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Matthew Smith (born 1966) is a British computer game programmer. He is best known for his games Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy for the ZX Spectrum, released in 1983 and 1984 respectively. 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...
A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ...
A game programmer is a software engineer who primarily develops computer or video games or related software (such as game development tools). ...
Manic Miner is a classic platform game originally written for the ZX Spectrum by Matthew Smith and released by Bug-Byte in 1983 (later re-released by Software Projects). ...
Jet Set Willy is a computer game for the ZX Spectrum home computer. ...
The ZX Spectrum is a home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd. ...
1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
He was born in London, but his family moved around a great deal, finally ending up in Wallasey. He started out programming on a TRS-80. His first commercial game was a Galaxian clone for the TRS-80 called Delta Tower One. He then went on to produce a game on the VIC-20 called Monster Muncher. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
Wallasey is a large town on the mouth of the River Mersey, at the north-eastern corner of the Wirral. ...
Computer programming (often shortened to programming or coding) is the process of writing, testing, and maintaining the source code of computer programs. ...
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Galaxian is a 1979 fixed shooter arcade game by Namco. ...
The VIC-20 (Germany: VC-20; Japan: VIC-1001) is an 8-bit home computer. ...
He obtained a ZX Spectrum on loan from Bug-Byte Software Ltd. in return for a contract to make three games. The first of these was Styx in 1983. Bug-Byte Software Ltd. ...
For the computer game by Windmill software, see Styx (game). ...
He wrote Manic Miner in just six weeks and it was an instant success. While many games at the time were quite basic and amateur, Manic Miner was an addictive platform game with in-game music (a first for the ZX Spectrum). The sequel, Jet Set Willy, took considerably longer to write and was an even bigger success. Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy are two of the most famous and popular computer games of all time in the U.K. A simple platform sequence from the game Wonder Boy Platform game, or platformer, is a video game genre characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles. ...
After the creation of Jet Set Willy he started work on The Mega Tree for publication by his company Software Projects. Unlike his previous two hits The Mega Tree was not developed for the ZX Spectrum but the Commodore 64. The project failed to gain traction and was abandoned three months into development. Two projects for the ZX Spectrum were also never finished; Attack of the Mutant Zombie Flesh Eating Chickens From Mars and Miner Willy Meets The Taxman. A software publisher is a publishing company in the software industry between the developer and the distributor. ...
Software Projects was the name of a computer game development company run by Manic Miner developer Matthew Smith. ...
The Commodore 64 is the best-selling single personal computer model of all time. ...
Attack of the Mutant Zombie Flesh Eating Chickens From Mars (AOTMZFECFM) was a computer game advertized by Software Projects in 1987, but never released. ...
Smith closed Software Projects in 1988 without completing any more programs and "vanished" for a while. He was living in a Dutch commune from around 1995 but was deported from the Netherlands in October of 1997 and returned to Britain. He subsequently "reappeared" on the Internet in the late 1990s. He said he was "surprised and flattered"[1] at the amount of attention and speculation he'd attracted on the Internet. 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A Commune is a kind of intentional community where most resources are shared and there is little or no personal property. ...
1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The 1990s decade refers to the years from the start of 1990 to the end of 1999. ...
In 1999 Smith returned to the UK video game industry by taking a job at Dewsbury-based computer game developer Runecraft. Unfortunately, the company went into receivership and thus only one new game (Scrabble for the Game Boy Color) appeared. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
The computer and video game industry is the economic sector involved with the development, marketing and sale of video and computer games. ...
Dewsbury is a town in the county of West Yorkshire, England, to the west of Wakefield, in the borough of Kirklees. ...
A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video games. ...
Runecraft was a software design and development studio, specializing in brand-led video games. ...
The verb to scrabble also means to scratch, scramble or scrape about: see Wiktionary:scrabble. ...
The Game Boy Color (also referred to as GBC) is Nintendos successor to the Game Boy and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan and in November of 1998 in the United States. ...
In 2000, he appeared on a British television documentary programme called Thumb Candy about the history of video games in which, in a brief interview, he discussed Manic Miner and his 1980s career with Iain Lee. He has also attended, and given talks at, retrogaming conventions during this decade. 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Thumb Candy Doumentary made in 2000 about games history. ...
The 1980s refers to the years of and between 1980 and 1989. ...
Iain Lee (born 9 June 1973) is a radio and television presenter. ...
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The 8-bit coding figure of the 1980s is working on producing new games, and according to recent interviews, has been involved in mobile versions of his original games.
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