where are they NOW, the classic games programmers of yesteryear

[carmel_andrews]

for example

 

Herbert Wright...Logotron/Xor

 

Mike Singleton...Doomdarks revenge, midwinter etc

 

Rafael Cecco...Exolon/Cybernoid 1 & 2 and other hewson games

 

Mark or Mike Cale...system 3 (IK/IK+/Bangkock knights etc)

 

 

John M Philips... Impossaball/Nebulas/Ammo track

 

David Broadhurst... Ghosts/goblins, ghouls/ghosts

 

David Threlfall...Bubble Bobble

 

Doug Neubauer/Fernando Herrera...Star Raiders (Boulderdash A8 version *FH)

 

Donna Bailey ...Centipede (Coin op version)

 

Carol Shaw (me thinks)...River Raid (c64/A8)

 

Chris Gray/grey... Boulderdash and Whirlinurd and others

 

Greg Christensen/son...Caverns or Mars 1 & 2

 

Anne Westfall/John freeman (freefall assoc's)...Archon/Archon 2

 

Bill Budge....Raster Blaster and Pinball construction Kit/set

 

Paul Woakes... Mercenary/Damocles/Encounter (Novagen)

 

Mathew Trimby...Slingshot/Crystal raiders (A8)

 

Anita Sinclair...Magnetic Scrolls (myth, corruption, fish, the pawn, jinxster etc)

 

Steve Bak (can't remember the s/w house) gold runner, karate kid, dogs of wars etc

 

Tony Crowther...Any of the monty mole series of games

 

Chris Murray (tynesoft/cognito/zeppelin)...Mirax force, transmuter, who dares wins (with Brian joplin) all A8

 

Brian Joplin (as above), Zybex, WDW, Speed ace, Draconus etc

 

David fox... Koronis rift/Ball blazer/ rescue on fractulas etc (activision/lucasfilm)

 

The Carver Brothers/twins (bruce/roger)....Raide over moscow (also known as raid) beach head series, leaderboard

 

Geoff Brown ...Founder of US Gold

 

Ed Saldo/Salvo.... Skeet shoot/Space chase etc and others on VCS (games by appolo/apollo)

 

David Braben....Acornsoft's Elite (BBC)

 

Dominic Wheatley/Mark Strachan...founders of Domark

 

Lyle Rains....Atari (had the idea that led to 'Asteroids')

 

John Palevic/Palevich...Dandy Dungeons, a precursor to 'gauntlet' (A8)

 

Chris Crawford....Eastern Fornt (APX/Atari) and Balance of Power '90 (Mindscape)

 

Sid Meier/Bill Stealey...Microprose (f15 strike eagle, Silent service, acrojet, gunship, solo flight etc)

 

Ed Rotberg...Battlezone (Coin op version) Atari

 

Gary Kitchen, John Van Ryzin, David Crane, Bob Whitehead etc...Early Activision Programmers

 

Al Alcorn... Built and designed Atari's 'pong' coin op game

 

Tony Rainbird... Founder of Rainbird software

 

Ed logg...Programmer and designer of Asteroid's and Gauntlet (Coin op version) Atari/Atari games

 

The Austin/Austen Brothers...Level 9 (Adventure games) software

 

Steve Russell...Space War (original text version)

 

 

 

 

...any more for any more

[Dusk2600]

i will be willing to bet some are deceased...

[Pixelboy]

Collect (and read) all the issues of Retro Gamer magazine, and you'll find the answer for some of those names.

[Michael_]

David Braben´s running Frontier Developments:

 

http://www.frontier.co.uk/home.html

[Cybergoth]

The Carver Brothers/twins (bruce/roger)....Raide over moscow (also known as raid) beach head series, leaderboard

 

Bruce Carver died last year

[Malc74]

He's not on your list, but you might like to know that Speccy programming legend Joffa Smifff (Hypersports, Green Beret, Cobra, etc) is actually writing a new Spectrum game!

[carmel_andrews]

here's a few more

 

Paul Nichols....Spindizzy

 

Jeff 'the yak' Minter...'mutant camel' series, colourspace, trip o tron , llama tron etc

 

Dan Bunton (also known as Danielle Bunton)...Various US A8/c64 games

 

William Mattaca/Mattaka.... Shamus/Shamus 2

 

Steve Coleman...Rainbow Walker and Ninja (mastertronic/sculptured software)

 

Philip price...Alternate Reality series (did he also do 'tail of beta lyrae')

 

John Williams.... Jet boot jack and timeslip and other English software titles (a8/c64)

 

Tony Goacher/Goucher...Warcopter/Mad Jax and various A8 games (Red Rat)

 

Steven Mc illwie (or whatever his family name was)...various budget label A8 games (very crap)

 

Howard Warshaw....for the crapiest game Atari ever put out on their own platform(s)....ET

 

John Brandwood or Brandfoot...Various 8it games for Ocean (UK) ...now owned by the infogrammes/atari juggernault

 

I was told that Greg Christensen (Caverns of mars 1/2) had a hand in programming the A8 version of last starfighter/star raiders 2

 

Jez San (and argonalt software)...Starglider 1/2

 

Rob Fulop....Demon attack and other vcs games for imagic (US)

 

Steven Langren/landrun...Various Atari lynx games (epyx/atari)

 

Steven Hales... Fort Appocoypse and Dimension X (A8)

 

Stavros Faustolas....Quedox/quedex...Thalamus (c64)

 

Warren Robinnet....Adventure (VCS)...also coded the first 'easter egg' in a computer/video game

 

Any more for any more

[p_b]

Danielle or Dan Bunten unfortunately died

[jaybird3rd]

Have you ever heard of this little thing called Google? It would give you the information you want on about half of the people on your lists within a few minutes.

[Michael_]

Howard Warshaw....for the crapiest game Atari ever put out on their own platform(s)....ET

 

I *WAS* going to help you out further, but after this....sheesh!

Use google.

[Cybergoth]

Have you ever heard of this little thing called Google? It would give you the information you want on about half of the people on your lists within a few minutes.

 

Actually it wouldn't, because of all the errors and false spelling

[+Mr Robot]

I just saw this and was very sad about it.

 

https://twitter.com/JazRignall/status/961319866614583296