INSTANT expert

The ST of ST Software stood (predictably) for Steve Turner.

Steve Turner and Andrew Braybrook met in a local pub and initially bonded over their love of music.

Our conversation with Steve Turner revealed that he pronounces Quazatron ‘kway-za-tron’ rather than the generally assumed ‘kwah-za-tron’.

Steve Turner’s favourite Andrew Braybrook game is Paradroid. “I liked it as a game design, and tell people if you want to learn games, study Paradroid.”

Andrew Braybrook’s favourite Steve Turner game is Astroclone. “It impressed me the most because it was the first time we’d got double buffering going, so we weren’t plotting and unplotting on the same screen at the same time.”

At its peak, Graftgold employed almost 30 people.

Graftgold developed on a wide range of platforms including the Game Gear (Superman: Man Of Steel) and PC Engine.

Andrew and Steve initially shared a printer and would print off hundreds of pages of code. Many of these printouts reside in Andrew’s loft at home.

The name Uridium came from a Graftgold employee who was trying to recall the element Iridium. The malapropism stuck.

Rescued from the demise of Mirrorsoft was Andrew’s Fire & Ice, a cute platformer in the mould of Sonic The Hedgehog.