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| - | ======Ocean====== | ||
| - | Once one of Europe's biggest videogame developers and publishers, **Ocean** have changed owners, and names three times. After being bought by [[Infogrames]] in the mid-nineties their name was changed to **Infogrames UK**, then **Atari UK**, and most recently **Atari, Inc.** | ||
| - | To people playing games in the 16-bit era they were known for their big catalogue of [[theme:license games]]. They seem to have had connections with [[Taito]] during the home computer era. | ||
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| - | =====Selected Works===== | ||
| - | * //[[game:the_addams_family_snes|The Addams Family]]// | ||
| - | * //[[game:the_addams_family_pugsleys|The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt]]// | ||
| - | * //[[game:batman_not_nes|Batman]]// | ||
| - | * //[[game:jurassic_park_snes|Jurassic Park]]// | ||
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| - | ====='Ocean Loader'===== | ||
| - | Commonly called the 'Ocean Loader', but accurately referred to as 'Freeload', it is what is known as a //fastloader//: used to counter the slow load times of old home computers. Freeload became an iconic Ocean signiature, sometimes featuring animation, music, and even games. | ||
| - | * [[http://www.pauliehughes.com/page3/page3.html|Freeload]] - [[people:Paulie Hughes]]'s page detailing the history of his Freeload program. | ||
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| - | =====See Also===== | ||
| - | * [[wp>Ocean Software]] | ||
| - | * [[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1012096952890708986&hl=en|Commercial Breaks]] - 1983/4 documentary about Ocean, and Imagine. | ||