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   J.B. Wood  wrote:   
   > On 1/18/20 1:06 PM, Simon Geddes wrote:   
   >> Jack gets a bad rapp for his "Jack attacks", and I'm not sure how well I   
   would   
   >> have survived if I ever had to work under him.    
   >   
   > Hello, and hmmmm...Seems I remember a C-64 game called "Jack Attack".   
   > Just a coincidence I suppose.  Sincerely,   
      
   Not a coincidence actually:   
      
    The game was developed by students Kevin Kieller and John Traynor for   
    the VIC-20 and originally named 'Cubic Critters'. After showing the   
    game to Commodore sales reps at a computer show they were invited to   
    the company's Toronto offices to strike a publishing deal. Commodore   
    felt the name was too close to 'Q*bert' and after being unable to   
    settle on a new name, the writers asked the Commodore team to name it.   
    The game was then renamed as an in joke after the company's founder   
    Jack Tramiel. Kieller said "We were led to believe that certain people   
    at Commodore felt Jack Tramiel looked like the red-face critter when   
    he was upset. According to our Commodore contacts, if Jack Tramiel was   
    upset and yelling at you it was known as a Jack Attack." This was   
    confirmed by Commodore marketing strategist Michael Tomczyk. "He   
    chuckled when we named one of the games Jack Attack, which was an   
    inside joke. Jack was short and round in stature but had a deep   
    booming voice that could shake the walls. I don't think he realized   
    the meaning of Jack Attack but he knew it was about him. He never said   
    much about it, he just allowed it to happen."   
      
    - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Attack   
      
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