MIRRORSOFT: Tetris, Sinclair, and the Whims of Robert Maxwell - Kim Justice

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If ever you wanted a rise and fall company video, this one is it. Mirrorsoft were a strong video game publisher in the 1980's - holder of labels such as Image Works, distributing games by the likes of the Bitmap Brothers and Cinemaware. The Mirrorsoft name is on the likes of Speedball 2, Wings, It Came From the Desert, Dynamite Dan and the computer version of Tetris...they came tantalisingly close to getting the handheld and console rights too. They were also owned by Robert Maxwell.
This is Mirrorsoft's story - one of a decent company that got caught up in the empire of one of the most charismatic and most ruthless tycoons of the 1980's...a man who, in death, would become one of British business's biggest pariahs. Enjoy!
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@SomeOrangeCat 8 лет назад

Wow that Maxwell guy was on pack of laser sharks away from being a Bond villain!

@johncaccioppo1142 4 года назад

"Escaped from Nazi Germany". More like Hitler didn't want the competition. Let's not forget who his daughter is, either...

@chelonianegghead274 2 года назад

His daughter was Jeffrey Epstein's girlfriend too...

@nobuyukinyuu 11 месяцев назад

Elliot Carver in *Tomorrow Never Dies* is supposedly partially based on him

@jesuszamora6949 3 года назад

Looking back at this with the troubles surrounding Ghislane, it's amazing how some things just don't change.

@Megaspartan23 3 года назад

The Apple doesn't fall far from the tree

@Nate1979 8 лет назад

You are producing the best work of your life, Kim. This is an area of gaming I have zero awareness of and your past few videos have been enlightening and a hell of a lot of fun to watch. Thanks so much. You are capturing a vital piece of cultural history that is way too often overlooked.

@roboyle 8 лет назад

Absolutely! The social commentary or wider view of issues being discussed puts these videos above those of his peers. Kudos!

@KTP200 8 лет назад

+Ruaidhri O'Baoill >his

@renbymon 8 лет назад

Gonna echo a few people here and say that I'm loving these documentaries/retrospectives that you're doing recently, especially when you delve into the people behind the games/systems to show what lead to their creation. Thank you for putting so much work into these! \o/

@Larry 8 лет назад

The Sun's headline reporting Maxwell's death was "Captain Bob Bob Bob" :D But most excellent feature bud!

@tuffasgong 8 лет назад

Good to see you Brit retro game enthusiasts all have each other's back. Outside of Game Sack I truly enjoy the British retro game channels much more than American.

@Larry 8 лет назад

tuffasgong The British retro gaming scene is really close night and super friendly! But where are you from out of curiosity?

@tuffasgong 8 лет назад

I am from here in the States, Salt Lake City, Utah; where the 2002 Winter Olympics were held. I have noticed you have a super close knit and friendly retro scene, I am a big fan of MyGamerXP (and of course your's and Kim's) and noticed even though he has under 1,000 subs you took the time to post on his latest video. That's really cool and shows how you all got each others backs and try and bring each other up rather than here in the States sometimes there is so much backstabbing and bs drama. Keep up the good work my friends from across the pond! (Sorry for the overly long reply).

@antster1983 7 лет назад

Guardian journalist Michael White once told that joke shortly after Maxwell's death, earning a punch in the face from Alastair Campbell, then the political editor of the Daily Mirror.

@gingernutpreacher 7 лет назад

sorry got to ask are you LDS?

@Bob_Beaky 7 лет назад

Watching this for the umpteenth time. I love your documentaries covering the British computer scene. You know what I'd love to see you cover though? Computers and games behind the Iron Curtain. That whole Speccy clone and pirated hacks thing fascinates me but I don't know that much about it. :)

@shanetonkin2850 Год назад

These documentaries you make on 1980s gaming topics , but with a British focus, are brilliant ! I must have watched just about all of them. As someone who works in TV production I can appreciate the huge amount of work that’s involved in putting something like this together , so I thank you for your efforts!

@TheArmchairEmpire 8 лет назад

Thanks for this. Growing up in North America, I've never really been exposed to much that goes on to explain the history of UK developers. The videos that you've been doing have been really interesting for shedding more light on what was going in that part of the world. =)

@Everstar08 7 лет назад

You are the king of game-related documentaries, Kim! The presentation and the sheer amount of information is staggering. Keep up the excellent work, it's a joy to watch! :)

@Quimbyrbg 8 лет назад

Wow. I'm so happy that I found this channel. I've got an interest in videogame history, and have a decent knowledge of English gaming, but I had never heard of this bizarre scandal. I was thoroughly enthralled the whole time, thanks for composing it for everyone.

