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RIP Mark Sibly
Posted on 12-Dec-2024 15:57:08
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Re: RIP Mark Sibly
Posted on 12-Dec-2024 16:24:50
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Yes, what a great and inspiring man! He was a bright light in the Amiga community just as I bought an Amiga for the first time in 1995! I'm still the proud owner of Ultimate Blitz Basic 2, The Acid Collection and completed our first 'Blitz Out' Amiga Format magazine coding project this Summer! My son loved it! Mark's legacy will live on! I will pray for those he has left behind.
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Re: RIP Mark Sibly
Posted on 12-Dec-2024 16:28:47
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Gloom is one of my favourite Amiga games. Really sad news. RIP. |
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Re: RIP Mark Sibly
Posted on 12-Dec-2024 16:34:05
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He also coded my favourite Amiga game, Guardian! What an achievement. It used to be one of the ways I would relax between bouts of GCSE revision. If fast jet training was like Guardian CD32/3D Defender I'd be an enlisted Earth Defence Force pilot now but Mark still instilled a real love for arcade gameplay that continues to this day! RIP Mark.
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Re: RIP Mark Sibly
Posted on 12-Dec-2024 21:32:22
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That is sad, he was a legend. His work lives on.. _________________
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Re: RIP Mark Sibly
Posted on 14-Dec-2024 11:42:54
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Re: RIP Mark Sibly
Posted on 14-Dec-2024 15:31:51
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Now at least as a search term (redirecting to the Blitz Basic article). Creating a dedicated article would have been a gargantuan task, because notability requirements for people are high on EN wiki. |
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Re: RIP Mark Sibly
Posted on 14-Dec-2024 19:12:39
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Thanks for the link Karlos. That's the first time I've seen a photo of what he looked like! It's sad knowing that you'll never get to meet a person that inspired you as a kid. RIP Mark. Last edited by BigD on 14-Dec-2024 at 07:13 PM.
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Re: RIP Mark Sibly
Posted on 14-Dec-2024 22:28:33
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R.I.P.
Really great guy! _________________
Simone"Tuxedo"Monsignori, Perugia, ITALY. |
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Re: RIP Mark Sibly
Posted on 15-Dec-2024 15:49:34
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Finding a working Defender arcade cabinet in Gloom was a fun memory. Not sure if something like this exists in any other games. |
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