In 1995 I joined the small crew at a software development startup named Wanderlust Interactive. In those early days of what would become a multi-billion dollar industry Simon and Catherine Winchester had an ambitious - almost precocious - vision to create a deeper, richer "edu-tainment" experience than any other CD-Rom educational title that had been created before. They set up shop in Soho in New York city in an area that was being called "Silicon Alley" due to the new local proliferation of software startups. The game launched in 1996 to pretty good critical reviews, although sales weren't what we'd hoped for. The Sequel, "Hokus Pokus Pink" was released a year later but by then the company's fortunes had failed to the point where most of the staff had been let go.
Looking over my old work (background paints, mostly) in the screenshots on Moby games' website, I had to smile; We had a talented crew stocked with names that have gone on to some notable levels of achievement in their respective industries.
