Talk:Fight Night (1985 video game)

SDC source?

@Krótki: The sources currently on the page (apart from Mobygames which is considered unreliable by the project) don't support SDC as developer -- could you please insert a reliable source which confirms this -- I had a quick look but couldn't find one. Scans (eg: http://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-8-bit/fight-night/cover-art/gameCoverId,148555/) indicate that it was released under licence from SDC, but given that they were publisher for Distinctive, that's not really conclusive -- it may have been sublicencing (I may be being a bit finicky, but...).^~Hydronium^~Hydroxide^~(Talk)~ 10:39, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

@Hydronium Hydroxide: I don't know a source that explicitly states Sydney were the developer. However:

1. Last page of the manual for the C-64 version (ie. the original one) states "Fight Night(tm) is a trademark of Sydney Development Corp." and also mentions Sydney in the "Software Copyright" section,

2. Last page of the manual for the "Atari 8-bit port states the same, plus "Apple and Atari Adaptations by Distinctive Software."

3. the C64 credits screen states "(C) 1985 Sydney Development Corp.", and lists names that were not connected to Distinctive Software. The designer Rick Banks and sound enginner Paul Butler are known as founders of Artech Digital Productions, and Michael Bate also worked for them. This source states that Artech became Sydney's “Video Games/Educational Software Division” in the spring of 1983, and became an independent company in 1987.

4. the Atari credits screen states "Concept by Sydney Development; Atari version by Distinctive Software Inc."

So, this bit of original research indicates that the game was developed by Artech while they were part of Sydney, and the Atari and Apple ports were handled by Distinctive.

Sydney being a publisher for Distinctive, is this actually true? They published Mattrick's and Sember's "Evolution", but that was before Distinctive was incorporated. --Krótki (talk) 00:08, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

@Krótki: Thanks (and apologies for delay in response). That probably makes it close enough to certain. I've tweaked the SDC article - misunderstood it as indicating DS existing when Evolution went to SDC. ^~Hydronium^~Hydroxide^~(Talk)~ 06:27, 22 July 2017 (UTC)