Date   : Mon, 19 Oct 1998 03:12:20 +0200
From   : Dejan Ristanovic <dejanr@...>
Subject: Gary Partis

The discussion about old BBC games made me remember Gary Partis, 
the author of Doctor Who, Psycastria, Sphere of Destiny...

I also remember Tracey Dianne Nicholson, the Mega Being, mentioned in hex
dumps of his games... I wonder, where are Gary and Tracey today?

Dejan

P.S. For your amusement, some segments from the old games:

                 DOCTOR WHO AND THE MINES OF TERROR (1985)

 1341: All code in this game which did not originate from Micro Power LTD is 
 1387: dedicated to Tracey Dianne Nicholson... (C) Micro Power LTD and writte
 13CD: n by Gary Partis - ILTDN the Mega Being...


                             PSYCASTRIA (1986)

 1904: Audiogenic Software LTD 1986. Written by Gary Partis and dedicated to 
 194A: Tracey Dianne Nicholson, who is a real beauty - ILTDN the Mega Being.
 6EBB: What on Earth are you doing reading this? I bet you think you are a sm
 6F01: art arse for breaking the protection this far. But you have achieved n
 6F47: othing, as the protection was rather trivial to start with... Just ***
 6F8D: * off and do not come back... By the way, you make make me puke, puke,
 6FD3:  puke, vomit, spew, puke.... By the way, if I ever find out who put a 
 7019: brick through the window of my 3 day old Talbot Sunbeam 1.3LS and stol
 705F: e my car stereo, I shell personally rip them apart and I am not joking


                         SPHERE OF DESTINY (1987)

 6030: Well, this game must be my first ever game (over 4 years) which is not
 6076:  dedicated to Tracey Dianne Nicholson. For those who don't know, Trace
 60BC: y and I have broken off our engagement - or rather, she broke off the 
 6102: engagement. Instead, this game is dedicated to the good times of the p
 6148: ast when everything was 'hunkydory' and nothing could go wrong... Mayb
 618E: e  one day we'll get back together - but I will always live in hope...
 61D4:  7th November 1986. Or die in vain... 1st December 1986. Or live a lif
 621A: e of constant torment... 7th December 1986. I will get her back some h
 6260: ow... 29th December 1986. Or start afresh in 1987... 6th January 1987.
 62A6:  All the same, I want her, need her, love her beyond all comprehension
 62EC: ... 19th January 1987. Why doesn't she just walk back through the door
 6332:  back into my life??? 1st Febuary 1987. Aaaaarrrrgggghhhh!!!! 10th Feb
 6378: uary 1987...


                              SYNCRON (1987)

 1AC3: ILTDN The Not So Mega Being... Dedicated to the memory of Tracey Diann
 1B09: e Nicholson...one day we may get ba...