Darksiders 2
A GM-level role at Vigil Games that unexpectedly planted the seeds of a career change
Homefront
Development Director role on a first-person shooter with a unique premise and a dedicated team
50CENT Bulletproof
A story-driven action game with hip-hop's biggest star that pushed our team to its limits
Fight Club
Starting my own company and learning hard lessons about fighting games
Knockout Kings 2002
When success attracts corporate attention - the final BlackOps boxing game
Knockout Kings 2001
Making the jump to PlayStation 2 with Japanese docs and EA corporate processes
Knockout Kings 2000
Lead Programmer role on an N64 boxing game that taught me the value of small, empowered teams
FIFA 99
The game I started but didn't finish, as opportunity knocked from across the Pacific
World Cup 98
Leading the Nintendo 64 port of EA's World Cup 98 as a veteran programmer
Bubble Bobble Playstation 1
Bringing Bubble Bobble to next-gen consoles with actual arcade specs
Daffy Duck In Hollywood
Platform game featuring sophisticated sprite compression on Sega Genesis
Judge Dredd
Sega Genesis platform game based on the Stallone film, developed with Probe Software
Overdrive
An Amiga racing game pushing technical boundaries with 8-way scrolling and multiplayer
Assassin
Amiga action game published by Team 17, featuring 8-way scrolling and inspired by arcade classic Strider
Dojo Dan
A martial arts platform game that launched Psyonic Systems and taught hard lessons about working with publishers
Sly Spy Secret Agent
Arcade conversion that taught me image swizzling and expanded my role into managing multiple platforms
Ghouls 'N Ghosts
Converting Capcom's brutally difficult arcade classic to home computers
Bionic Commando
Porting Capcom's arcade hit with 8-way scrolling and an extendable arm to home computers
L.E.D. Storm
Fast-paced arcade conversion that taught me the art of smooth scrolling
Bubble Bobble
First professional game project at Software Creations - arcade conversion, suspicious interview incidents, and a Christmas Day bonus
Metranaut
My third and best C64 game with custom level editor - finally found a publisher who actually paid on time
C5 Clive
Converted this Spectrum game to C64 with no source code - learned reverse engineering and how to chase royalty payments
Mr Frosty and the Killer Penguins
My first published game at 17 - wrote it in a freezing Manchester bedroom, made less than £100