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[codyr783]

I know that ive made some posts about this before but as a Bobby Is Going Home fan(besides the creepy music),I still am dying to have some questions answered such as:

Who was the original company to make it?

Who programmed and or designed it?

Where was it originally released at?

If you have any answers to these questions please tell!

[Omegamatrix]

Rom Hunter once told me Bit Corporation was the orignial company for Bobby Going Home. Programmer unknown. Check out Atarimania for more. There are several pirates of this game. Hope this helps.

Edited by Omegamatrix, Thu Apr 5, 2007 5:58 PM.

[codyr783]

Omegamatrix, on Thu Apr 5, 2007 5:58 PM, said:

Rom Hunter once told me Bit Corporation was the orignial company for Bobby Going Home. Programmer unknown. Check out Atarimania for more. There are several pirates of this game. Hope this helps.

Thanks.Ive checked out AtariMania but I did'nt find any info really.Plus it only seemed to raise more questions than answers.

[codyr783]

Okay,ive gotten this info down:

The original distributor was Bit Corp and was released in 1983.

I wan't to thank Omegatrix and Rom Hunter.But theres still more questions than answers.Which is why im sending out a call,if you have ANY info,please tell.

[Rom Hunter]

What more do you want to know?

It was made in Taiwan by an unknown programmer of Bit Corporation in 1983.

It's one of the so-called 'Nine-Bitters' (the nine games that were originally made in Taiwan by Bit Corp):
http://www.atarimani...mp;TRI=SOFT_LIB

That's it.

[Omegamatrix]

Rom, you once said while talking about Zellers, Funvision, Ultravision, K-Tel, etc that all these companies lead back to Bit Corporation, the mother of all pirates. I know you are working hard on all of these companies, but I would love just one thing, if possible. A tree branch diagram of who copied who, and where it leads. Yeah it gets mucked up when you look at some companies that pirated several other companies, and with all the branches some could be going up, down, and sideways. What do you think? Like I said I would love to see one.

[codyr783]

That would be great.And I must thank Rom Hunter for all his research on these foreign and pirate companies.

[Rom Hunter]

Omegamatrix, on Sat Apr 7, 2007 4:07 AM, said:

Rom, you once said while talking about Zellers, Funvision, Ultravision, K-Tel, etc that all these companies lead back to Bit Corporation, the mother of all pirates. I know you are working hard on all of these companies, but I would love just one thing, if possible. A tree branch diagram of who copied who, and where it leads. Yeah it gets mucked up when you look at some companies that pirated several other companies, and with all the branches some could be going up, down, and sideways. What do you think? Like I said I would love to see one.

IMO Bit Corporation, Dimax (Sinmax), Gem International Corporation (Home Vision), Tang's Electronic Corporation (Sancho) and Ultravision were the first manufacturers that made (mostly) Taiwanese originals, immediately copied by Goliath (connected with Bit Corp and Fund. Int. Corp), Suntek (connected with Bit Corp, Gem Int. Corp and Tang's Electronic Corp) and Fund. Int. Corp (connected with Ultravision).

Edited by Rom Hunter, Sun Apr 22, 2007 3:23 PM.

[Foxsolo2000]

Weren't Goliath/Hotshot Hong Kong based companies? Out of the two who was the first?

[Rom Hunter]

Foxsolo2000, on Sat Apr 7, 2007 1:54 PM, said:

Weren't Goliath/Hotshot Hong Kong based companies? Out of the two who was the first?

Goliath