Ocean Software

TCW Podcast Episode 136 - Ocean Software   We look at the company Ocean Software.  The company was founded by David Ward and Jon Woods as Spectrum Games, and was later renamed to Ocean Software.  The company specialized in a mail order business harnessing the best of the bedroom coder scene in Brittan to produce ports of popular arcade titles.  In fact the initial offering of the company were clones of Donkey Kong, Pac Man, Frogger, and Missile Command.  The company continued to grow as Ocean Software expanding into licensed games including popular properties such as Platoon, Robocop, and Jurassic Park.  However the company was unable to compete with larger companies on the global stage.  This lead to their purchase by Infrogrames during that company's rapid expansion.  However after a few years of semi-autonomy Ocean Software ceased to be in the late 90's.    TCW 017 - The British 8-Bit Computer Market: Hardware: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-british-8-bit-computer-market-hardware/ TCW 018 - The British 8-Bit Computer Market: Software: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-british-8-bit-computer-market-software/ TCW 064 - The Rise and Fall of Infogrames Part 1: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/rise-and-fall-of-infogrames-part-1/ TCW 065 - The Rise and Fall of Infogrames Part 2: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-rise-and-fall-of-infogrames-part-2/ ZX Spectrum Road Frog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhJhyfaxlZk ZX Spectrum Monster Muncher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dflb09D-Y80 TCW 103 - Elite Systems: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/elite-systems/ Arcade Hunchback: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o5nh-URiJA ZXS pectrum Hunchback: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANDJ_wOArCU Krusty Burger Olympic Sweepstakes Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5siZ3Z2j77Q Krust Burger Olympic Sweepstakes Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZJ-_mS-_XQ Arcade Konomi Track and Field: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozcE8qzTdHo Daley Thompson's Decathlon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKbLbkvwACA Commercial Breaks (Imagine and Ocean Software): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt9BsZCifgU ZX Spectrum - Renegade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka-j7q2aTIk ZX Spectrum Target Renegade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79oCOlTITg0 ZX Spectrum Platoon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsZzTsvQU28 C64 Platoon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBz8GsKIu-E Amiga Platoon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvkd2NGEWbk ZX Spectrum Robocop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD8SyQ_rQKQ Amiga - Batman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM2SCzt73s0 TCW 073 - Adventuring in the Arcade: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/adventuring-in-the-arcade/ SNES Adam's Family: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SxxqeSYhjU Amiga Jurassic Park: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Axn02dmaMo   New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month!   TCW Email: [email protected]  Twitter: @tcwpodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theycreateworlds Alex's Video Game History Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com Alex's book is available for preorder and should be released through CRC Press in December 2019: http://bit.ly/TCWBOOK1   Intro Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode -  Music - "Airplane Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free download:http://joshwoodward.com/song/AirplaneMode  Outro Music: RolemMusic - Bacterial Love - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/Pop_Singles_Compilation_2014/01_rolemusic_-_bacterial_love    Copyright: Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/