Pete Cooke
aka:
Peter Cooke
Moby ID: 22600
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Pete Cooke (born 1956) is a British computer games programmer, best known for his work published in the 1980s for the 8-bit home computers, especially the ZX Spectrum.
Cooke studied for a Mathematics degree in Leicester then became a teacher. He bought a Sinclair ZX81 and learnt how to code. After setting up a computer club in the school he worked at, he took in programs he had written. The students were impressed by a text adventure game and suggested that Cooke should have it published. He then sent it to Richard Shepherd Software, who offered £1,000 for the game. After this Cooke became a full time games designer.
Cooke wrote two more text adventures for Richard Shepherd then decided to create something which used more animation. This became the truck driving simulation Juggernaut which was published by CRL. It was followed by the game Cooke is best known for, Tau Ceti.
Cooke later became an IT lecturer at Leicester College.
Credited on 21 games
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| Invincible Island Remake (2005, Windows) | Original Version |
| Grand Prix 3 Season 2000 (2001, Windows) | Sound Programming |
| Grand Prix 3 (2000, Windows) | Menu Design |
| Grand Prix II (1996, DOS) | Menu Design & Additional Programming |
| World Circuit (1991, Amiga) | Additional Programming by |
| Stunt Track Racer (1990, Amstrad CPC) | Conversion by |
| First Contact (1990, Atari ST) | Music |
| Whole New Ball Game (1989, ZX Spectrum) | By |
| Tower of Babel (1989, Atari ST) | Game by |
| Granny's Garden (1989, Amiga) | Amiga version by |
| Brainstorm (1988, Commodore 64) | By |
| Earthlight (1988, ZX Spectrum) | By |
| Zolyx (1988, ZX Spectrum) | By |
| Space School Simulator: The Academy (1987, DOS) | Created by |
| Room Ten (1987, Commodore 16, Plus/4) | Design |
| Micronaut One (1987, ZX Spectrum) | Written by |
| Tau Ceti: The Lost Star Colony (1986, Commodore 64) | Original idea by |
| Juggernaut (1985, Amstrad CPC) | Written by |
| Upper Gumtree and Professor Blowitovitz (1984, Commodore 64) | Upper Gumtree was written for the 64 by |
| Urban Upstart (1983, ZX Spectrum) | by |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 5 games with Geoffrey J. Crammond
- 4 games with John Broomhall
- 4 games with Andrew Luckett
- 4 games with Martin Moth
- 4 games with David Surplus
- 4 games with Chris Newcombe
- 4 games with Norman Surplus
- 3 games with Paul Truss
- 3 games with Darren Kirby
- 3 games with Peter Austin
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Companies
- 6 games with MicroProse-Spectrum...
- 4 games with CRL Group PLC
- 4 games with Namco Bandai Partners Pty Ltd.
- 3 games with MicroProse Software, Inc.
- 3 games with Atari Interactive, Inc.
- 3 games with Richard Shepherd Software Ltd
- 3 games with Firebird Software
- 2 games with Rainbird Software
- 2 games with ComTec
- 2 games with Atari Europe S.A.S.U.
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