Jonathan M. "Joffa" Smith (1 February 1967 – 26 June 2010) was a British games programmer, best known for his titles for the ZX Spectrum. His games were...
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Albans Jonathan Smith (games programmer) (1967–2010), British games programmer Jonathan Smith (psychologist), British psychology professor Johnny Smith (disambiguation)...
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Mike Follin (category British computer programmers)
classics, with Jonathan Smith as his favorite programmer. Follin's Spectrum conversion of The Sentinel was considered by fellow programmers as one of the...
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This is a list of programmers notable for their contributions to software, either as original author or architect, or for later additions. All entries...
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The Witness (2016 video game) (category 2016 video games)
movement could be separated from the body movement, according to programmer Andrew Smith. The design and layout of the island in The Witness has been nearly...
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Batman: The Caped Crusader (category 1988 video games)
Crusader is an action-adventure game developed by Special FX Software (Jonathan Smith, Zach Townsend, Charles Davies, and Keith Tinman) and published by Ocean...
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Virginia (video game) (category 505 Games games)
the disappearance of a boy in rural Virginia. The game was directed by Jonathan Burroughs and Terry Kenny, with music composed by Lyndon Holland. Burroughs...
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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War (category THQ games)
real-time strategy video game developed by Relic Entertainment and based on Games Workshop's tabletop wargame Warhammer 40,000. It was released by THQ on...
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Space Hulk: Deathwing (category Video games based on board games)
games, to include massive space ship interiors such as a cathedral. The story is co-written by Gav Thorpe, a longtime Games Workshop author and games...
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Indie Game Jam (category Indie games)
designer-programmers, the event featured a shared game engine technology and worked on by other designer-programmers for a single long weekend. The games resulting...
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gains central primacy. In 2012, Guardian art critic Jonathan Jones published an article arguing that games are more like a playground and not art. Jones also...
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functional code but also "non-functional, internal comments Epic Games' programmers had left for themselves". As a result, on November 7, 2012, Silicon...
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The Curse of Monkey Island (category 1997 video games)
the prior games, and took new directions in graphics and gameplay: The art has a cartoon-like cel animation style, and the previous games' verb command...
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Alien: Isolation (category 2014 video games)
manufacturing on 9 September 2014. It is dedicated to Simon Franco, a programmer who died during development. Alien: Isolation was first unveiled on 12...
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Eurogamer. Retrieved October 12, 2017. Ore, Jonathan (October 29, 2017). "Loot box brouhaha: Are video games becoming too much like gambling?". CBC. Retrieved...
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their abilities. Thus, programmers of mainframe games focused on strategy and puzzle-solving mechanics over pure action. Notable games of the period include...
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Vixen (video game) (category 1988 video games)
offer". Computer & Video Games, praised the graphics, particularly on the Atari ST, but criticised the playability. The Games Machine rated the game from...
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id Software to program parts of the video game Quake. Using QuakeC, a programmer is able to customize Quake to great extents by adding weapons, changing...
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Jeffrey Wright (section Video games)
Valentin Narcisse in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire (2013–2014) and robot programmer Bernard Lowe in the HBO series Westworld (2016–2022), the latter of which...
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Club Drive (category 1994 video games)
and objectives for competitive play. Club Drive was conceived by lead programmer Todd Powers. The game was intended to feature online play via the Jaguar...
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Lucy Sibbick, Oscar Winner FE Smith (1872–1930), Lord Chancellor Matthew Smith (born 1966), 80s computer game programmer Jay Spearing (born 1988), footballer...
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Necromunda: Hired Gun (category 2021 video games)
On Studio and published by Focus Home Interactive. The game is based on Games Workshop's 1995 tabletop game Necromunda. It is set in the Warhammer 40...
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Battlezone II: Combat Commander (category 1999 video games)
0 ed.). Activision. Level/area: Fanning the Fire. Snyder, Jonathan. "Battlezone II: The Programmer" (PDF). Battlezone Magazine. Vol. 1, no. 1. p. 4. Archived...
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Last Stop (video game) (category 2021 video games)
combined final chapter. John Smith, a middle-aged father to daughter, Molly Smith, and Jack Smith (no relation), a young programmer that lives in a nearby building...
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Colossal Cave Adventure (category 1976 video games)
pp. 56–57 Lessard, Jonathan (2013). "Adventure before adventure games: a new look at Crowther and Woods's seminal program". Games and Culture. 8 (3):...
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Trevor McFur in the Crescent Galaxy (category 1993 video games)
Crescent Galaxy was produced by James "Purple" Hampton, who designed it with programmer Eric Ginner and art director Susan G. McBride. The project entered development...
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Panzer Corps 2 (category Flashback Games games)
Panzer Corps 2 is a computer wargame developed by Flashback Games and published by Slitherine Software for Windows on March 19, 2020. It is a sequel to...
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Saints Row (2022 video game) (category 2022 video games)
the end of the franchise". GamesRadar+. Archived from the original on August 23, 2022. Retrieved August 23, 2022. Lee, Jonathan (August 22, 2022). "'Saints...
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Atomfall (category 2025 video games)
(21 March 2025). "Atomfall review". PC Gamer. Retrieved 21 March 2025. Smith, Nat (27 March 2025). "Atomfall review - a survival sandbox built on the...
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Sonic CD (category 1993 video games)
positioned Sega as Nintendo's main rival in the console market. The lead programmer, Yuji Naka, dissatisfied with Sega of Japan's rigid corporate policies...
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