot of skill to stop the ball from coming to a standstill, enjoyable, but not a classic.


Impact

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Not really too bad at all, this is a breakout clone, so it isn't exactly the most original game in the world, and Arkanoid beat it by being the first really innovative clone, but this is by no means a waste of time. The graphics are less colourful than its rival, but it does have some pretty nice effects, not least the scrolling stars behind the main blocks, giving it an extra depth, worth a play, but not quite as good as Arkanoid!


International Megasports

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Cool sports game, this is great fun actually and well executed, normally Tynesoft were the masters of this genre, but this button basher is right up there with the best! It features 100 metres sprint, Skeet Shooting, The Long Horse, Archery, Hurdles, High Jump and Long Jump, making it a pretty complete sports game! Nice graphics and a good balance of difficulty make this great fun with some mates!


Last Of The Free

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Strangely this game looks very much like the Superior Software game Pandemonium. The characters are the same, the players character looks a bit like the one from Pandemonium, and generally it feels the same. The graphics are good, but not up to the same standard as Pandemonium, and it doesn't play as well. You basically have to guide the character around the platforms, it is ok, but nothing special.


Loopz

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A sort of Pipeline style game in which you have to place pipes making loopz on the grid before the liquid flows through them. It is a decent attempt at a variation on the old game, and works quite well, it certainly looks good enough.


Power Pack

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Bug Eyes 1 and 2, Caveman Capers, Wizzy's Mansion, Ultron, Wongo, Space Ranger are featured on this compilation.


Power Pack 2

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Psycastria, Thunderstruck, Fruit Raid, Drain Mania, Saracoid, Styx, Last of the Free


Psycastria

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A great game, this is a shooter with a difference. The graphics are excellent, the speed is excellent, and it makes for a very tough edition to your collection. This would probably have to be their best ever game, it has everything you could want from a shoot-em-up.