I had the opportunity to pick up a Reactor recently for $50 or so. I was
definitely addicted to the game for quite a while. I was trying to get to the
"meltdown" alluded to by the promotional literature. Then, I ran into Tim
Skelly at a trade show and asked him why I couldn't get to the meltdown. He
revealed that the meltdown was a figment of a copy writer's imagination. You
just kept going to more and more stages. I don't know who was responsible for
that compelling music. I assumed it was Skelly, as he was pretty much a one man
show. Anyway, I never did buy it. Not enough room for *all*the toys in the
world! I guess video games are in something of a revival? So i hear.
I second that vote for Vidgame Revival! Skelly is a one man show, but didn't
do Reactors music. I think it was Dave Thiel, who is now working on an Amiga
music program for Hayden. We did the best we could with that music on the
VCS version at Parker Brothers, but somehow it just didn't compare…