Overkill US and UK are software
houses specializing in Air Traffic Control systems.
We have participated in the US and UK Rehost programs;
been involved with the DCCR, ATCRTS, SPRINT, MARC, HOCSR, MDM Rehost, IATS and ERAM projects;
and worked in the 9020, HCS, ODAPS, OFDPS, NATS, NERC and ROC NAS systems,
particularly in the Monitor operating system.
Overkill US
is located near the William J. Hughes
FAA Technical Center in New Jersey.
Overkill UK, Ltd. is based
near the London Air Traffic Control Centre. We are also involved in World
Wide Web page design and recreational software.
| Opportunities | The History | The Name | Web Design |
| Overkill Fun | Game Resources page | The Arcade page | Other Links |
| Team Overkill | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Bill Hand - Director, Computer Analyst; MVP (1997) | |
| John Hanna - Computer Analyst; MVP 1993, '95, '96, '00, '01, '02, '03, '04, '05, '06, '07 | ||
| Raquel Cuba - Computer Analyst; MVP 1994, ('97), '98, '99 | ||
| Margy Mazzoni - Computer Analyst | ||
| Georgina Hand - Computer Programmer, Web Design | ||
| Bill Fyfe - Computer Analyst | ||
| Mike Cooley - Computer Analyst | ||
| Gone, but not forgotten: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Overkill "Classic" | Overkill UK, Ltd. | Overkill US |
| Ann Thomas ('87-'88)
Steve Reynolds ('87-'88) Vince Hare ('88) |
Cynthia Thurston ('94-'95)
Corrine Havens ('93-'94) Tom Gray ('06) |
Chris Walcot ('93)
Corrine Havens ('97-'01) |
| We prefer the following tools and resources: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Graphic Editing
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Counter Services
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Website Hosting
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Content Rating
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Misc Utilities:
Paint Shop Pro LView Pro Notepad |
Some of our work:
Some of our friends:
Some secure online shops we partner with (and can recommend):
Contracts are available in the US, the UK and the Republic of China (Taiwan) for talented programmers with 370 BAL, JOVIAL or C experience (air traffic system experience a plus). All employment inquiries should include a current resume and a cover letter.
In 1987, we decided to formalize the club into a legal partnership, invest in 5 Atari Mega STs and develop marketable software. We registered the name "Overkill", became official Atari 3rd party developers and churned out a couple small utilities and a shareware game of Risk. We had struck agreements with University of Delaware (for a graphics terminal emulator) and Avalon Hill (for an adaptation of one of their board games) when our "day jobs" separated us. We were suddenly spread from NJ to Boston, Florida and England. The partnership dissolved into a sole proprietorship and eventually became inactive. We now refer to this venture (with mixed nostalgia and regret) as Overkill "Classic".
Overkill UK, Ltd. was formed in 1991, first as an invoicing mechanism and then approved by the Civil Aviation Authority in 1992 to bid contracts at the London Air Traffic Control Centre. John became the first full-time employee, followed immediately by Corrine.
Overkill US was formed in March of '93 allowing us to bid on contracts at the Hughes FAA Technical Center in NJ. Our status as Guice Associates has enabled us to participate in a number of successful programs in the US, UK and Republic of China.
Bill and John have been a part of each incarnation of Overkill to date.
For further information, see The History.
It is an age-old company tradition to gather several times a year for an evening of ridicule and humiliation in the form of "friendly competition".
Cosmic Encounter has provided some entertaining (and nearly violent) evenings. Foosball, Star Trek, and other board and card games are played upon occasion.
On the computer side, 5 or more networked machines allow some intense games of Quake. Unreal and Starfleet Command are looking promising, as is the possibility of additional machines (if only all of our employees could afford notebooks...).
At some of our game nights, we've had the privilege of alpha- and beta- testing various new board and computer games including an unreleased Cosmic Encounter expansion and several Quake enhancements.
We used to have Christmas/Hannuka/Kwanzaa/Candlemas/Festivus dinner at the Philadelphia Dave and Buster's, but as they're particularly uncooperative for small businesses (and we now have more pinball machines than they do), we decided to change venues each year.
Here are pics from the 1997, 1999 and 2001 dinners. Pictures from 1998 and 2003 were lost, the 2000 dinner never actually happened, (2002 pictures may eventually surface here) and no one bothered to take pictures of the 2005 party (in 2006) and 2007 pictures will be here shortly. I hope you were paying attention, this WILL be on the final.
See also the Arcade
Overkill.