Simon Francis
Moby ID: 225359
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Simon Francis is a game designer and programmer. Francis became interested in computer programming whilst at school. The first game he created was a clone of the arcade game Frogger which was coded on the Dragon 32. Francis sold the game via classified ads in computer magazines. His first game to be professionally published was Pit Fiend, a Microdeal release. Francis went on to create several titles for the Amstrad computer which were put out by Amsoft. In 1985 he became a full time employee of Durell Software.
Credited on 6 games
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| ATV Simulator (1987, Commodore 64) | Program |
| Death Pit (1985, Amstrad CPC) | Written by |
| Power (1985, ZX Spectrum) | Coded by |
| Space Hawks (1985, Amstrad CPC) | By |
| Pit Fiend (1984, Dragon 32/64) | By |
| Roland Goes Square Bashing (1984, Amstrad CPC) | By |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 1 game with David Whittaker
- 1 game with David Darling
- 1 game with Nigel Fletcher
- 1 game with Mike Clark
- 1 game with Steven Day
- 1 game with Julian Breeze
- 1 game with Ron Jeffs
- 1 game with Tim Hayward
- 1 game with Tim Miller
Companies
- 4 games with Durell Software Ltd.
- 2 games with Amsoft
- 1 game with Erbe Software, S.A.
- 1 game with Encore
- 1 game with Codemasters Software...
- 1 game with Pocket Money Software
- 1 game with Galarneau & Sinn Ltd.
- 1 game with Digital Persuasion
- 1 game with Avantage Software
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