Stephen Crow
Stephen Crow (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 rose to prominence with the releases of Wizard's Lair and Starquake. He also worked with members of the Graftgold team. In 2007 he was the lead artist working for the now-defunct Monkeytropolis. He wrote his first game using a Research Machines 380Z. In 1986, his favorite games were Missile Command, Defender and Knight Lore.
Recognition
Crow was voted best programmer of the year at the 1985 Golden Joystick Awards and best programmer of the year in 1986 by the readers of Crash and Sinclair User. He was the runner-up on Amtix{{'}}s 1986 reader poll for best programmer.
ZX Spectrum
- Laser Snaker (1983), Poppy Soft
- Factory Breakout (1984), Poppy Soft
- Wizard's Lair (1985), Bubble Bus Software
- Starquake (1985), Bubble Bus Software
- Firelord (1986), Hewson
- Uridium (1986), Hewson
- Uridium+ (1987), Hewson
- Zynaps (1987), Hewson
- Eliminator (1988), Hewson
- Heavy Metal (1990), US Gold
Commodore 64
- Marauder (1988), Hewson
- Turbo Outrun (1989), U.S. Gold
- Savage (1989), Firebird Software
- Mr. Heli (1989), Firebird Software
- Golden Axe (1990), Virgin Games
- Chase H.Q. II: Special Criminal Investigation (1990), Ocean Software
Other platforms
- Global Gladiators (1993), Virgin Games
- Disney's Aladdin (1993), Sega Enterprises
- Cool Spot (1993), Virgin Games
- Walt Disney's The Jungle Book (1994), Virgin Interactive Entertainment
- Earthworm Jim (1994), Playmates Interactive
- Earthworm Jim Special EDition (1995), Interplay Entertainment
- Earthworm Jim 2 (1995), Playmates Interactive
- Skullmonkeys (1998), Electronic Arts
- BoomBots (1999), SouthPeak Games
- Metal Arms: Glitch in the System (2003), Sierra Entertainment, Vivendi Universal Games
- World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (2007), Blizzard Entertainment
External links
- Stephen Crow at MobyGames
- Stephen J. Crow at Spectrum Computing
- Steve Crow at Lemon64