@akathesk 8 лет назад

Got to hand it to you, there is fuck all appreciation for the history of game development unless it's Japan or USA related. With RU-vid being mostly USA based that puts a lot of bias on things (their unconditional love of Nintendo for example) so for that reason we NEED more people doing content like this, or its as if the rest of the world and it's contributions, progress and innovations never existed.

@CaptainRufus 8 лет назад

+ShinKou Show I've been complaining about this for years. But to be fair nearly everyone mostly pays attention to their home region and dismisses others. To look at Retro Gamer Magazine especially the earlier issues you would think the Spectrum was the biggest and most popular home machine ever. Outside of the UK and some of Europe? Nobody had them nobody cared about them and most modern retro players can't stand them! Its just sort of how things are. And why stuff like this is good. To get a better idea of how the WORLD played electronic games.

@Juganawt 8 лет назад

Keep doing what you're doing, Kim. Your retrospectives are nothing short of absolutely magnificent. The quality of your content is consistently A-Grade!

@scottcoulter9324 8 лет назад

Kimster m'lady, you continue to confound. Production values are getting ridiculously high. Proud to be a Patreon to this channel. Favourite youtuber bar none. Lovely Jubbley.

@lokiskywalker 8 лет назад

"Oh Andy Capp, you wife-beating drunk!"

@tuz100 8 лет назад

Thanks for informing me where the term "maxwellisation process" comes from, which I just read about today re: Blair being given a chance to respond to the chilcot enquiry before its findings were made public... now to watch the rest of the video.

@Toxxi 4 года назад

that tidal sound for the outro is a nice, macabre touch. great vid!

@TheDumontShow 8 лет назад

@kim justice, hands down one of the best docs i ever seen. this is your best, this is how you do a youtube vid right here. just keep doing what you do. i learned something about another side of gaming i never knew about and also a piece of world history on top of that. it had an sense of enlightenment that made it shine. also i loved how the whole story came full circle at the end. excellent piece hands down

@manicpanic4486 5 лет назад

Only recently found your RU-vid account by chance...fantastic posts everytime , as a teenager with a spectrum +2 in those days it's been a terrific nostalgia buzz looking at your videos 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

@hannibalsolo4409 8 лет назад

I love this and the Ocean. Would love to see more about old software houses, programmers etc

@Imgema 8 лет назад

I'm a simple man. I see a Kim documentary and i press like.

@parameter303 6 месяцев назад

Kim, I frakking love you mate, seriously, keep it up my geez

@Harp00nX 8 лет назад

I enjoyed this video more than most of your other ones because it featured less games and more interesting background story of why things happened. It's what sets your videos apart imo, so many people show footage of games and talk about them and they just get lost in the sea of similar efforts. A home country perspective on things doesn't hurt either :)

@MikusMusik 6 лет назад

Classic episode Kim., Big up

@battroman8965 8 лет назад

That again Kim was beyond amazing thanks

@RobertBlow 6 лет назад

Great work Kim. Brilliant, learned a lot and enjoyed it. Saturday morning lay in fodder with my 2 cats fighting over who gets to lay where.

@nathanpollard1980 8 лет назад

Fantastic video. Really insightful; a wonderful combo of Adam Curtis and Charlie Brooker.

@doctorcrankyflaps1724 8 лет назад

"he's a fucking cwook" : )

@robintst 8 лет назад

Defender of the Crown totally holds up today if you ask me. Retro 2D is considered charming nowadays, it's 16-bit beautiful!

@poohbear01x48 6 лет назад

I wish your documentaries got more exposure... I think they're well made overall and truly interesting -especially for me as a Yank since we didn't really have a Micro boom.

@DirtyHairy1 8 лет назад

Wow, another brilliant documentary on video games from my young age, and would never have hoped for. That patreon donation pays off pretty well. ;)

@craigmcnamee 8 лет назад

Seriously love these video's. So much interesting info. Good work! :D

@dykodesigns 8 лет назад

Wasn't mirrorsoft bought by acclaim? I remember the box of my C64 copy of TMHT the coin-op mentioning mirrorsoft, but also sporting an acclaim logo on the box. The things that went on behind the scenes surrounding the Tetris rights is just fashinating, a cold war era story of intrigue. Keep it up!

@Kim_Justice 8 лет назад

+dykodesigns2yt Oh, arse - you're right. I always, always get Acclaim and Accolade confused (as in I obviously read Acclaim as Accolade and just went from there...)

