Antony Crowther (born 10 May 1965) is a former designer, programmer, and musician of Commodore 64 games. During the 1980s he worked for Alligata, Gremlin Interactive and later his own company, Wizard Development.
Career The first computer game he created was a version of the board game Mastermind, which was written for the PET 4032. Following the acquisition of a VIC-20 Crowther began to learn machine code and wrote several games which he showed to software house Superior Systems. The company gave him a Commodore 64 on loan which he utilised to produce his first commercial title, Lunar Lander. He gained high status among C64 users in the mid 1980s with his highly prolific output, developing complete professional games in only two weeks. Crowther teamed up with fellow C64 musician, Ben Daglish, forming W.E.M.U.S.I.C., which stood for "We Make Use of Sound In Computers".Antony Crowther interview at Amiga Lore
More recently, Crowther has worked on games for consoles such as the PlayStation and Xbox ranges.
List of games Year Name Platform Publisher 1983 Aztec Tomb C64 Alligata Bat Attack Bug Blaster Blagger Damsel in Distress 1984 Gryphon C64 Quicksilva Killerwatt Alligata Loco Potty Pigeon Gremlin Wanted: Monty Mole Son of Blagger Alligata 1985 Kettle C64 Suicide Express Gremlin Trap Alligata Blagger Goes to Hollywood (music only) Alligata 1986 Black Thunder C64 Quicksilva Killer Ring Ariolasoft William Wobbler Wizard Development 1987 Challenge of the Gobots C64 Ariolasoft Centurions Zig Zag Mirrorsoft 1988 Bombuzal C64; Amiga; Atari ST; PC; Super Famicom/SNES Fernandez Must Die C64; Amiga; Atari ST 1989 Phobia C64; Amiga; Atari ST Image Works 1990 Captive Amiga; Atari ST; PC Mindscape1991 Captain Planet and the Planeteers Amiga; Atari ST 1992 Knightmare 1994 Liberation: Captive 2 Amiga; CD32 1996 Normality PC Gremlin 1997 Realms of the Haunting PC Gremlin 1998 N2O: Nitrous Oxide PS 2000 Wacky Races Dreamcast; PS2 Infogrames 2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban PC; PS2; Xbox; GameCube; GBA Electronic Arts 2005 Battlefield 2: Modern Combat PS2; Xbox; Xbox 360; PSP 2008 Burnout Paradise PS3; Xbox 360; PC 2008 Zubo DS 2009 Trivial Pursuit PS2; PS3; Xbox 360; Wii; PC 2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 PS3; Xbox 360; Wii; PC 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 PS3; Xbox 360; Wii; PC
References MobyGames - Antony Crowther Legends of the C64 article on Antony 'Tony' Crowther (aka Ratt)
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