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Stephen Crow (also known as Stephen J. Crow, Steve Crow, and Steve J. Crow) is a game programmer who worked in the 1980s on the
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platform, programming for companies such as
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and Bubble Bus Software. He also worked with members of the
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team. More recently, he was the lead artist working for the now-defunct Monkeytropolis.


Recognition

Crow was voted best programmer of the year at the 1985
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and best programmer of the year in 1986 by the readers of CRASH.The 1986 Crash Readers' Award
Best Programmer
Retrieved on 2 August 2007


Games


ZX Spectrum

* '' Laser Snaker'' (1983), Poppy Soft * '' Factory Breakout'' (1984), Poppy Soft * '' Wizard's Lair'' (1985), Bubble Bus Software * '' Starquake'' (1985), Bubble Bus Software * '' Firelord'' (1986), Hewson * ''
Uridium ''Uridium'' (released for the NES as ''The Last Starfighter'') is a horizontally scrolling shooter designed by Andrew Braybrook for the Commodore 64 and published by Hewson Consultants in 1986. The game consists of fifteen levels, each named ...
'' (1986), Hewson * '' Uridium+'' (1987), Hewson * ''
Zynaps ''Zynaps'' is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up video 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. It was authored by Dominic Robinson, John Cumming and ...
'' (1987), Hewson * ''
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'' (1988), Hewson * '' Heavy Metal'' (1990), US Gold


Commodore 64

* ''
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'' (1988), Hewson * ''
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'' (1989),
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'' (1989),
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* ''
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'' (1989),
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* ''
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'' (1990),
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* '' Chase H.Q. II: Special Criminal Investigation'' (1990),
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Other platforms

* '' Global Gladiators'' (1993), Virgin Games * ''
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'' (1993),
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* ''
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'' (1993), Virgin Games * '' Walt Disney's The Jungle Book'' (1994), Virgin Interactive Entertainment * ''
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'' (1994),
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* ''Earthworm Jim Special Edition'' (1995),
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* '' Earthworm Jim 2'' (1995), Playmates Interactive * ''
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'' (1998),
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* '' BoomBots'' (1999),
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* '' Metal Arms: Glitch in the System'' (2003),
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* '' World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade'' (2007),
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References


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