Jonathan Smith (games programmer)

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Jonathan 'Joffa' Smith is a British games programmer, most famous for his titles for the ZX Spectrum. His games^[1] were notable for containing a large number of sprites and parallax scrolling, features which were largely unknown on the Spectrum at the time. His most famous games include Cobra^[2], (which was a license extremely loosely based on a Sylvester Stallone film) one of the first Spectrum games to exhibit full-colour parallax scrolling and his critically acclaimed conversion of the arcade game Green Beret^[3].

Smith's name (as "Jonathan Smifff") inverted on the opening screen of Cobra

A notable "trademark" of Smith's was his habit of writing his name (with "Jonathan" and "Smith" spelled various ways) as a mirror-image in his games.

[edit] Notable releases

[edit] References

1. ^ van der Heide, Martijn. Sinclair Infoseek: Jonathan Smith [1]. World of Spectrum. Retrieved on 2006-08-12.
2. ^ (December 1986) "Cobra". CRASH (35): 140 - 141. Retrieved on 2006-08-12. 
3. ^ Smith, Rachael (June 1986). "Green Beret". Your Sinclair (6): 30. Retrieved on 2006-08-12. 

[edit] External links

• Joffa Smifff's homepage
• An interview conducted by ZX Specticle
• An interview at The Spectrum Golden Years

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