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Another wonderful game preserved...

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Nice find. Added to the DB queue.

Do you know for sure it's Ballbreaker's Richard Taylor?
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Hum, not really. You´re right, it may be another coder with the same name...
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Andre Leao wrote: Wed Aug 10, 2022 11:16 am Hum, not really. You´re right, it may be another coder with the same name...
Fun fact, when I was doing the speccy version of "waiting for the light" I wanted to contact the author of the game book to get permission to release the speccy version, but there was no contact info... so I sent mail to all the dozen people of the same name that I found on the net until I found him. =)
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Sol_HSA wrote: Wed Aug 10, 2022 11:35 am Fun fact, when I was doing the speccy version of "waiting for the light" I wanted to contact the author of the game book to get permission to release the speccy version, but there was no contact info... so I sent mail to all the dozen people of the same name that I found on the net until I found him. =)
I´m doing the same here, for the portuguese MIAs. Sometimes I'm sending emails for 4/5 persons with the same name. At the end, I usually find the right person (the one that replies)... ;)
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Total missed this thread.

Seems unlikely it's the existing Richard Taylor, unless you have that confirmed?... Richard Taylor was a very common name.

I'll do a bit of digging but the other names aren't familiar to me. (If Mark Healy has an "e", that name would've been).

Is there an inlay or anything else for the program?
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I've put all three authors down as new labels until more info comes to light. I agree that it's unlikely to be Richard M Taylor based on the rest of his work.

If anyone's up for a bit of sleuthing, Philip McKuhen isn't a common name, and could be a good lead on social media.
8BitAG wrote: Wed Aug 10, 2022 11:50 pm Is there an inlay or anything else for the program?
Thread calling @Gilby :mrgreen:
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Yes, I've approached the most obvious Phil on the social media platforms.
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