People

The people who made the titles, and what each of them did, as the titles credit them, and others in the story.

• Mark Wharton

  • Pieces of Eight, 1986: The computer graphics for every version, among them the scenes of the game's endings; and the programming of the Commodore 64 version, 1988
  • Goldfields, 1986: Programmer, the Commodore 64 version, with Greg Perry
  • Detect-A-Pet, 1988: The graphics; named on the copyright card
  • Zoopak, 1988: Programmer, the Commodore 64 version: "C64 version programmed by Mark Wharton for GP Software"
  • Animal Rescue, 1989: Programming and graphics, the Apple IIe version, on his own vector graphics engine and its editor
  • Nature Park Adventure, 1989: Programmer, the Apple IIe version, on his own vector graphics engine
  • Crayon, 1987: Author, with Peter Wharton: the program, 1987
  • Aztlan: Stone of the Fifth Sun, 1988: All its computer graphics, and, after a weekend's proof of concept in 6502, the programming of the Apple IIe and Commodore 64 versions

• Paul Holland

  Manager of the Software Development Unit, Production Services, at Queensland Department of Education

  • Pieces of Eight, 1986: Designer: the game, its text and its logic, and the teacher's guide
  • Aztlan: Stone of the Fifth Sun, 1988: Designer: his second adventure, a lost Aztec city and a stone

• Simon Hosler

  • Animal Rescue, 1989: Author: the adventure, for Sherston Software, 1986
  • Nature Park Adventure, 1989: Author: the adventure, for Sherston Software, 1986

• Bruce Macdonald

  • Detect-A-Pet, 1988: Programmer; named on the copyright card

• Cathie Sherwood

  • Detect-A-Pet, 1988: Designer; named on the copyright card, and her paper at NECC '89 tells of the game

• David Smith

  A programmer at Jacaranda Software; A founder of Greygum Software

  • Pieces of Eight, 1986: The sentence parser, at Jacaranda Software

• Geoff Body

  • Pieces of Eight, 1986: Programmer, the Apple II version

• Greg Perry

  Owner of GP Software

  • Goldfields, 1986: Programmer, the Commodore 64 version, with Mark Wharton; his company, GP Software, held the contract

• Peter Wharton

  • Crayon, 1987: Author, with Mark Wharton; Moonbase Software, its publisher

• Philip Wharton

  • Nature Park Adventure, 1989: Graphics: the pictures of the Apple IIe version

• Trevor Jacob

  • Goldfields, 1986: Author and designer: the game, and the handbook that comes with it

• Bruce Mitchell

  Manager of Jacaranda Software; A founder of Greygum Software

  In charge of Jacaranda Software, and later, with Steve Luckett and David Smith, of Greygum Software, which took over Jacaranda's titles. Mark worked closely with him.

• Bruce Young

  Producer, Materials Development Services, at Queensland Department of Education

  At the Department of Education: saw Mark's graphics at the Ekka in 1984 and had him draw for its special education software, and as a producer at Materials Development Services from 1985 to 1994 brought him the Department's work.

• Greg Grimmett

  On Paul Holland's team at Queensland Department of Education

  An educator on Paul Holland's team at the Department in 1985, "a specialist in developing courseware"; at Everton Park with Mark, around the time of Aztlan.

• Steve Luckett

  A programmer at Jacaranda Software; A founder of Greygum Software

  One of Jacaranda Software's programmers on the Apple II, Kraken's among them, and later, with Bruce Mitchell and David Smith, of Greygum Software.

Organisations

• Jacaranda Software

  David Smith, a programmer; Bruce Mitchell, manager; Steve Luckett, a programmer

  • Pieces of Eight, 1986: Producer
  • Goldfields, 1986: Publisher, for the Apple II, BBC Micro and Commodore 64, and IBM-compatible PCs
  • Animal Rescue, 1989: Publisher, the Apple IIe version
  • Nature Park Adventure, 1989: Publisher

• Queensland Department of Education

  Paul Holland, manager of the Software Development Unit, Production Services; Bruce Young, producer, Materials Development Services; Greg Grimmett, on Paul Holland's team

  • Pieces of Eight, 1986: Publisher, through its Production Services; on the credits card, "(c) Department of Education, Queensland, 1986"
  • Detect-A-Pet, 1988: Publisher, through its Software Development Unit
  • Aztlan: Stone of the Fifth Sun, 1988: Publisher

• GP Software

  Greg Perry, owner

  • Goldfields, 1986: Greg Perry's company, which held the contract
  • Zoopak, 1988: Greg Perry's company, through which the Jacaranda Wiley work came

• Sherston Software

  • Animal Rescue, 1989: First publisher, 1986: the design and the words
  • Nature Park Adventure, 1989: The adventure, for the BBC Micro, 1986

• 4Mation Educational Resources

  • Zoopak, 1988: The games, first published in 1987; the Apple II and BBC versions, in BASIC, are 4Mation's own

• Greygum Software

  David Smith, a founder; Bruce Mitchell, a founder; Steve Luckett, a founder

  • Goldfields, 1986: Took over the publishing rights; the Windows and OS X versions, 2007

• Jacaranda Wiley

  • Zoopak, 1988: Publisher, the Commodore 64 version