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Archer MacLean

Archer MacLean is a British

United Kingdom

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computer games programmer

Game programmer

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He is the author of such titles as Dropzone
Dropzone

Dropzone is a shoot 'em up video game developed by Arena Graphics in 1984 in video gaming. It is a bi-directional, horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up in the style of Defender ....
, International Karate
International Karate

International Karate is a 1986 in games karate computer game for the ZX Spectrum, MSX, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and Atari 8-bit family of computers....
and its sequel, IK+, which he developed for the Commodore 64

Commodore 64

The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer released by Commodore International in August, 1982, at a price of United States dollar595. Preceded by the Commodore VIC-20 and Commodore MAX Machine, the C64 features 64 kilobytes of Random-access memory with sound and graphics performance that were superior to IBM-compatible computers of tha...
but were ported

Porting

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to other systems. He is also known for his series of snooker

Snooker

Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a large baize-covered snooker table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions....
and pool

Billiards

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Archer MacLean is a British

United Kingdom

Game programmer

Commodore 64

Porting

Snooker

Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a large baize-covered snooker table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions....
and pool

Billiards

Cue sports are a wide variety of Game of skill generally played with a cue stick which is used to strike billiard balls, moving them around a Baize-covered billiards table bounded by rubber ....
games, which commenced with Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker in 1991.

Maclean's most recent title is Archer Maclean's Mercury
Archer Maclean's Mercury

Archer Maclean's Mercury is a video game for the PlayStation Portable, first released in April 2005 in North America. In Japan, the game was released under the name [Mercury ] Hydrium....
completed in 2005, before he left the studio for unknown reasons. The follow-up versions were Mercury Meltdown
Mercury Meltdown

Mercury Meltdown is a video game for the PlayStation Portable. It is the sequel to the 2005 title Archer Maclean's Mercury. Like the first game, the goal is to tilt the playing area and guide one or more blobs of mercury to the destination....
for the PlayStation Portable

PlayStation Portable

The PlayStation Portable is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. Development of the console was first announced during History of E3#During the Rise of Online Gaming , and it was unveiled on May 11, 2004 at a Sony press conference before E3 2004....
, Mercury Meltdown Remix
Mercury Meltdown

Mercury Meltdown is a video game for the PlayStation Portable. It is the sequel to the 2005 title Archer Maclean's Mercury. Like the first game, the goal is to tilt the playing area and guide one or more blobs of mercury to the destination....
for the PS2, and Mercury Meltdown Revolution
Mercury Meltdown Revolution

Mercury Meltdown Revolution is a Computer puzzle game video game developed and published by Ignition Entertainment for the Nintendo Wii. The game is part of a series of puzzle games including Mercury Meltdown and Archer Maclean's Mercury....
for the Wii

Wii

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His current activities in games development are unknown, after having left Awesome — the studio

Video game developer

A video game developer is a Computer software Software developer that creates video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game console, such as Sony's PlayStation 3, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Nintendo's Wii, or may develop for a variety of systems, including personal computers....
he helped found and establish — in July 2005.

Maclean currently writes a monthly column for Retro Gamer
Retro Gamer

Retro Gamer is a United Kingdom magazine, published worldwide, covering retro video games. It was the first commercial magazine to be devoted entirely to the subject....
magazine.

External links

from Halcyon Days
Halcyon Days (book)

Halcyon Days: Interviews with Classic Computer and Video Games Programmers is a digital book edited by James Hague and published in 1997. The book was originally formatted using HTML and sold via mail-order, shipped on a floppy disk by Dadgum Games for United States dollar$20....