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DISC-COVERY THE IMPORTANCE OF CD-ROM

GRAEME DEVINE

» The 7th Guest, which Graeme programmed, highlighted the huge potential of CD-ROM.

LODEWIJK COEN

» A Former Digital Pictures’ graphics artist, Lodewijk worked on Night Trap.

NICK BURCOMBE

» WipEout benefitted massively by being on CD-ROM and Nick helped create it.

They’d already used cassettes, discs and cartridges. They’d even tried a few experimental media such as VHS and vinyl. But as the need for a cheap, large storage medium became ever more pressing, they turned to a format that had been around since 1965 – the invention of James

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