@sydneymeanstreet 8 лет назад

That 8-bit rendition of the theme tune is the best thing to come out of the frankly godawful Biggles movie that the game is based on.

@Siarawaszympanemjest 6 лет назад

That Dungeon Master gameplay - I nearly choked laughing when whoever who was playing tried to attack the mummy wit a bow and ended up throwing a bow at the mummy :D :D :D

@kristina80ification 8 лет назад

I pretty much only knew Andy Cap as a mascot for brand of "fries" snacks, which were really just bland or overly spicy (depending on the flavor) cheetos like snacks that were vaguely shaped like french fries.

@jesuszamora6949 7 лет назад

Kandi Gloss Same. You American as well? I don't think the character ever caught on here.

@benjammin316 8 лет назад

another fantastic video, thankyou

@pjomayo 8 лет назад

Mirrorsoft also developed Sai Combat,a Way of The Exploding Fist/Karate Champ clone .

@CultureFusionSite 5 лет назад

OMG a "Thick as a Brick" joke. You made my night.

@jonridley 6 лет назад

great stuff Kim. great channel

@Edgereader 8 лет назад

Brilliant Video.

@RoboBoddicker 7 лет назад

Oh man, DCS World is amazing. I had no idea Eagle Dynamics had such a colorful connection to gaming history :D Awesome stuff, as always!

@Sarato 8 лет назад

This was really fascinating. Great documentary. How come that I've never heard of this before? Great work as usual. :)

@youaintseenmeok 8 лет назад

Nice uk game History Thanks

@Fattydeposit 8 лет назад

Stunning work. Thank you Kim

@mmaloverme 8 лет назад

another brilliant well researched doc well done !

@lennybridgeman6634 5 лет назад

Loving the Wings intro music :D

@TheIsolatedGamerz 8 лет назад

Good work! You put a well documented video here.

@pixelninja5646 7 лет назад

that metal gear music fits like a glove, well directed Madame,

@Calimbandil87 6 лет назад

Yay for Jethro Tull reference!

@jmp01a24 3 года назад

You should have included more of the Mirrorsofts library, especially for the Commodore 64 and others. They had Hungarian Andromeda to make several of their titles.

@arpz 8 лет назад

Great video as always, keep up the good work! I was a Spectrum/Amiga kid too :)

@MultiScone 8 лет назад

Really love these docs! Learnt a lot, can't wait for the next instalment.

@ItsMatticusFinch 8 лет назад

Fantastic work, Kim. You're producing some absolute gems lately, probably some of the best stuff you've ever done.

@loosereaper 8 лет назад

Hooray! Another half hour or so of amusing British gaming history, the best thing about a Monday morning I assume.

@LUCKO2022 8 лет назад

Nice use of Metal Gear music.

@snickle1980 7 лет назад

After watching 10+ vids, you get a subscribe. You won me over with rich history narrative mixed with the speech issue. It's gaming history mixed with twue wuv.

@Mintcar923 7 лет назад

Wings is right up there with the Sid Meier titles.. Maybe the Amiga's best game..

@Tass... 7 лет назад

Another great film but i completed TMNT at the grand old age of 12 on the NES. People just failed to realise you could switch which turtle you used at any point by pausing it. It really wasn't as hard as many people make out. It was only 6 levels (i think?)

@WanderlustZero 3 года назад

Ben Daglish's Biggles theme is spot on! So clise to the film song.

@TheLazEffect 8 лет назад

Another great video

@heidirichter 8 лет назад

Top work, thank you, well worth watching!

@Scopie33 8 лет назад

Great, just great. Was wings the last cinemaware game? I thought they did tv sports baseball also known as bo Jackson baseball, they were also working on roller babes when they went down the tubes.

@ProbableKoz 6 лет назад

Recently discovered your channel. Amazing stuff.

@bbmbbf 7 лет назад

Excelente informative documental!. you do a amazing invstigation work :D

@RichardWatt 7 лет назад

Ah yes, the "Nostalgia" (or "Nostalgiya") channel - Russian TV's channel for all Soviet-era programming.

@kristina80ification 8 лет назад

Can I propose an idea for future videos of this sort? Maybe have the quotes scroll on the bottom of the screen at a medium speed instead of a static card. That way people don't have to pause the video to read them. I do love these longer deeper look videos though, great job n them overall.

@lucasoheyze4597 Год назад

That just punishes people who can read normally. Just pause it, don't penalise everybody else.

