Steve Turner (game programmer)
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Steve Turner was a computer game musician and designer. His development team, Graftgold
, mostly wrote for games published by Hewson Consultants
during the 1980s.
He also wrote a series of articles for ZX Computing between August 1986 and January 1987, called The Professional Touch.
Graftgold
Graftgold was an independent computer game developer that came to prominence in the 1980s, producing numerous computer games on a variety of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit platforms.-The Hewson era:...
, mostly wrote for games published by Hewson Consultants
Hewson Consultants
Hewson Consultants were one of the smaller software companies which produced games for home computers in the mid 1980s. They had a reputation for high quality games which continually pushed the boundaries of what the computers were capable of and can be compared favourably with other...
during the 1980s.
He also wrote a series of articles for ZX Computing between August 1986 and January 1987, called The Professional Touch.
List of games
For Hewson Consultants:- 3D Space Wars (1983)
- 3D Seiddab Attack (1984)
- 3D Lunattack (1984)
- AvalonAvalon The 3D Adventure MovieAvalon The 3D Adventure Movie is a computer game released for the ZX Spectrum by Hewson Consultants in 1984. An arcade adventure, the game involved controlling Maroc the mage in his quest to destroy Avelach, Lord of Chaos. An unusual feature of the game was the fact that the player's character...
(1984) - Dragontorc (1985)
- Astroclone (1985)
- QuazatronQuazatronQuazatron is an action video game genre released in 1986 by Graftgold Ltd. It was designed by Steve Turner for the ZX Spectrum.-History:Quazatron was a Spectrum version of Paradroid, which was written by Graftgold partner Andrew Braybrook in 1985...
(1986) - RanaramaRanaramaRanarama is a top-down Gauntlet like action game developed by Graftgold in 1987 and published by Hewson Consultants. It was released for the Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum home computers. In 2004 it was featured as one of the games on the C64 Direct-to-TV...
(1987) - ZynapsZynapsZynaps is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up computer game published by Hewson Consultants for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 in 1987 and for the Atari ST in 1988 and the Amiga....
(1987) (music)
External links
- World of Sinclair entry, with links to interviews from ZX Computing and Sinclair UserSinclair UserSinclair User, often abbreviated SU, was a magazine dedicated to the Sinclair Research range of home computers, most specifically the ZX Spectrum...
. - Graftgold