Marc (Wilding) Dawson answers some questions about Megagames...

1) Now you mentioned in your interview with us that you worked on the Star Traders game which was part of the Megagames series for Imagine. Was this game that similiar to Star-Raiders?

The game was a cross between Star Raiders and Elite (Although Elite was not around at that time). It was Star Raiders with Tradeing in a huge universe. I still have all the sprite drawings and I believe a listing of where the game was up to.

2) How far did Star Traders get before it was cancelled, and does it still exist anywhere today?

Basically we had a ship(off screen) flying through a star field with enemy ships whizzing past. It had a bit of a menu system to it, but it was only going for a short period of time.

3) Did you ever see anything of the other Megagame titles (Psyclaspe, Bandersnatch, Hero), and if so.. what were they like?

Yes I saw all of them. Bandersnatch and Psyclapse were fairly far into development and I believe Bandersnatch was re-named and updated and appeared on the Apple Mac and Atari ST as Psygnosis first release (Can't remember the name now)

4) Do you still have the designs to any of the titles which you mentioned in your interview, and if so, would it be possible for GTW to use these with the respective review?

Yes I probably do have some of the designs. They are all hand written and in programmer art, but you would get the picture from them.

I also have pretty much every issue of the Imagine Times. and internal comical newsletter..