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David Perry with a miniature of Earthworm Jim.

David Perry (born 1967) is a Northern Irish game developer who has created dozens of computer games, the best known of which include Earthworm Jim, MDK, Messiah , Wild 9 and Enter the Matrix. He also founded Shiny Entertainment, where he worked from 1993-2006. The company created games for many internationally-known brands and companies, including Disney, 7 Up, McDonald's, Orion Pictures, and Warner Bros. [1] Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... “Computer and video games” redirects here. ... A television program (US), television programme (UK) or simply television show is a segment of programming in television broadcasting. ... This article is about the television series. ... Dave Perry. ... The name David Perry could mean: David Perry (b. ... ImageMetadata File history File links David_Perry. ... ImageMetadata File history File links David_Perry. ... For the cartoon series, see Earthworm Jim (TV series). ... This article is about the Northern Irish as an ethnic group. ... A game developer is a person or business involved in game development, the process of designing and creating games. ... For the cartoon series, see Earthworm Jim (TV series). ... MDK is a third-person shooter game developed by Shiny Entertainment and released in 1997 by Interplay for the PC, Macintosh, and PlayStation. ... Messiah is a third person shooter video game developed by Shiny and published by Interplay. ... Enter the Matrix is the first video game based on the Matrix series. ... Shiny Entertainment is a video game developer based in Newport Beach, CA, and is the creator of several hits such as Earthworm Jim and Enter The Matrix. ... The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ... This article is about a soft drink. ... McDonalds Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the worlds largest chain of fast-food restaurants, primarily selling hamburgers, chicken, french fries, milkshakes and soft drinks. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Warner Bros. ...

Biography

Perry was born in April, 1967 in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, growing up in the towns of Templepatrick and Donegore in County Antrim, attending Templepatrick Primary School and then Methodist College Belfast. Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Ulster County: District: Lisburn UK Parliament: Lagan Valley European Parliament: Northern Ireland Dialling Code: (+44) 02892 Post Town: Lisburn Postal District(s): BT27, BT28 Population (2001) 71,465 Website: www. ... Northern Ireland (Irish: ) is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... Templepatrick is a large village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, about 10 miles northwest of Belfast, and approximately equidistant from the towns of Ballyclare and Antrim. ... Donegore is a parish, a hill, and a hamlet in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. ... Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Antrim Area: 2,844 km² Population (est. ... Methodist College Belfast, styled locally as Methody, is a voluntary grammar school in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ...

He began writing computer game programming books in 1982 at the age of 15, creating his own games for the Sinclair ZX81. According to an interview with the BBC, Perry recalls that his first game was a driving game, "a black blob avoiding other black blobs", which he wrote and sent to a magazine, which printed it. He sent them more games and they sent him a check for GBP£450—a bit of a problem for a teenager who did not yet have a bank account. His work continued though, until he was offered a job making just £3,500/year. ZX81 logo The Sinclair ZX81 home computer, released by Sinclair Research in 1981, was the follow up to the companys ZX80. ... “GBP” redirects here. ...

At the age of 17, he moved to London, where he developed games for publishers such as Elite Systems, Mirrorsoft, and Virgin Games, working on titles such as The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Terminator. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Elite Systems is a UK video game developer. ... Mirrorsoft was game software publish in the United Kingdom it was owned by Mirror Group Newspapers. ... Virgin Interactive was a successful and influential British video game publisher. ... The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video games have been produced since 1989, largely by Japanese video game manufacturer Konami. ... The Terminator (also known as Terminator in some early trailers and posters) is a 1984 science fiction/action film featuring former bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger in what would become his best-known role, and also starred Linda Hamilton and Michael Biehn. ...

In 1991, he moved to the United States to work for the American division of Virgin Games, leading the development teams for several award-winning products, including Disney's Aladdin, 7-UP's Cool Spot, and McDonald's Global Gladiators. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ... Disneys Aladdin was a video game based on the 1992 motion picture of the same name, released in the 16-bit era. ... 7 Up is a brand of a lemon-lime flavored non-caffeinated soft drink. ... // 7up Mascot In the first half of the 1990s, the red spot in the 7Up logo was given arms, legs a mouth, and sunglasses and served as the mascot of the popular soft drink in the United States. ... McDonalds Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the worlds largest chain of fast-food restaurants, primarily selling hamburgers, chicken, french fries, milkshakes and soft drinks. ... Global Gladiators (or alternatively Mick and Mack: Global Gladiators) is a platform game released for the Sega Master System and Sega Genesis. ...

On October 1, 1993, Perry formed his own company in Laguna Beach, California, Shiny Entertainment, naming the company after the song "Shiny Happy People" by R.E.M.. The company's first game Earthworm Jim was a hit, selling millions of copies on multiple platforms, including Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo and PC. The title character, an "average worm" who stumbled upon a magical suit which turned him into a superhero, became immensely popular, and spawned a variety of other types of merchandise: action figures, comic books, and a syndicated television cartoon series on the Warner Kids Network, with the title character voiced on the show by Dan Castellaneta (also known as the voice behind Homer Simpson). Location of Laguna Beach within Orange County, California. ... Shiny Happy People is a song by the band R.E.M. It appeared on their 1991 album Out of Time and was released as a single in the same year. ... This article is about the band. ... For the cartoon series, see Earthworm Jim (TV series). ... The Mega Drive/Genesis was a 16-bit video game console released by Sega in Japan (1988), Europe (1990) and most of the rest of the world as the Mega Drive. ... The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, also known as Super Nintendo, Super NES or SNES, is a 16-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Brazil, Europe, and Australia. ... An action figure is a posable plastic figurine of an action hero, superhero or a character from a movie or television program. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... Daniel Louis Castellaneta (born October 29, 1957) is an Emmy award winning American voice actor, actor and comedian best known for providing the voice of Homer Simpson and other characters on the long-running FOX animated series The Simpsons. ... Homer Jay Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons voiced by Dan Castellaneta. ...

