Great interview, Matt. I didn't realize that Cinemaware gave 20% of the company to NEC. That explains why many of the Cinemaware games were on the TurboGrafx-16. Of course they also released their games for the Philips CD-i and other secondary consoles. Fascinating stuff.
What's also interesting is that this is the second time we've heard a contemporary from the time talk about how the Amiga failed (the other being the marketing guy for Epyx) and how it pretty much sealed the fate of their once-great company. I'm also stunned that they did so well on the C-64. I was already an Amiga user by then so I only experienced the Cinemaware stuff on the original platform (and TG-16) back in the day.
Great interview, Matt. I didn't realize that Cinemaware gave 20% of the company to NEC. That explains why many of the Cinemaware games were on the TurboGrafx-16. Of course they also released their games for the Philips CD-i and other secondary consoles. Fascinating stuff.
What's also interesting is that this is the second time we've heard a contemporary from the time talk about how the Amiga failed (the other being the marketing guy for Epyx) and how it pretty much sealed the fate of their once-great company. I'm also stunned that they did so well on the C-64. I was already an Amiga user by then so I only experienced the Cinemaware stuff on the original platform (and TG-16) back in the day.
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