Steven Cain
aka:
Steve Cain,
S. Cain,
Steve Cane
Moby ID: 12550
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Entered the industry in 1983 as graphics manager at the original Imagine in Liverpool, working on such titles as Psyclapse and Bandersnatch, the legendary "Mega-Games". When Imagine went out of business Steve formed Denton Designs with Kenny Everett, Ally Noble, Karen Davies, John Gibson and Ian Weatherburn. Ian left shortly after. Here he worked on games like Cosmic Wartoads, Bounces, Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Shadowfire.
Steve was involved with other Liverpool companies such as Canvas, again with Ian Weatherburn, Frames, with Kenny Everett and his own GBA developer Tin Tiger.
He worked for Microprose, Rage and Acclaim.
In a career spanning almost a quarter of a century he was one of the founding figures in games in general and pixel art in particular.
Towards the end of his career he emerged from the demise of Acclaim as a producer with Silverback Studios, formed by Industry veteran Jon Oldham.
He was diagnosed as having lung cancer in 2004 but continued working until 2005 when he finally decided to leave the industry.
Steve died on July 19th, 2006. His funeral service on 25th of July was attended by many figures from the industry.
Credited on 35 games
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| Where Time Stood Still (2014, Amiga CD32) | Original Graphics |
| Made Man: Confessions of the Family Blood (2006, PlayStation 2) | This game is dedicated to the memory of |
| Freestyle Street Soccer (2004, PlayStation 2) | Special Thanks To |
| Incoming Forces (2002, Windows) | Artwork |
| Darklight Conflict (1997, DOS) | Game Art |
| Krazy Ivan (1996, PlayStation) | This product is dedicated to those souls who are no longer with us |
| Pyrotechnica (1995, DOS) | Lead Design |
| Combat Air Patrol (1995, DOS) | Producers |
| Brian the Lion Starring In: Rumble in the Jungle (1994, Amiga CD32) | Producer |
| Shadow of the Beast II (1994, SEGA CD) | Project Management |
| Mary Shelley's Frankenstein / Bram Stoker's Dracula (1994, SEGA CD) | Producer |
| Championship Soccer '94 (1993, SEGA CD) | Producer |
| Knights of the Sky (1991, Atari ST) | Graphic Art |
| Silent Service II (1991, Amiga) | Graphic Artist |
| Badlands Pete (1990, Amiga) | Game Design by |
| Total Recall (1990, Amiga) | Graphics |
| Hellraider (1989, Atari ST) | Game Design |
| Prince (1989, Amiga) | Game Design |
| Star Breaker (1989, Amiga) | Game Design |
| Black Lamp (1988, Commodore 64) | Game Concept |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 10 games with Fred Gray
- 8 games with Simon Butler
- 8 games with D. C. Ward
- 6 games with G. P. Everett
- 5 games with Scott Johnson
- 4 games with Kristian Ramsay-Jones
- 4 games with Colin Parrott
- 4 games with Mike Clarke
- 4 games with Bob Wakelin
- 4 games with John Gibson
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Companies
- 8 games with Bandai Namco Entertainment UK Ltd.
- 8 games with Dentons
- 6 games with Psygnosis Limited
- 4 games with Frames
- 4 games with Atari Corporation
- 4 games with Atari Corp. (UK) Ltd.
- 4 games with ARC
- 3 games with Firebird Software
- 3 games with Imagine
- 3 games with Beyond
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