AN INTERVIEW WITH DIGITAL INTEGRATION (PART I)GameBytes Magazine (1994) Volume 13
by Andrew Stevens
Digital Integration are a medium sized software house/ publisher based in the UK, who have been operating in the PC games business for around ten years. They are the developers of the recently relased TORNADO flight simulation game which is distributed by Spectrum Holobyte in the US. Their best known previous release is probably "F16 Combat Pilot'' -- a game originally released for the Amiga and Atari ST. Tornado, according to the marketing pitch, aims to give an authentic simulation of the aircraft along with comprehensive mission planning and air-warfare simulation.
DI's main offices are located in Camberly, a medium sized town 30 or so miles west of London. This is right in the middle of the Thames valley area. This is the main U.K. geographic cluster for computer businesses and high technology in general. It is a bit like Silicon valley - highways, lots of dull looking industrial estates and expensive housing - but with pubs, brown beer, and plenty of rain. DI's offices turned out to be in a surprisingly modest 1-story block in a by-no-means-exclusive industrial park. The Interview...
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