=#+#=WHO'S ROD?!?!=#+#= Looking for lost software company. Made great apple II games! Join the search.

[Ignatz Mouse <Notta@one.com>]

=#+#=WHO'S ROD?!?!=#+#= Looking for lost software company. Made great
apple II games!  Join the search.


Okay... Here's the short story because it's really late and I'm about
to give up the ghost on this search.

Do ANY of these names ring a bell?

One World
Sea Hunt
Galactic Glider
Rod's Revenge

       +more (?!?)

Who's Rod? 

He's a great lost game programer, that's who. Beyond that, he's just
lost.

His games were always great by Apple standards. Where is he? Who is
he? Does he still exist? Can we still play his games?

What I know:
He made a bunch of fantastic games for the Apple. Most appeared on
public-domain disks (One World) or disks from some weird software
publishing house who's name I don't remember. I think they used to
sell them at The Wherehouse with filenames published like an index on
the box cover.

I haven't been able to find any information on the web about Rod, his
company (Shark Byte Engineering), or the publisher of his games.

I do not think "Shark Byte Engineering" that published at least one of
his games is the same company that makes magnesium guitars found by
using Google.

As far as I know the only .DSK image with a game from Rod available on
the net is at Asimov. Check out "Game6.dsk" in the
unsorted/Game_Disks_Too folder.

In that folder you will find "One World", an interesting
space-shooting type-game, probably one of his first. This game was
re-published and enhanced somewhat and released later by a different
name (which I don't remember) presumably by Rod.

Anyone who can find these games will be doing a big favor to all Apple
2 enthusiasts, as Rod was a great programmer who made fun games,
whoever he is.

If anyone knows or finds out who this guy is, reply to this group
(-and to me too please!) I've been trying to track down his games for
years with no success so far, until finally finding One World on
Asimov.


Who's Rod and where are his DSK images?


Send me a link if you know, and thanks for joining the search!

Drol   
@   
apple2.com