Harlequin folded as Atari cancelled it entire 8bit line…
Well nearly, the company had one last dying gasp -- we had one
Amiga Project underway, and when the company went down that project continued
for a while -- the Sound Express Audio Digitizer for the Amiga. I demonstrated
this hardware to Commodore UK, and was on the verge of getting a bundle deal
with the A500, when the programmer on the project was prosecuted for stealing
source code from his previous employer -- a manufacturer of Audio Digitizers!!!
Then Harlequin folded, ooh it was messy, everyone pointing and
calling each other names, and when the dust settled it was just a sad
happenstance that brought Harlequin to its knees.
Despite all these ups and downs Kevin and I decided to take a stab
at a little 16-bit title, Paintz, an original puzzle game for the ST. Now
Harlequin was dead, we had no money, so I borrowed from my Dad (I don’t think I
ever thanked him properly) and we carried on work on Paintz… It was almost
finished, we showed it to several publishers, but no one bit and so the project
died…
Atari ST - Paintz
Amiga - Sound Express