Andrew "Andy" Bradfield (1966 – 21 September 2001) was a

video game programmer A game programmer is a software engineer, programmer, or computer scientist who primarily develops codebases for video games or related software, such as game development tools. Game programming has many specialized disciplines, all of which fall ...

from

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

best known for his work on games for the

Atari 8-bit computers The Atari 8-bit computers, formally launched as the Atari Home Computer System, are a series of home computers introduced by Atari, Inc., in 1979 with the Atari 400 and Atari 800. The architecture is designed around the 8-bit MOS Technology 650 ...

. He created '' Laser Hawk'' (1986) and its sequel '' Hawkquest'' (1989). He teamed with artist Harvey Kong Tin on both titles. He died on 21 September 2001, aged 35, following a two-year battle with

leukemia Leukemia ( also spelled leukaemia; pronounced ) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and produce high numbers of abnormal blood cells. These blood cells are not fully developed and are called ''blasts'' or '' ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bradfield, Andrew 1966 births 2001 deaths Video game programmers New Zealand computer programmers New Zealand computer scientists Deaths from leukemia in New Zealand