@martinjmcc1981 7 лет назад

Epic video!

@higgins007 8 лет назад

Do Championship Manager!

@FiauraTheTankGirlGamer 8 лет назад

Nice job on the research :)

@bigstupidgrin 8 лет назад

Really loving the long form documentaries. A question, are there any good videos/articles on video gaming in the Soviet bloc? I think literally all a lot of us know is Tetris.

@Kim_Justice 8 лет назад

+bigstupidgrin I only really know of the "Kinamania" channel on here. It's in Russian, but I'm pretty sure that subs are available for some episodes - it's mostly about the Dendy, which was a popular clone of the NES/Famicom. I think that a great deal of what constitutes gaming in the Soviet block consisted of clones and pirate carts (there was also quite a big Spectrum scene in the late 80's/90's based on clones of the machine - a LOT of Speccy homebrew comes from Eastern Europe)

@arvizturotukorfurogep6235 7 лет назад

Documenting Soviet bloc gaming is a tricky thing to do. First of all, each country in the Soviet bloc had a very varied and differing mixture of platforms. Secondly, the Soviet bloc was the "wild west", or more appropriatley, "wild east" for software. It was all about the machine and the coder, the business side of it was non-existent.

@coffincrusher 7 лет назад

KIM! Your videos are amazing, I wish you had a clone so you could double your output. Please seek a clone.

@divided_and_conquered1854 4 месяца назад

19:18 What's with the Stars of David in the 'fight cloud' between the character and the cop?

@bunglebro 8 лет назад

I fucking love this channel!!!

@sophiebullen6634 6 лет назад

Kim, your work is tops, have you ever thought about writing a book? About British computing history or the like? I'm sure it'd be a seller!

@critchblackpoolful 8 лет назад

+Kim Justice love your videos!!! keep up the good work. I'm from the UK too. where you from?

@richfan10 8 лет назад

Kim. Your videos are superb. Your like a more grown up pewdiepie.

@xxnoxx-xp5bl 7 лет назад

Nice use of the music from 'Wings'. :-)

@conradojavier 8 лет назад

This guy was a Rival to Fox.

@ArMartz Год назад

Fox, as in Rupert Murdoch?

@dextrodemon 8 лет назад

did you intentionally only use footage of tetris being played really badly? it's infuriating! :P

@Moe23pd 4 месяца назад

All I need to say is pettys printers in Leeds. Lots of my friends worked there. And didn’t get a pension

@metaparcel 8 лет назад

A video on Novastorm the game would be awesome!

@AllHailDiskordia 5 лет назад

Ah, the Biggles tune

@clarkkent4734 5 лет назад

How you have only 50k subscribers I'll never understand.

@DrJReefer 5 лет назад

He's fat. He's round. He's never at the ground. Derby County chant.

@davidknight247 8 лет назад

11:00 Which Speccy title is the background music from? I know I have played it and I can't place it!

@davidknight247 8 лет назад

Chubby Gristle!

@IanJTaylor 7 лет назад

11:49 - Muswell Hill

@Kenadian2006 8 лет назад

is that final fantasy music I hear in the background?

@brankocollin 6 лет назад

How do you put the Rs the other way around?

@cybercop0083 Год назад

In soviet Russia the Rs put you the other way around

@SianaGearz 8 лет назад

What's the music 12 minutes in?

@SianaGearz 8 лет назад

+Siana Gearz Ah! Ace Attorney - Damon Gant's theme.

@SE09uk 7 лет назад

WINGS! it's wings lol omg wow

@simplesimonhadapie 2 года назад

Well you could add another section in this one now....

@whatamalike 8 лет назад

Anybody else think Maxwell's son looks like George Osbourne? Especially at 32:11

@adamfrazer5150 2 года назад

Maxwell - in America it's spelled T r u m p.

@Wintericecrystal 8 лет назад

28:40 It was Agent 47

@kuntosjedebil 7 лет назад

Throwing a bow at the mummy in the DM... smh :)

@BryanShadowbuck 8 лет назад

What's the show at 15:40?

@lucasoheyze4597 Год назад

Bottom

@jmp01a24 3 года назад

How could you reference Biggles video game without showing awesome Monty Phyton skit of the WW2 hero? It simply won't do you know... tsk tsk tsk...

@fylke1814 5 лет назад

Someone please shut up Daffy Duck!!!😂

@steved8193 7 лет назад

Wait! That's not how you write in Russian?

@supernoob17 8 лет назад

jesus fucking christ the quantity and quality of your output is goddamn ridiculous.