David Perry
aka:
Dave Perry,
D. P.
Moby ID: 812
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David Perry was the president and founder of Shiny Entertainment. With David at the helm, Shiny earned both critical and commercial success, forging a reputation as a forward-looking, innovative force that's constantly pushing the boundries in the gaming world.
Perry launched his career at just 15 years of age, when he started writing computer game programming books in his Native Ireland. Since then, David has developed 35 games (serving as lead programmer on 24 of them), totalling 101 individual retail titles across 23 video game platforms. All told, Perry's games have totalled more than $500 million in sales.
Early 2006, Atari announced it wanted to sell certain development divisions, including Shiny. Perry left the company as he was part of the Atari management, and wanted to find a buyer independently.
In May 2006, he founded the consultancy company GameConsultants.com, to provide advice and support for investors, hardware manufacturers, foreign development teams and publishers looking to secure funding and create a presence in the US interactive entertainment market, with additional services including game prototype and development team capacity reviews.
In August 2006, it was announced David Perry is directing 2Moons, an MMORPG by the re-formed Acclaim Games. He stayed with the company until its closure in 2010.
Credited on 50 games
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| SXPD: Extreme Pursuit Force (2014, Android) | Director |
| Gang Beasts (2014, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Disney DuckTales: Remastered (2013, Wii U) | WayForward Special Thanks |
| Earthworm Jim HD (2010, PlayStation 3) | Original SEGA Co Programming |
| Rock Free (2010, Browser) | Chief Creative Officer |
| Hostile Makeover (2009, Windows) | Quality Assurance |
| Prize Potato (2008, Browser) | Chief Creative Officer |
| Tribal Nations (2008, Browser) | Chief Technical Officer |
| MyDivaDoll (2008, Browser) | Chief Creative Officer |
| Ponystars (2008, Browser) | Chief Creative Officer |
| Dekaron (2008, Windows) | Chief Creative Officer |
| The Chronicles of Spellborn (2008, Windows) | Chief Creative Officer |
| The Simpsons Game (2007, PSP) | Creative Consultant |
| Dance! Online (2007, Browser) | Chief Creative Officer |
| Bots (2006, Browser) | Chief Creative Officer |
| The Matrix: Path of Neo (2005, Xbox) | President |
| Enter the Matrix (2003, Windows) | Lead Designer |
| Sacrifice (2000, Windows) | President |
| Messiah (2000, Windows) | President |
| R/C Stunt Copter (1999, PlayStation) | Production Management |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 22 games with Nick Bruty
- 13 games with Tommy Tallarico
- 12 games with Michael Francis Dietz
- 11 games with Howard Marks
- 11 games with Edward Schofield
- 11 games with Clark Sorensen
- 10 games with Tom Tanaka
- 10 games with Nicholas A. Jones
- 9 games with Lin Shen
- 9 games with Neil Malhoutra
Companies
- 11 games with Shiny Entertainment, Inc.
- 10 games with Virgin Interactive...
- 10 games with Avalon Interactive
- 9 games with Acclaim Studios Limited
- 8 games with Interplay Entertainment Corp.
- 7 games with Tommy Tallarico Studios, Inc.
- 7 games with Acclaim Games Inc.
- 6 games with Tectoy S.A.
- 5 games with Valve Corporation
- 4 games with Bandai Namco Entertainment UK Ltd.
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