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Beam Software produced a series of groundbreaking games in the 1980s, most notably the seminal games of ‘The Hobbit’, which allowed characters to direct other characters, and ‘The Way of the exploding fist’, one of the first one-on-one fighting games developed for the home computer. Beam was sold to Krome Studios in 2006 which, in turn, ceased operations in 2010. These unedited interviews with some of the key members of Beam Software were filmed at ACMI in April 2006.
Andrew Bailey and Trevor Nuridin discuss how they both entered the games industry and their work at Beam’s publishing arm, Melbourne House. They talk candidly about the culture at Beam and the reasons why they left to start Tantalus Media together in 1994.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B2002465
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Career development
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Computer industry
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Interviews
Crafts & Visual Arts → Computer graphics
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Feature films → Feature films - Australia
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Video games
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Computer games
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Games
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Video games
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Computer software
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Programming (Electronic computers)
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
HDCAM; Master
DVD [PAL]; Copy
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation
DVCAM; Sub-master