Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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A 40th anniversary discussion between myself, David Clark, Dave Growden, Jack Cole and Josh Horowitz about the history of Sopwith.

The 40th anniversary site: fragglet.github.io/sdl-sopwith/40years.html

00:00 Introductions
03:25 Did you ever expect to be talking about Sopwith after 40 years?
04:10 Learning Sopwith had "escaped the lab"
06:00 Development of Sopwith and Imaginet
07:44 Who were BMB's customers?
11:00 Is it strange that BMB is now primarily remembered for Sopwith?
15:55 The Atari ST
21:04 The inspiration for the game, and other biplane games
23:34 The comical side of the game
24:23 What's the highest level you've reached?
24:58 Sopwith 1 and 2
27:40 Who did the music?
28:30 Was the tune changed?
30:10 How did Imaginet's users get Sopwith?
30:48 Sopwith as a demonstrator
32:15 Other BMB products: The Manager, NetMail
35:40 Were there any other inspirations?
36:50 Is there a particular feature you wish Sopwith had?
38:00 DOS memory management
40:10 What further may we learn about you?
40:58 Dave's astronomy work; ClearSky
42:52 What do you think of your legacy?
45:04 How big a company was BMB?
47:20 Jack's work in the music industry