Simon Cooke
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Simon Cooke in January 2009.
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August 10, 1975 Manchester, England |
| Residence | Seattle, Washington, United States |
| Nationality | English |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Education | BSc. Pure & Applied Physics with Electronic Engineering (hons), University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology |
| Occupation | Video Game Developer |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Employer | Xbox (Microsoft Corporation) |
| Notable work | Xbox One, The Suffering: Ties That Bind, This Is Vegas, Your Sinclair magazine, SAM Coupé home computer games and demo scene, Kinect, Lemmings (SAM Coupe), Prince of Persia (SAM Coupe port) |
| Home town | Sale, Greater Manchester, England |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) |
| Spouse(s) | Darci Morales (married 2011) |
| Website | accidentalscientist |
Simon Cooke (born 10 August 1975, Manchester, England, UK) is a British video game developer and writer. He was Director of Engineering for X-Ray Kid Studios, a cross-media entertainment company, and previously worked for Surreal Software, a subsidiary of Midway Games, as Principal Technology Engineer and Lead Gameplay Engineer on This is Vegas, and as Lead Tools Programmer on The Suffering: Ties That Bind. He is most well known for his work on the SAM Coupé home computer games and demo scene, his monthly column in Your Sinclair magazine, and his work on Xbox as part of the Xbox Advanced Technology Group.
Cooke went to secondary school at St. Ambrose College on a scholarship from 1986-1993, then studied Physics with Electronic Engineering at the University of Manchester Institution of Science and Technology, graduating with honors.
Cooke started to produce demos and software for the SAM Coupé in 1990 at age 15. His first published games including ports of Prince of Persia (1991) to the platform, assisting the primary developer Chris White. He also worked with Chris White on the SAM Coupé videogame Exodus (developed primarily by Neil Holmes and Stuart Leonardi), and ports of Populous (unreleased) and Lemmings (1993).
He was responsible for the campaign to design a drop-in replacement for the SAM Coupé primary control processor (ASIC), working with the original hardware designer, Bruce Gordon, and publicized in Your Sinclair magazine. The new ASIC would have improved the capabilities of the computer by adding better sound, graphics and hardware-assisted rendering. It would have cost £50,000 to produce.
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