Antony Crowther
Born (1965-05-10) 10 May 1965
Sheffield, United Kingdom
OccupationSoftware developer
Known forCommodore 64 games

Antony Crowther is a former designer, programmer, and musician of Commodore 64 games. During the 1980s he worked for Alligata, Gremlin Graphics and later his own company, Wizard Development.[1]

Career

The first computer game he created was a version of the board game Mastermind, which was written for the PET 4032.[2] Following the acquisition of a VIC-20 Crowther began to learn machine code and wrote several games which he showed to software house Superior Systems.[2] The company gave him a Commodore 64 on loan which he utilised to produce his first commercial title, Lunar Lander. He gained high status among C64 users in the mid 1980s with his highly prolific output, developing complete professional games in only two weeks.[3] Crowther teamed up with fellow C64 musician, Ben Daglish, forming W.E.M.U.S.I.C., which stood for "We Make Use of Sound In Computers".[4]

More recently, Crowther has worked on games for consoles such as the PlayStation and Xbox ranges.

List of games

YearNamePlatformPublisher
1983 Aztec TombC64Alligata
Bat Attack
Bug Blaster
Blagger
Damsel in Distress
1984 GryphonC64Quicksilva
KillerwattAlligata
Loco
Potty PigeonGremlin
Wanted: Monty Mole
Son of BlaggerAlligata
1985 KettleC64
Suicide ExpressGremlin
TrapAlligata
1986 Black ThunderC64Quicksilva
Killer RingAriolasoft
William WobblerWizard Development
1987 Challenge of the GobotsC64Ariolasoft
Centurions
Zig ZagMirrorsoft
1988 BombuzalC64; Amiga; Atari ST; PC; Super Famicom/SNES
Fernandez Must DieC64; Amiga; Atari ST
1989 PhobiaC64; Amiga; Atari STImage Works
1990 Captive Amiga; Atari ST; PCMindscape
1991 Captain Planet and the Planeteers Amiga; Atari ST
1992 Knightmare
1994 Liberation: Captive 2Amiga; CD32
1996 NormalityPCGremlin
1997 Realms of the HauntingPCGremlin
1999 N2O: Nitrous OxidePS
2000 Wacky Races Dreamcast; PS2Infogrames
2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban PC; PS2; Xbox; GameCube; GBAElectronic Arts
2005 Battlefield 2: Modern CombatPS2; Xbox; Xbox 360; PSP
2008 Burnout ParadisePS3; Xbox 360; PC
2008 ZuboDS
2009 Trivial PursuitPS2; PS3; Xbox 360; Wii; PC
2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1PS3; Xbox 360; Wii; PC
2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2PS3; Xbox 360; Wii; PC

References

Notes
  1. ↑ "Commodore Auteur". Gameological Society. 5 February 2013. Archived from the original on 16 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  2. 1 2 "The Big Crowther Interview - Zzap Issue 1".
  3. ↑ "Cheating's more fun! (Interview with Tony Crowther)". Personal Computer Games (8): 63. July 1984.
  4. ↑ Antony Crowther interview at Amiga Lore


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