Why British Telecom Sold Games in the '80s - With Richard Hewison

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Why did the publicly owned British Telecom venture into video games in the '80s? Today we find out with a complete history of Firebird Software, presented by former employee Richard Hewison, author of Memories of Firebird.

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● Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Richard Hewison
01:11 Who are PCBway.com
01:39 Why BT were interested in software
09:07 Firebird is born
12:01 Jason on submitting a game to Telecomsoft
15:28 Don't Buy This Game!
16:31 The Launch Games
21:27 The Best Seller at Launch
24:40 The Firebird £1.99 Range
26:14 Firebird Gold Range
26:45 Elite Conversions
33:38 Geoff Crammond
38:22 Bubble Bobble and licensing
41:17 Other Labels from Firebird
47:03 The 16-Bit Range
51:33 The End of the Budget Era
52:04 Where did Firebird go?
56:40 Outro

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