Although its latest adventure games were the envy of its rivals, those competitors’ action games were technically far superior to Beam’s. But the solution to Alfred’s dilemma was already within his grasp, in that his C64 conversion specialist Gregg Barnett was keen to do something more original. Which makes sense, given that Gregg’s creative drive almost led to him making movies. While studying computer science at Melbourne University in 1983, Gregg had applied to the Australian Film And Television School. The school was a big deal in Australia at the time. Mel Gibson had gone there, as had many other famous Australian actors and directors. But the advice that Gregg received from the revered educational institute was to reapply after he had gotten some real-world experience.
