Leave him lying in his uniform, dying in the sun

A ludicrously late follow-up to my previous SWOS blog (actually wrote this at the time but taken an age to put it up). Jon Hare gave a very enjoyable talk, telling us about the evolution of Sensible Software and the development of my 2 favourite games, Sensible Soccer and Cannon Fodder.

The afternoon culminated in a tournament and I was one of 8 volunteers to take part. We were playing the same plug and play version that I have. Dammit! Why didn't I get some practice in? I was France, drawn against Germany. I was really nervous! Losing 1-0, I smacked in an equaliser in the 89th minute (Cantona). I couldn't help myself and released a 'Yes!' and punched the air. There was no penalties option so we started a new game with Golden Goal rules - 1st goal wins. I lost. In all honesty, I was well beaten and the other guy deserved to win in normal time. It wasn't the annihilation that I'd feared though, and the guy went on to win the tournament (and then beat Jon Hare 4-0) so certainly not an embarrassing defeat.


In the Q&A that took place simultaneously with the tournament, I fear that I revealed myself as the biggest spod in the room, asking several questions. Including one about 'Sensible Trainspotting' - a demo given away on the front of Amiga Format/Power. As I admitted to the group, I think that I gave that game far more play time than it warranted. If trainspotting is considered nerdy, then what would you call playing a computerised version of it? At least you get fresh air stood at the end of a platform.