Imagine - Revision history

Alastair at 20:58, 1 June 2011

2011-06-01T20:58:12Z

Admin at 12:57, 1 June 2011

2011-06-01T12:57:18Z

Admin: 1 revision

2011-06-01T12:07:35Z

1 revision

The KING at 18:54, 3 June 2009

2009-06-03T18:54:19Z

Admin at 09:26, 1 April 2009

2009-04-01T09:26:51Z

Admin at 09:23, 1 April 2009

2009-04-01T09:23:08Z

Alastair at 20:39, 26 March 2009

2009-03-26T20:39:39Z

Alastair: moved IMAGINE to Imagine: Capitalisation change.

2009-03-26T20:11:06Z

moved IMAGINE to Imagine: Capitalisation change.

Admin: Created page with 'ARCADIA BC BILL COSMIC CRUISER LEGGIT PEDRO'

2009-03-18T14:48:37Z

Created page with 'ARCADIA BC BILL COSMIC CRUISER LEGGIT PEDRO'

New page

ARCADIA

BC BILL

COSMIC CRUISER

LEGGIT

PEDRO

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 The company then achieved nationwide notoriety when it was filmed the following year by a [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1012096952890708986 BBC documentary] crew while in the process of going spectacularly bust.
-On the 28th of June 1984 a writ was issued against Imagine by VNU Business Press for monies owed for advertising in Personal Computer Games magazine, and the company was wound up on 9 July 1984 at the High Court in London after it was unable to raise the £10,000 required to pay this debt(though by this time its total debts ran to hundreds of thousands of pounds).
+On the 28th of June 1984 a writ was issued against Imagine by VNU Business Press for monies owed for advertising in Personal Computer Games magazine, and the company was wound up on 9 July 1984 at the High Court in London after it was unable to raise the £10,000 required to pay this debt (though by this time its total debts ran to hundreds of thousands of pounds).
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 Imagine ..the name of the game.
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 *[[Arcadia]]
 *[[Cosmic Cruiser]]
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-Imagine Software was founded in 1982 by former members of Bug-Byte including [[Mark Butler]], [[David Lawson]] and [[Eugene Evans]]. Mark and Eugene had previously worked at Microdigital, one of the first computer stores in the UK. Imagine Software produced several very successful games, including Arcadia for the Dragon 32, Vic 20 and ZX- Spectrum, before running into financial trouble in late 1983.
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-Rumours of Imagine's financial situation began to circulate in December 1983 following the revelations that an estimated £50,000 of its advertising bills had not been paid. The following year the debts mounted, with further advertising and tape duplication bills going unpaid, and Imagine was forced to sell the rights to its games to Beau Jolly in order to raise money.
+Imagine ..the name of the game.
-The company then achieved nationwide notoriety when it was filmed the following year by a [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1012096952890708986 BBC documentary] crew while in the process of going spectacularly bust.
+{| class="FCK__ShowTableBorders" width="100%"
-On the 28th of June 1984 a writ was issued against Imagine by VNU Business Press for monies owed for advertising in Personal Computer Games magazine, and the company was wound up on 9 July 1984 at the High Court in London after it was unable to raise the £10,000 required to pay this debt(though by this time its total debts ran to hundreds of thousands of pounds).
+*[[Arcadia]]
+[[Category:Software_publishers]]

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 Rumours of Imagine's financial situation began to circulate in December 1983 following the revelations that an estimated £50,000 of its advertising bills had not been paid. The following year the debts mounted, with further advertising and tape duplication bills going unpaid, and Imagine was forced to sell the rights to its games to Beau Jolly in order to raise money.
-The company then achieved nationwide notoriety when it was filmed the following year by a BBC documentary crew while in the process of going spectacularly bust.
+The company then achieved nationwide notoriety when it was filmed the following year by a [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1012096952890708986 BBC documentary] crew while in the process of going spectacularly bust.
 On the 28th of June 1984 a writ was issued against Imagine by VNU Business Press for monies owed for advertising in Personal Computer Games magazine, and the company was wound up on 9 July 1984 at the High Court in London after it was unable to raise the £10,000 required to pay this debt(though by this time its total debts ran to hundreds of thousands of pounds).

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		+	Imagine Software was founded in 1982 by former members of Bug-Byte including [[Mark Butler]], [[David Lawson]] and [[Eugene Evans]]. Mark and Eugene had previously worked at Microdigital, one of the first computer stores in the UK. Imagine Software produced several very successful games, including Arcadia for the Dragon 32, Vic 20 and ZX- Spectrum, before running into financial trouble in late 1983.
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		+	Rumours of Imagine's financial situation began to circulate in December 1983 following the revelations that an estimated £50,000 of its advertising bills had not been paid. The following year the debts mounted, with further advertising and tape duplication bills going unpaid, and Imagine was forced to sell the rights to its games to Beau Jolly in order to raise money.
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		+	The company then achieved nationwide notoriety when it was filmed the following year by a BBC documentary crew while in the process of going spectacularly bust.
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		+	On the 28th of June 1984 a writ was issued against Imagine by VNU Business Press for monies owed for advertising in Personal Computer Games magazine, and the company was wound up on 9 July 1984 at the High Court in London after it was unable to raise the £10,000 required to pay this debt(though by this time its total debts ran to hundreds of thousands of pounds).
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		+	== Games ==
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	[[Arcadia]]		[[Arcadia]]

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-ARCADIA
+[[Arcadia]]
-BC BILL
+[[BC Bill]]
-COSMIC CRUISER
+[[Cosmic Cruiser]]
-LEGGIT
+[[Leggit]]
-PEDRO
+[[Pedro]]

← Older revision	Revision as of 20:11, 26 March 2009
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