My Amiga game called Cybergames

When I was 16-17 years old I wanted to work as a computer games developer.  This was in the mid-’80s and Sweden didn’t have the games industry of today. The founding members of Digital Illusions (Battlefield etc) were still a team of game crackers calling themselves The Silents.

If you wanted to work as a games developer in Sweden you either had to land a freelance job or do it all by yourself and then try to get some interest from a British distributor or games company. My first try in game development was a space shooter for the Commodore 64 that I did together with my friend Stefan Valter. We took too much time developing it (due to school, life, etc), so by the time we had playable a demo ready, the Commodore 64 computer was phased out by the Amiga.

My next try to get into the game industry was to develop an Amiga game together with my friend, Johan Lundin. It also took way too long to finish, because of, you know… life and other such things. But, we did actually finish and release it, in 1995,  just in time for the big Commodore bankruptcy and the commercial death of the Amiga. All companies started to move on to the PC so good luck finding anyone interested in our Amiga game. We did actually sign a contract with a distributor, but that’s another story. In the end, we decided to release it as shareware and forget about the whole thing and the thousands of hours we invested in it. Let’s be frank. It was a flop. There were some reviews. People hated it. End of story.

This game was called Cybergames (This was before the unrelated Cyber Games tournaments started). Thanks to the internet it’s still out there. Today I found a Polish review of the game, from 2006, which is kind of amazing considering Cybergames was released 15 years ago.

If you know polish, here’s the review. If not, you could always look at the pretty pictures. ;-)

Cybergames Amiga

Cybergames Amiga

Cybergames Amiga

Cybergames Amiga

March 29th, 2010|Blog, Cybergames, Games|

Café Del Mar finally on Spotify

It may be the most overhyped establishment on Ibiza, but their compilations are usually  enjoyable. I’ve been using the streaming service Spotify for about a year now but the last time I checked they didn’t have anything from the famous Café. But now they do! Whopee! So if you are lucky enough to be living in one of the few selected Spotified countries then click the links to check it out. I think there are at lease 16 volumes available. If anybody needs an invite to Spotify, let me know. I still have a few left. 

Café del Mar volume 16, Volume 15, Volume 14

March 28th, 2010|Blog|

Time for a change

The last time I redesigned Fogelberg.com was in 2004. A lot of great things have happened since then – stuff like Soundcloud, Wordpress, the iPhone and of course the whole “social” concept on the web with Twitter, Facebook, Myspace and so on. My site started to feel really tired and was in dire need of an update, so here we are. I will add more stuff here during the next few days and if something shouldn’t work when you visit then please check again later. And please feel free to add comments to my posts – I really want to get in touch with my fans – I know you’re out there! :)

March 28th, 2010|Blog|
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