In 2002, Shiny Entertainment was acquired by Atari, Inc. in a US$47M deal, with Perry signed to a longterm contract to continue on as President. Also in 2002, Perry collaborated with the Wachowski Brothers on games in coordination with their Matrix series of movies. [2] 2002 2002 in games 2001 in video gaming 2003 in video gaming Notable events of 2002 in video gaming. ... For the concept Atari (当たり) in the board game of Go, see Atari (go term). ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... Laurence Larry Wachowski (born June 21, 1965) and Andrew Andy Wachowski (born December 29, 1967) are American film directors and writers most famous for creating The Matrix series. ... The Matrix series consists primarily of three films, The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. ...

In May 2006, Perry then formed a company called GameConsultants.com, a consultancy firm planning to offer executive level video game industry advice.[3]

In August 2006, Perry announced that he is Directing an MMORPG called 2Moons, to be published by Acclaim Inc. This title is due to be released 1st QTR of 2007.

In September 2006, Perry then formed a company called GameInvestors.com, a business to business company to help video game development teams get funded.

In October 2006, Perry announced that he is Directing the first club style Dancing MMO for the United States PC Online Market, this title called DANCE!, due for release in the first quarter of 2007.

Perry is on the advisory board for the Game Developers Conference, and has spoken at industry venues such as E3, CES, Hollywood and Games, Digital Hollywood, iHollywood, the Game Developers Conference, SIGGRAPH, Entertainment in the Interactive Age, What Teens Want, TED 2006 [4], The Banff Summit, IGDA Meetings, as well as at major universities such as USC, and MIT [5]. In 2006 he co-hosted the annual Game Developers Choice Awards with Tommy Tallarico. The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is the largest annual gathering of professional video game developers, focusing on learning, inspiration, and networking. ... E³ logo The Electronic Entertainment Expo, commonly known as E³, was an annual trade show for the computer and video games industry presented by the Entertainment Software Association. ... The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is a trade show held each January in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association. ... SIGGRAPH 2005 official logo SIGGRAPH (short for Special Interest Group in Graphics) is the name of the annual conference on computer graphics convened by the ACM SIGGRAPH organization. ... The Trojan Shrine, better known as Tommy Trojan located in the center of University of Southern California campus. ... Mapúa Institute of Technology (MIT, MapúaTech or simply Mapúa) is a private, non-sectarian, Filipino tertiary institute located in Intramuros, Manila. ... The Game Developers Conference has annually hosted the Game Developers Choice Awards presented by the International Game Developers Association for outstanding developers of video game entertainment since 2001. ... Tommy Tallarico Tommy Tallarico (born on February 18, 1968) is an American video game music composer. ...

Works

Perry has released an open source reference book (the first of its kind) in Wiki format for game developers to help create with him. David Perry Game Design Reference Book

On Feb 23rd, 2007 Perry announced the development of an MMOG with Acclaim Games, codenamed Top Secret. He announced that the creation of the game content would be made by the community who signs up into the team. The project has over 33,000 team members and is being covered by press around the world. The prize to a single individual will be to become (regardless of prior experience) the Director of a future Acclaim MMO title. This person will earn royalties from any games they direct for Acclaim. The goal for the prize was to create a competition with the biggest career boost seen in our industry. As they are going to be thrown in at the deep end, David Perry has even offered himself as an Executive Producer, available to make sure things keep moving forward for them. The others receive credit for the work they put into the game & experience working in a major title. Some get promoted to senior positions like Advisory Board or Moderator and some have already been hired into professional jobs (David Perry made his first hire within 7 days right out of the forums.) The site is being monitored closely by Headhunters who also make themselves available to answer questions and who are on the lookout for talent that surfaces during the development of the project. The net result should be the biggest team in the world making the first major community game together, the biggest career boost prize in gaming history, and a lot of spin-off teams and jobs for the talent that can demonstrate significant talent. A massive multiplayer online game (MMOG) is a type of computer game that enables hundreds or thousands of players to simultaneously interact in a game world they are connected to via the Internet. ... Acclaim Games, based in Beverly Hills, California, is a private online video game company that offers free MMORPG games on its website upon registration. ... Top Secret is the codename of a Massively multiplayer online game directed by David Perry with Acclaim Games developing the game. ...

NOTE: This has been updated as there have been major mis-understandings what the terms of the prizes are. For more detail just vist www.videogameteam.com

Perry has worked on many titles, including:

Games

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References

• http://www.disposablemedia.co.uk - Online Interview with Disposable Media (Issue 8)
• BBC, "Top developer's code for success", July 4, 2003
• IMDB entry for David Perry
• Official Shiny Entertainment website
• DPerry.com (David Perry's official site) (official biography)
• DPFILES.COM Talent Pool Forum
• Smart computing, "The Emerald Isle’s ‘Shiny,’ Happy Game Developer", October 2000
• Gamedev.net Interview
• Eurogamer.net Interview
• Eurogamer.net "Dave Perry resigns from Shiny", February 20, 2006

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External links

• http://www.disposablemedia.co.uk - Online Interview with Disposable Media (Issue 8)
• David Perry profile on MobyGames
• http://www.dperry.com DPERRY.COM - Built to help new Talent into the Video Game Industry.
• http://www.dpchat.com DPCHAT.COM - Built to let new Talent discuss the Video Game Industry.
• http://www.dpfiles.com/dpfileswiki DPWIKI - Built to let new Talent collaborate on projects.
• http://www.gameconsultants.com GameConsultants.com - Perry's company formed in 2006
• Project Top Secret