David Perry (game developer)
| David Perry | |
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David Perry, 1996
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| Born |
April 4, 1967 Lisburn, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | Northern Irish |
| Occupation | Video game developer, programmer |
| Known for |
Shiny Entertainment Gaikai |
| Spouse(s) | Elaine Perry (28 July 2001 - present) |
David Perry (born April 4, 1967) is a Northern Irish video game developer and programmer. He became prominent for programming platform games for 16-bit home consoles in the early to mid 1990s, including Disney's Aladdin, Cool Spot, and Earthworm Jim. He founded Shiny Entertainment, where he worked from 1993 to 2006. Perry created games for companies such as Disney, 7 Up, McDonald's, Orion Pictures, and Warner Bros. In 2008 he was presented with an honorary doctorate from Queen's University Belfast for his services to computer gaming. He is co-founder of cloud-based games service Gaikai, which was acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment.
Perry was born in April 1967 in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, growing up in the towns of Templepatrick and Donegore in County Antrim, attending Templepatrick Primary School and then Methodist College Belfast.
He began writing computer game programming books in 1982 at the age of 15, creating his own games for the Sinclair ZX81. According to an interview with the BBC, Perry stated that his first game was a driving game, "a black blob avoiding other black blobs", which he wrote and sent to a magazine, which printed it. He sent them more games and they sent him a cheque for £450—a bit of a problem for a teenager who did not yet have a bank account. His work continued though, until he was offered a job making just £3,500/year as an apprentice to a veteran programmer who taught him how to do more advanced programming.
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