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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

And it changed in 1985 with the release of a game called Finders Keepers, which was the...

And it changed in 1985 with the release of a game called Finders Keepers, which was the first game of the Magic Night trilogy coded by David Jones

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And it changed in 1985 with the release
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of a game called Finders Keepers, which was the first game
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of the Magic Night trilogy coded by David Jones.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
01:33:15
Uploaded
Apr 11, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Gracious Films

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Movie Summary

Sinclair ZX Spectrum. This film goes into all the finer details of how and why the ZX Spectrum was created, what impact the computer had as well as the various versions
Finders Keepers were so good that Master TRO realized - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:13
Finders Keepers were so good that Master TRO realized
And when David Jones produced Spellbound, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
And when David Jones produced Spellbound,
'cause people just realized that you could get a lot more - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:18
'cause people just realized that you could get a lot...
In Storm Ringer finished the first - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
In Storm Ringer finished the first
Storm Ringer. Sold well - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
Storm Ringer. Sold well
Even with Storm, I was still a bedroom coder, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
Even with Storm, I was still a bedroom coder,
And all of a sudden I think people realized - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
And all of a sudden I think people realized
That when Code Masters formed, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
That when Code Masters formed,
You know, we'll, we're just going to sell budget games - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
You know, we'll, we're just going to sell budget...
And they did games like Dizzy Professional Ski Simulator, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
And they did games like Dizzy Professional Ski Simulator,
And eventually the big labels kind - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
And eventually the big labels kind
And so you end up with the likes of the hit squad - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
And so you end up with the likes of the hit squad
So the budget market ends up becoming, again, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
So the budget market ends up becoming, again,
It did become obvious to me that software was so important - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
It did become obvious to me that software was so important
And I hired someone - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
And I hired someone
It was one of the few times that I dug my heels in - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
It was one of the few times that I dug my heels in
Well, it was at he's flat - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
Well, it was at he's flat
He doesn't say anything who have to start going, gab, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
He doesn't say anything who have to start going, gab,
He then offered me a cup of coffee - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:12
He then offered me a cup of coffee
And I sort of stood in the kitchen - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:16
And I sort of stood in the kitchen