David Darling
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David Darling and his brother Richard Darling set up their first games company in 1982, Galactic Software, when David was only 16 years old. In 1984 they received the Programmers of the Year Award from Commodore. In 1986 they started Codemasters with their father Jim. EY, The Times and Citibank awarded David with the National UK, Entrepreneur of the Year Award, 2000. From 9 May, 2005, after a reorganization, chairman Darling now holds the position of Chief Creative Officer at Codemasters.
He would later leave Codemasters and, in 2011, founded his own mobile games studio Kwalee Ltd, of which he was the CEO.
Credited on 43 games
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| Micro Machines V4 (2006 on PSP) | Chief Creative Officer |
| Sensible Soccer 2006 (2006 on PlayStation 2) | Chief Creative Officer |
| Micro Machines: Turbo Tournament 96 (1995 on Genesis) | Project Management by |
| Super Skidmarks (1995 on Genesis) | Managing Director |
| Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament (1994 on Genesis) | Project Management |
| Italia 1990 (1990 on Amiga) | Designed by |
| BMX Freestyle (1989 on ZX Spectrum) | Project Leaders |
| Pro Powerboat Simulator (1989 on ZX Spectrum) | Project Leader |
| BMX Simulator 2 (1989 on Amstrad CPC) | Directors |
| Moto X Simulator (1989 on ZX Spectrum) | Director |
| Rock Star Ate My Hamster (1989 on ZX Spectrum) | Produced by |
| Monte Carlo Casino (1989 on ZX Spectrum) | Director |
| Grand Prix Simulator 2 (1989 on ZX Spectrum) | Project director |
| Professional Ski Simulator (1989 on Amiga) | Project Management |
| Fantasy World Dizzy (1989 on ZX Spectrum) | Project Manager |
| SAS Combat Simulator (1989 on Amstrad CPC) | Project Leader |
| Fast Food (1989 on Amstrad CPC) | Project director |
| Arcade Flight Simulator (1989 on ZX Spectrum) | Directed for CodeMasters by |
| BMX Simulator (1988 on Atari ST) | Product management |
| Advanced Pinball Simulator (1988 on ZX Spectrum) | Project Director |
[ full credits ]
circa 2020
source: kwalee.com
Frequent Collaborators
- 21 games with Richard Darling
- 20 games with David Whittaker
- 19 games with Mike Clark
- 18 games with Nigel Fletcher
- 15 games with Stewart Regan
- 10 games with James Wilson
- 9 games with Peter Williamson
- 9 games with Mark Baldock
- 8 games with Andrew Oliver
- 8 games with Philip Oliver
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