Stephen Crow (game programmer)

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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. He then programmed for companies such as Hewson Consultants and Bubble Bus Software. Even if he wasn't in himself, he has worked with members of the Graftgold team, and has been elected "Best Programmer Of The Year" in 1986 by the readers of CRASH.[1] More recently, he was the lead artist working for Monkeytropolis, a game company that is no longer active.[2]

[edit] List of games

[ZX]

  • 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.
  • Zynaps (1987), Hewson Consultants Ltd.
  • Eliminator (1988), Hewson Consultants Ltd.


  • Turbo Outrun (1989), U.S. Gold Ltd.- not listed in game credits (?)
  • Savage (1989), Rainbird Software - not listed in game credits (?)
  • Mr. Heli (1989), Firebird Software Ltd. - not listed in game credits (?)
  • Overlord (1990), Virgin Mastertronic Ltd. - not found - not ZX?
  • Golden Axe (1990), Virgin Games, Inc. - not listed in game credits (?)
  • Chase H.Q. II: Special Criminal Investigation (1990), Ocean Software Ltd. - not listed in game credits - not ZX (?)

[not ZX]

[edit] References

  1. ^ The 1986 Crash Readers' Awards Best Programmer Retrieved on 2 August 2007
  2. ^ EWJ TGSMA Team - Steve Crow Retrieved on 17 July 2007