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The Saboteur! Story

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In the early eighties, the world of computer games was joined by a curious teenager: Clive Townsend. Talented and hard-working, he created two landmark ZX Spectrum games: Saboteur! and Saboteur II: Avenging Angel, both released by Durell Software. And he never stopped!

Discover everything about Clive Townsend in this book with 368 richly illustrated pages: the story, the curiosities, the games, everything!

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Teknamic challenged Clive Townsend, one of the most iconic creators in the world of video games, to write about his greatest legacy: the game Saboteur! Challenge accepted by this friendly Welshman, who went far beyond, and offered us a privileged (and unprecedented) view of the golden age of video games. More than just Saboteur!, let’s get to know the saga of the creator of the iconic ninja games.

Get to know the origins and personality of young Clive, his first contact with computers, and the beginning of his career at Durell Software. Delight yourself with details and curiosities surrounding the development of Saboteur! and its sequel.

Learn more about Death Pit, Trojan, The Reaper, and many other 8-bit games he was involved in, some of which were never released. Clive also addresses his leap into the 16-bit world with detailed references to Super James Pond, Zonked / X-It, Mickey Mania, Waterworld, Rise of the Robots, and many others!

Clive also writes about the creation of Incognito Games in the early days of the smartphone era, and their games for Nokia models, N-Gage, and other major mobile formats: 3D Tank Zone, ChuChu Rocket, Sonic Jump, Pop Idol, The X Factor and, more recently, the continuous development of the PC and console versions of the Saboteur! games, thanks to its EZcode, a portable language created by him!

In addition to Clive‘s games, discover a more personal side of the Welsh programmer, such as his passion for Comics and ninja movies – sources of inspiration for his creations. And since no one is an island, Clive writes about the countless friendships he has made throughout his career!

A book not to be missed by fans of the Saboteur! universe, by anyone who enjoys retro gaming and anyone interested in game design!

The author

Clive Townsend is an industry veteran, best known for the Saboteur games on the 8-bit machines in the 80s. Over the last few decades, he’s worked on games for handhelds, consoles, PC, and smartphones too. He created Saboteur 1, 2, and 3 for modern platforms. In his spare time, he dresses up as a Ninja.

Additional information

Weight 0,60 kg
Dimensions 14 × 21 × 4 cm
Title

The Saboteur! Story

Author

Clive Townsend

ISBN

978-989-33-4207-7

Pages

368 couche matte

Format

140mm x 210mm PAPERBACK

Book Index

Intro ..................... 5
Early years ............... 6
Computers ................ 10
My first games ........... 14
School ................... 16
Spectrum Centres ......... 18
Durell Software .......... 20
Durell again ............. 24
Death Pit ................ 26
Saboteur! ................ 30
Saboteur ports ........... 36
Feedback ................. 38
Saboteur Reviews ......... 40
Saboteur Loading screen .. 45
Ninjutsu ................. 46
Crash again .............. 50
Saboteur Maps ............ 54
Piracy ................... 58
Designs .................. 60
Taunton .................. 62
Saboteur II .............. 64
Westland 30 .............. 72
Insurance master ......... 73
Saboteur II Ports ........ 74
Colour Clash ............. 76
Saboteur II Review ....... 78
Saboteur II Maps ......... 79
Music .................... 82
Saboteur II Fan art ...... 84
Other versions ........... 86
Swords & Shuriken ........ 88
Trojan ................... 90
After Durell ............. 92
The Reaper ............... 94
Garfield: Winter's Tail .. 96
Speccy demos ............. 98
T.A.C. .................. 100
The Games That Weren't .. 102
Gymnastics .............. 104
Crosswords .............. 105
Lykos ................... 108
Comics .................. 110
Data Design ............. 124
DDI ..................... 126
Super James Pond ........ 130
Zonked / X-It ........... 134
Rise of the Robots ...... 136
Waterworld .............. 139
Mickey Mania ............ 140
Saboteur 3 in 2D ........ 141
TNT ..................... 142
Microtime ............... 144
Animal .................. 146
Birdseye Walls .......... 147
Saboteur 3D ............. 148
My books ................ 152
Wells ................... 154
Pukka Games ............. 156
The Ravaging ............ 158
Chaos ................... 160
Cool Bricks ............. 161
Thunderbirds ............ 162
Hot Potato .............. 165
Thunderbirds GBA ........ 166
Stone Monkey ............ 170
Incognito Games ......... 172
Gypsy ................... 174
Bible Quote ............. 175
Gristle Rant ............ 176
Bitstorm ................ 177
Abstraction ............. 178
Rocketeer ............... 179
Jam! .................... 180
Personal Buddha ......... 181
Buggy Boy ............... 182
ITV ..................... 184
Tank Zone ............... 186
4LinX ................... 188
Super Puzzle Pack ....... 189
Coyote & Airplay UK ..... 190
Bristles ................ 192
Jezz Ball ............... 193
Casper .................. 194
Chu Chu Rocket .......... 196
Caddy Shot .............. 198
Queen of Egypt .......... 199
Sonic Jump .............. 200
Pop Idol ................ 202
X Factor ................ 204
Websites ................ 205
Datpresenter ............ 206
BUD ..................... 208
Fusion Sidekick ......... 210
Interactive Fiction ..... 211
Fabled Lands ............ 212
Frankenstein ............ 215
Critical IF ............. 216
Way of the Tiger ........ 217
Micro Mart .............. 218
Tributes ................ 220
Revival 2014 ............ 221
Saboteur! remake ........ 222
Funkyspectrum ........... 227
Wireframe ............... 228
Movies .................. 230
Saboteur II remake ...... 232
Stella .................. 236
Ambivalence Chronicles .. 238
Doom Pit ................ 240
Proofreading ............ 242
Play Expo 2018 .......... 244
RIP Stan Lee ............ 246
Crossword answers ....... 247
Pixel Heaven 2018 ....... 248
Speccy.pl ............... 251
SimFabric SA ............ 252
Pixel Magazine .......... 254
Saboteur SiO ............ 256
Soundtrack .............. 260
Secret level ............ 261
EZcode .................. 262
Multi Retro Man ......... 263
ESPI .................... 264
Daniel Roth ............. 266
Pico-8 .................. 268
Pixel Heaven 2019 ....... 270
Andy Remic .............. 272
MoaSA ................... 274
MoaSA art ............... 276
Load "Film2" ............ 280
Biohell ................. 284
The 8-Bit Wars .......... 286
The Iron Wolves ......... 288
Cronosoft ............... 290
RIP Sir Clive Sinclair .. 291
Gaming .................. 292
Ninja Carnage ........... 294
Turtle Tales ............ 296
Crash is back! .......... 298
Stephen Carlyle-Smith ... 300
The Pandemic ............ 302
Saboteur: Deep Cover .... 303
Game Of The Year 2021 ... 310
Localisation ............ 312
Painting ................ 314
Hama beads .............. 320
ZX Art .................. 322
Orlana's Rage ........... 324
Portugal ................ 328
Load ZX Museum .......... 334
Fonts ................... 336
Bitnamic & Teknamic ..... 338
RIP Oli Frey ............ 340
Heroes & Villains ....... 342
Reaper 2022 ............. 344
Quantum Storm ........... 346
Bedrooms to Billions .... 348
The CCH ................. 350
What next? .............. 352
Current work ............ 353
Box sets ................ 354
Saboteur Zero ........... 356
Alby: Saboteur Eleven ... 358
Black Adam .............. 359
Grant Sinclair .......... 360
Future Saboteurs ........ 362
End sequence ............ 364