Rob Hubbard - Master Of Magic

A C change in videogame music In July/August 1985 Rob was on fire! Well, not literally, but coming off stellar reviews of Thing on a Spring, some of the companies and people who had seen previews of Thing and Monty at computer shows were sending work his way, and the results would be seriously classic. The letter C was seriously important. Crazy Comets had come to Rob via a computer show where Simon Nicol saw Thing and Monty being previewed and hassled Gremlin for Rob’s contact details. By the end of July, the music and sound effects were finished and...

Rob Hubbard Thrusts into 1986 Rob Hubbard had a stellar 1985, ending on a personal high with “Kentilla”, one of his favourite pieces and one that he poured love into. The new year of 1986 started a lot quieter though, with Rob working on a run of budget games. Of these “Thrust” was his most well-known... and he sometimes played it live! ... and “Knight Tyme” was simply sheet music that was converted to the Spectrum 128, Amstrad CPC and MSX versions of the game (the C64 one came much later with music from the omnipresent David Whittaker). Five-a-Side Soccer...