Brian
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Post by Brian on Feb 14, 2005 16:28:58 GMT -5
Bill you've done a great job with the site and bringing people together.. Best years of my youth were spent at Ocean... We all need to meet up very soon for a good old booze up!!!.. ;D as long as you don't start any scraps for someone wearing a similar shirt as yourself or something eh ? *edit* you also tried to glass me that night didn't you?
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Jay
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Post by Jay on Mar 29, 2005 10:52:54 GMT -5
Ahh, memories...
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kev
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Post by kev on Jun 21, 2005 18:39:03 GMT -5
Hello everybody, I do believe its 'Kev the bev' here. I haven't been called that since, well, I worked for Ocean way back in 1989-1991! I was sad to hear that Ocean is no more but its great to find this website. Here are a few of the people I remember working and laughing with:
Kane Valentine - I inherited many mannerisms from him. Of course I don't have them anymore! Steve Wahid - Beam me up Steve, where are you? Does anyone know? Stuart Wallace - a game-tester with me and Kane, his favorite trick at the Square Albert was to put his false eye in someone's drink when they went to the loo, ha ha! Paul Street - Elvis-loving electrician who was going out with a girl from upstairs. Matthew Cannon - we were friends at school before working at Ocean, and were friends after Ocean, but I've lost touch since then. Mat, I hear you're married, please get in touch if you wish.
There are, of course, more people than that but my memory is not what it was! Can anyone help me find these people, and remind me of others?
I see on the threads that you are looking for old footage of Ocean. I remember in my time there we played two football games against other software companies, one of them was taped (my skills were evident!!!!), does anyone have this tape, it would be great to see?
Finally I must say that my time at Ocean was mostly great - it was the 'time of my life'. Whats this about a reunion? How do I find out about it?
Hope I'll be seeing you all soon, Kev.
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Post by leedowthwaite on Oct 13, 2006 8:23:36 GMT -5
Yeah, I remember him Bit of a shock to find this after what - 20 years (Jesus!) - especially since I'd never seen this site before I stumbled on it just now. I assume gary is Gary Bracey? Good to see so many familiar names here. Hope everyone's well. I live in the sticks near Cambridge; wife, kids, dog. I'm not much involved in games these days - I say "much" because I'm very involved in developing mobile phone software, which occasionally involves some work on mobile gaming projects. Bizarrely as I write this my iTunes shuffle has opted for The Smiths which is about as 1986 Manchester nostalgic as it is possible to get. I remember John Meegan playing "The Queen is Dead". Endlessly. BTW - Anyone hear anything of Ronnie Fowles?
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Post by Mark Jones Junior on Oct 14, 2006 4:49:22 GMT -5
I saw Ronnie Fowles a few years back right near the old Ocean building in Central St. He didn't look much different. I did a double take when I saw him, hadn't seen him for nearly 20 years! I didn't speak to him though.
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