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Jack Verson was the founder of JV Software, where be programmed and published several games for the Atari 8-bit computers: Action Quest, Ghost Encounters, and Journey to the Planets. Roklan Software repackaged Action Quest and Ghost Encounters into a single game, titled Castle Hassle.
As part of On-Time Software, Jack programmed the Atari versions of Gyruss, James Bond 007, and perhaps other games, published by Parker Brothers. He ported the Atari 8-bit version of Joust to the Commodore 64. As Applied Systems Engineering, he programmed Time Tunnel for Commodore 64.
This interview took place on December 2, 2021.
AtariMania's list of Jack's software: atarimania.com/list_games_atari-400-800-xl-xe-verson-jack_team_1363_8_G.html
James Bond 007: atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-james-bond-007_2641.html
Gyruss: atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-gyruss_2361.html
Journey to the Planets version differences and bugs: digitpress.com/eastereggs/a48journeyplanets.htm
Larry Kalpan thanks Jack in the manual for 2600 Activision Bridge:
archive.org/details/Bridge_1981_Activision/page/n5
Time Tunnel for Commodore 64: lemon64.com/?mainurl=https%3A//www.lemon64.com/games/details.php%3FID%3D2661
Popeye "V1" for Commodore: gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/popeye-v1
Mark Benioff review of Action Quest:
archive.org/details/AtariComputerEnthusiastsNewslettersVolume1/page/n193/mode/1up
Verson quoted in Compute! "How the Pros Write Computer Games": archive.org/details/1983-02-compute-magazine/page/n37/mode/1up
Jack's company, CDOAN: cdoancal.com
Jack Verson was the founder of JV Software, where be programmed and published several games for the Atari 8-bit computers: Action Quest, Ghost Encounters, and Journey to the Planets. Roklan Software repackaged Action Quest and Ghost Encounters into a single game, titled Castle Hassle.
As part of On-Time Software, Jack programmed the Atari versions of Gyruss, James Bond 007, and perhaps other games, published by Parker Brothers. He ported the Atari 8-bit version of Joust to the Commodore 64. As Applied Systems Engineering, he programmed Time Tunnel for Commodore 64.
This interview took place on December 2, 2021.
AtariMania's list of Jack's software: atarimania.com/list_games_atari-400-800-xl-xe-verson-jack_team_1363_8_G.html
James Bond 007: atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-james-bond-007_2641.html
Gyruss: atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-gyruss_2361.html
Journey to the Planets version differences and bugs: digitpress.com/eastereggs/a48journeyplanets.htm
Larry Kalpan thanks Jack in the manual for 2600 Activision Bridge:
archive.org/details/Bridge_1981_Activision/page/n5
Time Tunnel for Commodore 64: lemon64.com/?mainurl=https%3A//www.lemon64.com/games/details.php%3FID%3D2661
Popeye "V1" for Commodore: gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/popeye-v1
Mark Benioff review of Action Quest:
archive.org/details/AtariComputerEnthusiastsNewslettersVolume1/page/n193/mode/1up
Verson quoted in Compute! "How the Pros Write Computer Games": archive.org/details/1983-02-compute-magazine/page/n37/mode/1up
Jack's company, CDOAN: cdoancal.com
