Where Are They Now?

Richard Turner

As Artic Computing began to fade towards the end of the Eighties, Richard opened a computer store in Hull with someone who ran a few video shops. But when sales began to fall, it was turned into a shop selling kitchens and Richard asked his technical staff to program kitchen design software. This was hugely successful and the venture became known as ARTICAD. It is now one of the leading design and sales products in the kitchen and bath business. While Richard did once consider creating games for smartphones, ARTICAD currently occupies the bulk of his time.

Charles Cecil

Charles became a director of Artic Computing in 1985 but he formed Paragon Programming a year later and ended up working so closely with US Gold, that he eventually left development and became the Birmingham-based publisher’s software development manager. His career continued to soar when he headed Activision’s European development studio but it was his decision to found Revolution Software in 1990 with Tony Warriner, David Sykes and his future wife Noirin Carmody that shaped his future. Sticking to his adventure gaming roots, he oversaw the creation of Lure of the Temptress, scripted Beneath A Steel Sky and developed the Broken Sword series which continues to be popular.

Jon Ritman

Having had a successful grounding in the videogame industry with Artic, Jon made his name with Ocean Software, writing the Match Day series, Head Over Heels and Batman. He went on to work with Rare on the isometric adventure Monster Max for the Game Boy and he set up Cranberry Source with John Cook, creating Super Match Soccer. Later, he worked with Geoff Crammond on unreleased ports of Grand Prix 3 and his place in UK videogaming history was covered in the 2014 documentary, From Bedroom To Billions.