John Swiderski
| John Swiderski | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 15, 1975 Cleveland, Ohio, US |
| Occupation | Founder and CEO of Mean Hamster Software |
John Swiderski (born May 15, 1975 in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.) founded Mean Hamster Software in 1985 at the age of 10.
Swiderski was developing Commodore 64 games, and later Amiga games for the shareware market as lead programmer. John took a hiatus from programming in 1993 when Commodore went bankrupt and opened a retail computer store in Deer Park, Washington. In 1999, Swiderski began working on new Atari 5200 game cartridges for the newly popular retro-gaming surge. In 2004, Swiderski began work on Myst for Pocket PC as lead programmer. He also began working on several new game concepts as a Designer and Producer for the casual game market. Pet Shop Hop was released in 2008, followed by four more games in 2009.
John Swiderski was a board member of the WMMFA, the Washington Materials Management and Funding authority. A government appointed position where John currently serves as Chairman. The authority handles the entire electronics recycling program for Washington State.
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