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	Re: Gnop! and the beginnings of Bungie
	Posted By: GrimCleaver	Date: 7/21/11 10:25 a.m.
	In Response To: Re: Gnop! and the beginnings of Bungie (MrM12LRV) : It seems like Gnop! began in 1990 and was finished in 1991. I guess the order : of events you posted is a bit incorrect. That's pretty interesting. Actually, I believe the order of events is correct. There is definitely proof that the name, “Bungie”, existed before the completion of Gnop. Earliest found copyright: Gnop, version 0.4 ßeta, October 23, 1990 ©1990 Bungie Software Last modification of Gnop (final additions, tweaks, etc): 11/29/90 2:37 PM It seems that Bungie didn't officially start as a company until 1991. The wording on bungie.net seems to follow the Marathon Scrapbook, but upon closer inspection, it actually differs slightly... Bungie's History [bungie.net]: “Bungie began as a company one crisp morning in May of 1991, but that wasn't exactly the beginning. Before it emerged, fully formed as the multinational corporate behemoth that published Operation: Desert Storm [...] "Bungie" released a Pong clone [...] called Gnop!” Notice: “[...] but that wasn't exactly the beginning.” Also, notice the quotation marks around the word “Bungie”. This suggests that Bungie wasn't official yet (maybe): “"Bungie" released a Pong clone [...] called Gnop!” Marathon Scrapbook: “It all started with PONG. Well, a ripoff of PONG anyway. It was 1991 and Alexander Seropian was in his basement apartment [...] Alex Dropped his cereal bowl in the sink, jogged down to the campus bookstore and skulked up to the register with a copy of Think C. He returned home to his Macintosh, determined to do whatever was necessary to become a one-man wrecking crew in the software industry, He agonized over what he would name his company, finally settling on “Bungie” because “it sounded fun.” [...] Alex distributed GNOP! as shareware via online services and the Internet. [...] Encouraged, Alex set about writing his next project: Operation: Desert Storm. ... I can't find the Gnop copyright information, but I did find some stuff on Operation: Desert Storm: Operation : Desert Storm. Type of Work: ............................. Computer File Registration Number / Date: .......... TX0003120964 / 1991-06-17 Title: ......................................... Operation : Desert Storm. Description: ................................ printout. Notes: ....................................... Computer program. Copyright Claimant: ..................... Alexander Seropian Date of Creation: ........................ 1991 Date of Publication: ..................... 1991-04-02 Authorship on Application: ............ Alexander Seropian. Variant title: .............................. Operation : Desert Storm Names: .................................... Seropian, Alexander, 1969- [copyright.gov - Search: Seropian, Alexander] April 4 1991? Now we're getting somewhere! It doesn't meet up perfectly, but, perhaps Seropian registered/copyrighted O:DS, but, didn't actually release it until he had “officially” started Bungie... “Bungie began as a company one crisp morning in May of 1991, but that wasn't exactly the beginning. Before it emerged, fully formed as the multinational corporate behemoth that published Operation: Desert Storm...”

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	Gnop! and the beginnings of Bungie	GrimCleaver	7/20/11 9:49 a.m.
	Re: Gnop! and the beginnings of Bungie	MrM12LRV	7/20/11 5:48 p.m.
	Re: Gnop! and the beginnings of Bungie	poenadare	7/21/11 9:11 a.m.
	Re: Gnop! and the beginnings of Bungie	GrimCleaver	7/21/11 10:25 a.m.
	Re: Gnop! and the beginnings of Bungie	MrM12LRV	7/21/11 5:31 p.m.
	Remember, folks...	Bob-B-Q	7/22/11 7:20 a.m.
	Re: Remember, folks...	GrimCleaver	7/22/11 8:23 a.m.

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