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	Re: Gnop! and the beginnings of Bungie
	Posted By: MrM12LRV	Date: 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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	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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