Geoff Crammond - From 'Super Invaders' to 'REVS'
From Bedrooms to Billions - SPECIAL EDITION - EXTRAS ONLY!
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Geoff Crammond whilst working at Marconi in the early 1980's found himself buying the recently released BBC Micro and teaching himself to program. Before long he discovered that publisher Acornsoft were releasing various games that were 'heavily' influenced by what was in the arcades. Geoff noticed that there wasn't a 'Space Invaders' type game listed so decided to have a go at creating one himself and that was the start of a remarkable career!
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