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Microdeal
Name:Microdeal
Type:Company
Active:no
City:St Austell
State/Province:Cornwall
Country: England
Members:
Bak, Steve(Member, Creator of the Cuthbert's series)
Notes:See below for more details about the company. "Cuthbert" was the company mascot created by Steve Bak on the Dragon 32, and was featured in many games.
Microdeal
Releases by Microdeal
TitleCoversCategoryRelease DateLanguageSizeRetail PriceDistribution
Castle Dracula (Adventure 5)Game/Adventure1985English16KCommercial/PD
Cuthbert In SpaceGame/Action1985English16KCommercial/TA
Cuthbert In The CoolerGame/Action1985English16KCommercial/TA
Jerusalem (Adventure 2)Game/Adventure1985English16KCommercial/PD
Mansion (Adventure 1)Game/Adventure1985English16KCommercial/TA
Ultimate (Adventure 4)Game/Adventure1985English16KCommercial/TA
Williamsburg (Adventure 3)Game/Adventure1985English16KCommercial/TA
Arena 3000Game/Shoot'em up1985English16KCommercial/TA
Super Hits From MicrodealGame/Compilation1986English16K£6.95Commercial/TA
Cuthbert Enters The Tombs Of DoomGame/ArcadeAdventure1984English16KCommercial/TA
10 release(s).


Publications
Super Hits From Microdeal1986EnglishSoftware Manual
The Cuthbert Chronicle Vol. 1 No 5UnknownEnglishBook
2 found.


Known Info
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Owner:
John Symes
Old address from a 1989 magazine:
Microdeal Ltd. UK
John Symes, Managing Director
41 Truro Road, St. Austell, CORNWALL PL25 5JE England
Phone: 0726 73456
Telex: 851 45218 microd g
FAX: (none)

Systems:
BBC Micro (Published Arena 3000)
Atari ST (Published Crosslands in 1988)
Dragon series (Published Cuthbert in Space, Cuthbert goes Walkabout)
Oric (Published Skramble in 1983)
Spectrum (Arena 3000, Aquanut, The King)
Amiga (several games)
C64 (Mr. Dig in 1984)

Programmers:
Rita Jay, pseudonym for Keith Wood (Arena 3000, Skramble on Oric, Mr. Dig on C64)
Steve Bak (Wrote C64 Cuthbert titles, possibly C16 versions too?)
Ian Murray-Watson (Tanglewood on Amiga)

Links:
Microdeal: A resume (Pictures and info)
Microdeal (at World of Dragon)

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