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Syntax Software Inc.
Canada
Randy Linden talks about his game:
“Bubbles was a centipede clone and itwas* released by Syntax Software — shops in Toronto carried it, although I don’t know if it ever made it to the US.
IIRC, Syntax closed roughly a year later.
I do have a copysomewhere* (and the packaging is exactly as in the article on your website — it’s a thin cardboard “sleeve” with a pop-out tab on the top (so the packages could be hung on a wall-mounted rack) — I vaguely recall there was a small white paper insert with instructions, etc., but I’m not positive.
Unfortunately, I haven’t seen the game in many, many years… It’s hard to believe that almost 34 years have gone by!
BTW, the game was all hand-written 6502 — back then compilers, C and even linkers weren’t in common use — particularly on the C64 … even assemblers were uncommon until a few years later.
Scribbler was a paint program which had some nice features, especially considering the timeframe — things like “paint can fill”, etc.”
“Bubbles was a centipede clone and it
IIRC, Syntax closed roughly a year later.
I do have a copy
Unfortunately, I haven’t seen the game in many, many years… It’s hard to believe that almost 34 years have gone by!
BTW, the game was all hand-written 6502 — back then compilers, C and even linkers weren’t in common use — particularly on the C64 … even assemblers were uncommon until a few years later.
Scribbler was a paint program which had some nice features, especially considering the timeframe — things like “paint can fill”, etc.”