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Re: Gnop! and the beginnings of Bungie
Posted By: MrM12LRVDate: 7/21/11 5:31 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Gnop! and the beginnings of Bungie (GrimCleaver)

: 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...”

Ahh. I see. So you are saying Bungie kind of started in 1990. And I guess Operation: Desert Storm was published before Bungie became a company.

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Replies:

Gnop! and the beginnings of BungieGrimCleaver 7/20/11 9:49 a.m.
     Re: Gnop! and the beginnings of BungieMrM12LRV 7/20/11 5:48 p.m.
           Re: Gnop! and the beginnings of Bungiepoenadare 7/21/11 9:11 a.m.
           Re: Gnop! and the beginnings of BungieGrimCleaver 7/21/11 10:25 a.m.
                 Re: Gnop! and the beginnings of BungieMrM12LRV 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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