Manny Granillo
aka:
Manny Granillo II,
Manny J. Granillo,
Manny J. Granillo II
Moby ID: 4246
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Manny Granillo started his career at Electronic Arts as a customer service representative. He then moved into the development group as an assistant producer, working on such products as The Immortal. He then landed a job in quality assurance and tech support at Maxis, where he got to on such classics as RoboSport, A-Train, SimAnt, SimLife, SimFarm, and SimCity 2000.
In 1993 he moved to Mindscape, where he produced for Dragon Lore: The Legend Begins, and co-designed and produced Legions. He was listed under "special thanks" for The Raven Project and Angel Devoid: Face of the Enemy, but then moved on to Sega as Director of Development. While at Sega, he managed the development arm of Sega Technical Institute, which produced such games as Comix Zone and Sonic 3D Blast.
In 2001 he co-founded Hoplite Research.
Credited on 42 games
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StreetKix: Freestyle (2014, PSP) | President |
Myst (2007, Nintendo DS) | Executive Producer |
Hooters: Road Trip (2002, PlayStation) | Executive Producer |
Bugdom (2000, Windows) | President |
Extreme Paintbrawl 2 (1999, Windows) | Executive Producer |
Jazz Jackrabbit 2 (1999, Macintosh) | Associate Producer |
Scorcher (1997, SEGA Saturn) | Executive Producer |
Duke Nukem 3D (1997, SEGA Saturn) | Special Thanks |
Final Liberation: Warhammer Epic 40,000 (1997, Windows) | Final Liberation Casualties |
Die Hard Arcade (1997, SEGA Saturn) | Executive producer |
Sonic 3D Blast (1997, Windows) | Producers (SOA) |
NBA Action 98 (1997, Windows) | Special Thanks To (Sega) |
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997, Genesis) | Original Concept |
Battle Arena Toshinden Ultimate Revenge Attack (1996, SEGA Saturn) | Special Thanks To |
Fighting Vipers (1996, SEGA Saturn) | Special Thanks To |
Virtua Fighter: Kids (1996, SEGA Saturn) | Special Thanks |
WipEout (1996, SEGA Saturn) | Producer |
NFL '97 (1996, SEGA Saturn) | Executive Producer |
Cyber Troopers Virtual On (1996, SEGA Saturn) | Thanks to |
Angel Devoid: Face of the Enemy (1996, DOS) | Very Special Thanks To |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 12 games with Steve Hutchins
- 11 games with Michael Bremer
- 11 games with Alan Barton
- 10 games with Jeff Braun
- 10 games with Joe Scirica
- 10 games with Carter Lipscomb
- 10 games with Tom Bentley
- 10 games with Chris Weiss
- 9 games with Peter Alau
- 9 games with Sally Vandershaf
Companies
- 11 games with Maxis Software Inc.
- 10 games with SEGA of America, Inc.
- 9 games with Mindscape SA
- 9 games with SEGA Corporation
- 8 games with Tectoy S.A.
- 7 games with Mindscape International Ltd.
- 6 games with Mindscape International GmbH
- 5 games with Bandai Namco Entertainment UK Ltd.
- 5 games with Hoplite Research, LLC
- 4 games with Cryo Interactive Entertainment
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