{"id":4214,"date":"2019-11-13T21:03:49","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T04:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=4214"},"modified":"2022-10-18T19:55:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T02:55:24","slug":"black-mirror-bandersnatch-origins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=4214","title":{"rendered":"Black Mirror Bandersnatch: Origins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Black Mirror&#8217;s choose-your-own-adventure style episode <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Bandersnatch  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Black_Mirror:_Bandersnatch\" target=\"_blank\">Bandersnatch <\/a>presents the story of a game developer set in 1984. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, what if I told you that the inspiration for  this story was based on the real life <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Imagine_Software\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Imagine_Software\" target=\"_blank\">Imagine<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ocean_Software\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ocean_Software\" target=\"_blank\">Ocean software<\/a> in the UK. The 1984 UK documentary called &#8220;The Rise and Fall of Imagine Software&#8221; outlines the last days of those companies that is shockingly similar. The real life game being developed was even called Bandersnatch.<br><br>Check out these relevant parts in the actual documentary to see how close Black Mirror stuck to the source material. Even the interactions in some of the meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, and the real-life <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Imagine_Software#Megagames\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Megagame  (opens in a new tab)\">Megagame <\/a>Bandersnatch? It was modified and released in 1986 by Psygnosis under the name <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Brataccas (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brataccas\" target=\"_blank\">Brataccas<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_4eO4NGwoLo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=464&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Links:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/publications\/Radiation-Dosimeters-Response-Recovery-MSR_0616-508_0.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/publications\/Radiation-Dosimeters-Response-Recovery-MSR_0616-508_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">How to get the &#8216;best&#8217; ending<\/a> that covers all the different endings<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Mirror&#8217;s choose-your-own-adventure style episode Bandersnatch presents the story of a game developer set in 1984. However, what if I told you that the inspiration for this story was based on the real life Imagine and Ocean software in the UK. The 1984 UK documentary called &#8220;The Rise and Fall of Imagine Software&#8221; outlines the last days of those companies that is shockingly similar. The real life game being developed was even called Bandersnatch. 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