Gary Penn
Moby ID: 6754
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Gary was one of the UK's leading videogames journalists from 1985 onwards and in the early 1990s, editing the seminal C64 magazine Zzap!, and the multi-format incarnation of The One, Amiga Power, PC Format, and more. His contribution to making games was initially mostly in manual writing.
Later he left journalism for a career in games development, pioneering new ways to play for such companies as Konami, Rockstar and Denki, where he works in 2007.
In 2007 he won the UK Games Media Legend award. He was also nominated for a Bafta award for Quarrel in 2012.
Credited on 28 games
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| Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story (2024, Windows) | Interview Videos Starring |
| Crackdown 3 (2019, Xbox One) | Special Thanks |
| Lumo (2017, Nintendo Switch) | Hat tips, Salutes & Hugs |
| Crackdown (2007, Xbox 360) | Designers |
| Grand Theft Auto 2 (1999, Windows) | Creative Manager |
| Wild Metal (1999, Windows) | Additional Design |
| Tanktics (1999, Windows) | Creative Manager |
| Space Station Silicon Valley (1998, Nintendo 64) | Special Thanks |
| Body Harvest (1998, Nintendo 64) | Creative Manager |
| Grand Theft Auto (1997, DOS) | Project Blokes |
| Disney's The Lion King (1995, NES) | Game Manual |
| The Incredible Crash Dummies (1994, Amiga) | Manual Design |
| Cannon Fodder (1994, 3DO) | Original manual |
| Soccer Kid (1993, Amiga) | Manual / Documentation |
| TFX (1993, DOS) | Documentation |
| Wolfchild (1993, Game Gear) | Manual organisation by |
| European Champions (1993, Amiga) | Manual Copy |
| Fatman: The Caped Consumer (1993, Amiga) | The crew wishes to thank the following people for their help and support |
| Frontier: Elite II (1993, Atari ST) | Written Material |
| Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993, Game Gear) | Manual Origination |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 8 games with Raymond Usher
- 6 games with Gary Liddon
- 6 games with Allan Walker
- 6 games with Stuart Ross
- 6 games with Aaron Garbut
- 6 games with David Jones
- 6 games with Jim Woods
- 5 games with Ian Mathias
- 5 games with Brian Baglow
- 5 games with Craig Conner
Companies
- 9 games with Avalon Interactive
- 6 games with Rockstar North Ltd.
- 4 games with Virgin Interactive...
- 3 games with Rockstar Games, Inc.
- 3 games with Take-Two Interactive...
- 3 games with Krisalis Software Ltd.
- 3 games with Infogrames Studios Limited
- 3 games with Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
- 2 games with Epic Games Tools LLC
- 2 games with Microsoft Corporation
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