ANTIC Interview 166 - Michael Crick, Frogmaster

Published: April 30, 2016, 7 a.m.

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Michael Crick,\\nFrogmaster

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Michael Crick created the game\\nFrogmaster, which was published for the Atari computers by Atari\\nProgram Exchange. It first appeared in the summer 1982 APX catalog,\\nwhere it won first prize in the entertainment category. Michael\\nlater made a version of Frogmaster for the Commodore 64. He created\\ntwo other C64 games: Break Street (a break dancing game), and Go\\nFor the Gold (an Olympics style game) as well as TERSE, a\\nprogramming language for the C64.

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Frogmaster cost $22.95 and was APX\\ncatalog number 20131. A Spanish version of Frogmaster was also\\nreleased by APX, Amansarranas - APX catalog number\\n20252.

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This interview took place on\\nFebruary 3, 2016.

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Teaser quote:

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"The truth was, it wasn\'t really a\\nvery fun game. I mean, it was an interesting scientific\\nexercise."

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Michael\'s web site: http://crick.com/gamemaster.html

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