J.B. Wood  wrote:
> On 1/18/20 1:06 PM, Simon Geddes wrote:
>> Jack gets a bad rapp for his "Jack attacks", and I'm not sure how well I
would
>> have survived if I ever had to work under him. 
>
> Hello, and hmmmm...Seems I remember a C-64 game called "Jack Attack".
> Just a coincidence I suppose.  Sincerely,

Not a coincidence actually:

 The game was developed by students Kevin Kieller and John Traynor for
 the VIC-20 and originally named 'Cubic Critters'. After showing the
 game to Commodore sales reps at a computer show they were invited to
 the company's Toronto offices to strike a publishing deal. Commodore
 felt the name was too close to 'Q*bert' and after being unable to
 settle on a new name, the writers asked the Commodore team to name it.
 The game was then renamed as an in joke after the company's founder
 Jack Tramiel. Kieller said "We were led to believe that certain people
 at Commodore felt Jack Tramiel looked like the red-face critter when
 he was upset. According to our Commodore contacts, if Jack Tramiel was
 upset and yelling at you it was known as a Jack Attack." This was
 confirmed by Commodore marketing strategist Michael Tomczyk. "He
 chuckled when we named one of the games Jack Attack, which was an
 inside joke. Jack was short and round in stature but had a deep
 booming voice that could shake the walls. I don't think he realized
 the meaning of Jack Attack but he knew it was about him. He never said
 much about it, he just allowed it to happen."

 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Attack

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