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FarCry launched, recaling his time ‘there fon, cespte being for around six months of developmentXbox Controller(OEIC BARRY LEITCH Barry's fascinating career as a composer has taken him from a computer club in Scotland to an orchestral concert in Brazil, working with some of the top games companies on both sides of the Atlantic orks Ancrew Fee What wasit that made you start wsting music on computers?Xonophobehad an audio cassotto of musieMARAUDER (C64) snap hen ney ten Conalaeraseale ort Aer he oan eve opti sean te ‘eromlien daly we ves asingtass tne the Zaprevoets de ie te cing 4884 rend TFK (PC) (CD-FOMe and rt have any ares sys, an ted ping Sounds Pure ‘Ard she Yello sample, cick chick sh The Super Nnterco. Gen 0 10 Seat, bocause nae ane, So bey wore to Seat 0 Nintendo rent them We got there and the aay 2 ike, We dont neve an Benn Sa FM sound ep. | aid ke the AcLb sound cad, beaue By en the MIT? ws omg in Ane te, Wy dot you a8 se sinied meciteg ee Orreralconde! 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