Ocean Software The Inside Story with Gary Bracey - The Retro Hour EP80
The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)
The Retro Hour
4.9 • 558 Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2017
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
We get the story of the movie licencing kings Ocean Software from former director Gary Bracey. How they landed the big film licences, the highs and lows, and games like Robocop, Platoon and Batman The Movie.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I can't believe it. |
| 0:03.5 | Max has asked me to move in with him. |
| 0:05.9 | I mean, you practically live with each other already, but that's great. |
| 0:09.8 | Did you hear that, Joe? |
| 0:11.5 | Yes, thanks for letting us know. |
| 0:14.3 | I see you've updated your universal credit claim. |
| 0:17.1 | Now you're going to be living together. |
| 0:21.3 | If you're telling other people about a change in your circumstances, tell us too to avoid a |
| 0:26.7 | penalty. Search tell DWP. |
| 0:30.0 | Hello and welcome to the Retro Hour podcast episode number 80, your weekly dose of retro gaming |
| 0:35.9 | and technology news with me, Dan Wood. |
| 0:37.9 | And me, Ravi Abbott. |
| 0:39.1 | And me, Joe Fox. |
| 0:40.5 | Fueled on caffeine today. |
| 0:42.2 | Fueled on caffeine and pure determination, as I am still recovering from a weekend in Blackpool |
| 0:48.9 | on top of a lovely chest infection, courtesy of you two. |
| 1:11.1 | We haven't been kissing, by the way. Well, I don't know what you two guys is. It was a bit of a lively weekend there, won't it, boys? Yeah, yeah, it was wicked. Yeah, it was really good. Obviously, we were at Play Expo in Blackpool, the huge event that last weekend, I mean, we were actually there on stage on the Saturday. We got there nice and early. Bearing in mind, I always do this thing. |
| 1:12.5 | I always think, right, I'm going to get all my work done night before. Go to bed about 9 o'clock. Set me alone for half five. That's it. I'll be fresh next day. Went to bed about half past 3 in the morning in the end. Yeah, I was working till really late as well. I was out about three hours sleep. |
| 1:25.4 | But we rocked it, Dan. |
| 1:26.7 | We had like 150 or 30 people in for the big Amiga talk, |
| 1:31.7 | and the atmosphere was amazing. |
| 1:33.5 | Sorry, was that 150 people or 30? |
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