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GAME: CAVERN COMMANDER
PLATFORM: ATARI 8BIT COMPUTERS
DEVELOPER: NONE
PUBLISHER: SCORPIO GAMESWORLD
INFO: THIS WAS MY FIRST PUBLISHED GAME AND AS SUCH A VERY PROUD MOMENT. A VERY SIMPLE GAME WRITTEN IN BASIC,I THINK IT WAS THE FIRST "BUDGET" GAME FOR ATARI, PRICED AT £1.99 BEFORE OTHER COMPANIES WERE PRODUCING ATARI GAMES. HOW IT WAS PUBLISHED WAS QUITE AMAZING...I WROTE THE GAME AND DECIDED TO TRY AND SELL IT THROUGH LOCAL COMPUTER SHOPS IN MANCHESTER. I WALKED INTO THE FIRST SHOP, EXPLAINED I HAD WROTE THE GAME, AND WOULD THEY WANT TO SELL IT? AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT THEY WERE ALSO A PUBLISHER, WHICH WAS A COMPLETE FLUKE! AS YOU CAN SEE IT HAD PROGRAMMER ART...