Manx TT SuperBike (Sega Saturn)

Manx TT SuperBike (Sega Saturn)

A Sega Saturn port by Tantalus, Manx TT SuperBike is a motorcycle racing game based on the famous Isle of Man Tourist Trophy (TT) race and features FMV content of the track.

Wipeout 2097 (Sega Saturn)

Wipeout 2097 (Sega Saturn)

Wipeout 2097 is the sequel to the original anti-gravity racing game Wipeout. Tantalus ported the game to the Sega Saturn, making their mark via billboards around the racing tracks.

Wipeout (Sega Saturn)

Wipeout (Sega Saturn)

Wipeout is a futuristic first-person racing game where anti-gravity racing has become the world’s most popular sport in the year 2052. One of many games ported by Melbourne-based studio Tantalus.

Gregg Barnett

Gregg Barnett

Gregg Barnett’s first job at Beam was to convert “The Hobbit” for to the Commodore 64 , and to create versions of  “Hungry Horace” and “Horace Goes Skiing”. He went on to produce a more elaborate version of “The Hobbit” with sound and richer graphics in 1985 for by the Commodore 64 disk drive. With plenty of ideas for games of his own he put forward an idea for a martial arts game.  “The Way of the Exploding Fist” which combined Barnett’s interests in sport simulation and interface design.

Pauli Kidd

Pauli Kidd

Beams Software’s first non-programmer designer, Kidd was lead designer and producer on a number of Beam’s games of the 1980s including the post-apocalyptic action RPG Doc the Destroyer (1987), and the side scrolling adventure Samurai Warrior the Adventures of Usagi Yojimbo (1988). Kidd contributed to numerous micro computer games including the Exploding Fist series, Street Hassle(1987) and the idiosyncratic Aussie Game (1987-1990). She also worked on Beams new NES titles such as Airwolf (1988) based on the kids TV show of the eighties, and The Punisher (1990).