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An interview with Michael Howard

Programmer of "The House", "Help!" [aka Crazy Crypt]
and many other titles for the SEGA SC-3000.

Date of Interview: 3rd June to 5th June 2008
Interviewer: Andrew Kerr (Kerrjnr)
Pages: 4

We contacted Michael Howard, who was kind enough to answer some questions about his history with the SEGA SC-3000 including his involvement with the New Zealand software market.

Michael had several programs published in the SEGA Computer Magazine [New Zealand] but it probably most well known for the game and books listed below:

The House
[1986, Grandstand Software]

More Than 50 Programs For The SEGA SC-3000!!
[1986, Grandstand Software]

Teach Yourself Basic Games Programming
[1986, Grandstand Software]

Here's the first question from the interview:

AK >

You're definitely a celebrity in New Zealand SC-3000 circles but, for our international readers, could you start by giving us a little background on your involvement with the SEGA SC-3000 and why you got a SEGA SC-3000 instead of one of the other, more popular computers of the time such as a Commodore, Spectrum or Apple?

MH >

I was at Auckland Uni in Auckland, New Zealand, and had always been interested in computers. My dad saw an ad in the paper for Sega programmers, and suggested I apply for the job. Heck, why not?! So he and I wrote a synopsis of my background and I went for an interview at Grandstand, the Sega distributors in Newmarket, Auckland. I spoke mainly with Grandstand’s Phil Kenyon. Phil showed me a list of programs that needed writing, and one was a simple typing practice tool. I got the job doing programming work and tech support for the Sega SC-3000. I walked out of the interview with an SC-3000 and a very rough tech document under my arm. That night I started playing around with sprites and sound!

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