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Darling Brothers, UK Indie Game Devs, Upgraded to CBE

Posted by timothy on from the which-brother-submitted-this dept.

scriptedfun writes "The BBC reports that David and Richard Darling, the brother tandem who founded Codemasters back in the mid-'80s from their bedroom, were recently made Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for their 'services to the computer games industry.' Their story is definitely inspiring for modern-day independent game developers." Naming such honorees annually is one of the perks of being Queen.

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  1. Re:seeking approval by Naughty+Bob · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Most honourees, even those who disagree with the concept of hereditary monarchy (the majority), just go along with the whole deal.

    Partly because it's not worth making a fuss over within the context of modern, laser-guided wrongdoings, but mostly for the improved ability to secure last-minute restaurant reservations.

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  2. Codemasters by Pentagram · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I was always a fan of Codemasters back in their Spectrum days (come on, it's time for a new generation of Dizzy games) so when someone from the company came to my university to give a talk on working for Codemasters I went along to see if I could be persuaded. Rather than selling the idea to me though, it really put me off. The gist of the talk was that Codemasters weren't interested in producing good games, only games that sold well. The guy actually said that the company wasn't interested in people who wanted to work on producing good games. I understood the point in principle, but the emphasis on commercialism ensured that I never even considered applying to them.

  3. elite by jacquesm · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I move to nominate David Braben and Ian Bell

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  4. Re:whoops! by keeboo · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Uh-oh... Peace, man! :)

    From where I am C64 did not exist, it was more like MSX vs Spectrum vs Apple II.
    The problem with Spectrum-to-MSX ports (and Codemasters are not alone) it's that developers simply added a Spectrum hardware emulator layer (both machines used Z80 processors) and, presto, port done.
    Often the game was slower than the original version.

    There are games which list 'joystick' as 'kempston' in the MSX version. C'mon!