Paul Andrews (producer)

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Paul Andrews (born September 1967) is CEO of the digital publisher Andrews UK Limited, [1] [ citation needed ] based in Luton UK. Andrews was a founder of Alten8, a publisher and developer of many titles including retro titles for modern formats. [2] .

Luton Large town in Bedfordshire, England

Luton is a large town, borough and unitary authority area of Bedfordshire, situated in the south east of England, but in the East of England region for administrative purposes. It has a population of 214,109 (mid-2018 est.) and is one of the most populous towns without city status in the United Kingdom. The town is situated on the River Lea, about 30 miles (50 km) northwest of London. The town's foundation dates to the sixth century as a Saxon outpost on the River Lea, from which Luton derives its name. Luton is recorded in the Domesday Book as Loitone and Lintone and one of the largest churches in Bedfordshire, St Mary's Church, was built in the 12th century. There are local museums which explore Luton's history in Wardown Park and Stockwood Park.

Alten8 former British video game developer and publisher

Alten8 Ltd. was a British video game developer and publisher. It produced both licensed retro games and current format video games, including the emulation code for C64 titles on Nintendo's Virtual Console service.

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Vega

Paul Andrews conceived the ZX Spectrum Vega console, after a meeting with Sir Clive Sinclair,[ citation needed ] the full story of which is in the book "Creating the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega". [3] Paul along with fellow director and founder Chris Smith, left the company they created as a vehicle for that console, Retro Computers Ltd, in April 2016, after the campaign for its second proposed product the Vega+ console had finished, and the company was left in the sole control of David Levy from that point.[ citation needed ]

ZX Spectrum Vega

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The founder and creator of retro gaming hub Retro-Trader,[ citation needed ] Andrews was responsible for the running (according to the Alexa Internet Traffic Ranking system) the one-time world's most popular online retro Classic Game store. [4] [ citation needed ]

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In 2015 his company, Andrews UK Limited, purchased the Jupiter Ace IP and brand and archive of Jupiter Ace items.[ citation needed ] He also registered ‘Jupiter Ace’ as a UK trademark, both in terms of the name ‘Jupiter Ace’ and the Jupiter Ace logo.[ citation needed ]

Jupiter Ace

The Jupiter Ace by Jupiter Cantab was a British home computer of the early 1980s. The Ace differed from other microcomputers of the time in that its programming environment used Forth instead of the more popular BASIC.

The Jupiter Ace website suggests that a historical documentary will be shot, and that there will be "...Jupiter Ace future products starting 2017..." [5] [ citation needed ]

Other ventures

Andrews has worked in film and television. He was the writer and producer of Concrete Surfer [6] and A Dream of Christmas 4D. [7] [8] Andrews has a number of TV credits [9] including producing and presenting The Book Show [10] with co-host James Whale.

Andrews also has ongoing involvement or association with numerous other technology start-up ventures, and often consults, or advises these technology incubator companies.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ Hibbert, Katharine (2010-05-23). "The greatest stories almost never told". timesonline.co.uk. London.
  2. ↑ "Kaasa Interview - Commodore 64 on Virtual Console". vc-reviews.com. 2008-10-21. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
  3. ↑ Sinclair, Sir Clive; Andrews, Paul; Levy, David; Smith, Chris (2015-08-13). Creating the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega. Retro Computers Ltd. ISBN   9781785382901.
  4. ↑ "Retro Trader @ Alexa". alexa.com. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
  5. ↑ "The Future - The Jupiter Ace" . Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  6. ↑ Weitzman, Simon (2008-06-23), Concrete Surfer: Skateboard Tricks and Tips , retrieved 2016-07-21
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  8. ↑ "Dream of Christmas 4D release". nestor.misnk. Archived from the original on 2012-04-19.
  9. ↑ "Paul Andrews". IMDb. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  10. ↑ "home » The Book Show". www.thebookshow.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
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