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Name
  
Stephen Crow

Awards
  
Best Programmer

Role
  
Video Game Designer

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Stephen Crow (born 1965 in Hadlow, Kent) (also known as Stephen J. Crow, Steve Crow, and Steve J. Crow) is a game programmer who worked in the 1980s on the ZX Spectrum platform, programming for companies such as Hewson Consultants and Bubble Bus Software. He also worked with members of the Graftgold team. More recently, he was the lead artist working for Monkeytropolis, a game company that is no longer active.

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Recognition

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Crow was elected "Best Programmer Of The Year" in 1986 by the readers of CRASH. He was also voted best programmer of the year at the 1985 Golden Joystick Awards.

ZX Spectrum titles

  • Laser Snaker (1983), Poppy Soft
  • Factory Breakout (1984), Poppy Soft
  • Starquake (1985), Bubble Bus Software
  • Wizard's Lair (1985), Bubble Bus Software
  • Firelord (1986), Hewson Consultants Ltd.
  • Uridium (1986), Hewson Consultants Ltd.
  • Uridium+ (1987), Hewson Consultants Ltd.
  • Zynaps (1987), Hewson Consultants Ltd.
  • Eliminator (1988), Hewson Consultants Ltd.
  • Heavy Metal (1990), US Gold Ltd.

    • c64 titles

  • Marauder (1988), Hewson Consultants Ltd.
  • Turbo Outrun (1989), U.S. Gold Ltd.
  • Savage (1989), Firebird Software
  • Mr. Heli (1989), Firebird Software Ltd.
  • Golden Axe (1990), Virgin Games, Inc.
  • Chase H.Q. II: Special Criminal Investigation (1990), Ocean Software Ltd.

    • Other platforms

  • Global Gladiators (1993), Virgin Games, Inc.
  • Disney's Aladdin (1993), Sega Enterprises Ltd.
  • Cool Spot (1993), Virgin Games, Inc.
  • Walt Disney's The Jungle Book (1994), Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc.
  • Earthworm Jim (1994), Playmates Interactive Entertainment, Inc.
  • Earthworm Jim Special Edition (1995), Interplay Entertainment Corp.
  • Earthworm Jim 2 (1995), Playmates Interactive Entertainment, Inc.
  • Skullmonkeys (1998), Electronic Arts, Inc.
  • BoomBots (1999), SouthPeak Games, LLC
  • Metal Arms: Glitch in the System (2003), Sierra Entertainment, Inc., Vivendi Universal Games, Inc.
  • World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (2007), Blizzard Entertainment Inc.

    • References

    Stephen Crow Wikipedia
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