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Dino Dini’s creates site to attract fans of his classic football games
Dino Dini, managing director of Abundant Software Limited, based inBristol, England, as set up a site to attract fans of his classicfootball games Kickoff, Kickoff2, Player Manager, GOAL! and Dino Dini’sSoccer. Included is a petition where fans can request a new footballgame from Dino.
Abundant Software is currently seeking funding to create a new game, andDino hopes that building a community around his original games will helpdemonstrate the potetnial to investors and publishers.
As part of the site, Abundant have created an innovative World CupTrading Game, where participants can buy and sell shares in any of the32 qualifying world cup teams, and attempt to come out on top.
World Cup Trading Game
- http://www.abundantsoft.com/wcup/
The idea is to buy and trade shares in any of the world cup teams, andthe one who makes the most money at the end of the world cup competitionwill be the winner. This will be going through a very short test phaseto allow people to learn what the game is about. The game will then bereset and will start properly before the first world cup match.
The Petition
- http://www.abundantsoft.com/footie/
The petition is going very well, with over 230 members signed up, of which148 have either posted on the petition or voted for other people’s. Ifyou have signed up but not yet taken part, please register your supportby making your own post and/or voting.
New Forums
- http://www.abundantsoft.com/forums/
We now have our own forums, which you are welcome to sign up for andtake part in. This is a good place to ask Dino questions and to discussDino’s games. Please note that it is seperate from the petition, andthat to make your vote count, it is not enough to post on the forum;please sign up on the petition as well.
IRC Chat
- http://www.abundantsoft.com/footie/chat.html
We now also have an IRC channel hosted by WhatNet.
If you want to talk with Dino he is available most ofthe time on the #dinodini channel on London.UK.WhatNET.Org
If you do not have an IRC chat client, you can use theJava client on the web sitehere.
Also read the Dino Dini interviewhereNews page content input by Dominic Robinson, 2002.
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.