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Mel Croucher
12+ albums
comedyhumourbrittish
about
Mel Croucher is a British writer and video games pioneer. Originally an architect, he moved into computers and set up Automata UK after the release of the Sinclair ZX81. This label published several games for the early home computer market, including three Computer Trade Association award-winners: Pimania (1982), Groucho (1983, aka My Name Is Uncle Groucho, You Win A Fat Cigar), and the groundbreaking "multi-media" title Deus Ex Machina (1984). He has also written text books, computer manuals and comedy, and worked as a journalist, writing regular columns like Without Prejudice, The Rubber Room, and a sci-fi humorous serial called Tamara Knight for the ZX Spectrum magazine CRASH in the 1980s, as well as columns for various computer magazines since. He is currently CEO of MelCroucher.com, an internet creative and marketing company; Editor In Chief of CollectValue.com, a social network for collectors; Founder of WritersDirect.net, a promotions company for authors. He is the author of Zygote in Computer Shopper every month since 1987, the Rants And Raves column and the Great Moments In Computing cartoon strip in the same magazine. In 2010 Feeding Tube Records, a small label in the United States, released "Pimania: The Music of Mel Croucher", a deluxe vinyl LP album of the music to the Pimania games, as well as tracks from other Automata releases. The album came with extensive liner notes by Croucher and Caroline Bren, as well as a large poster featuring selections from the o
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albums
Deus Ex Machina 2
Deus Ex Machina
The Piman's Greatest Hits
Pimaniacs Forever!
More Piman's Greatest Hits Too
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Pimania
Pimania (The Videogame Music of Automata: 1977-1984)
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The Automata Songs
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Deus Ex Machina 2 Soundtrack
An Interview with Mel Croucher (Unabbreviated)
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Pimania - The Music Of Mel Croucher And Automata U.K. Ltd
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