Jonathan M. "Joffa" Smith (1 February 1967 – 26 June 2010) was a British games programmer, best known for his titles for the ZX Spectrum. His games were notable for containing a large number of sprites and parallax scrolling.
His most notable games include Cobra, (which was a license extremely loosely based on the Sylvester Stallone film) one of the first Spectrum games to exhibit full-colour parallax scrolling and his conversion of the arcade game Green Beret. A notable "trademark" of Smith's was his habit of writing his name (with "Jonathan" and "Smith" spelled various ways) as a mirror-image in his games.
Smith also created the computer displays for the British science fiction comedy series Red Dwarf using an Atari ST.
Notable releases
Title Developer Publisher Year Platform Kong Strikes Back! Ocean Software Ocean Software 1984 ZX Spectrum Pud Pud Ocean Software Ocean Software 1984 ZX Spectrum Hyper Sports Ocean Software Ocean Software 1985 ZX Spectrum Daley Thompson's Supertest Ocean Software Ocean Software 1985 ZX Spectrum Street Hawk Ocean Software Ocean Software 1985 ZX Spectrum Mikie Ocean Software Ocean Software 1986 ZX Spectrum Green Beret Ocean Software Ocean Software 1986 ZX Spectrum Cobra Ocean Software Ocean Software 1986 ZX Spectrum Terra Cresta Ocean Software Ocean Software 1986 ZX Spectrum Hysteria Special FX Software Software Projects 1987 ZX Spectrum Firefly Special FX Software Ocean Software 1988 ZX Spectrum Hyper Active Special FX Software Sinclair User 1988 ZX Spectrum Batman: The Caped Crusader Special FX Software Ocean Software 1988 ZX Spectrum Recoil Special FX Software Ocean Software 1989 Atari ST Red Heat Special FX Software Ocean Software 1989–90 Amiga Atari ST Midnight Resistance Special FX Software Ocean Software 1990 Atari ST Hudson Hawk Special FX Software Ocean Software 1991 Atari ST Spider-Man/X-Men: Arcade's Revenge Software Creations Acclaim Entertainment 1992 SNES Power Drive Rage Software US Gold 1994 Sega Genesis Airlock Rage Software Orange Multimedia 2000 WAP Apprentise aka Fluffy Software Creations unfinished and unpublished 2001 Game Boy Advance Ripping Friends Software Creations THQ 2002 Game Boy Advance Looney Tunes Back in Action Warthog Games Electronic Arts 2003 Game Boy Advance All Star Baseball 2004 Acclaim Studios Manchester Acclaim Entertainment 2004 Game Boy Advance Momma Can I Mow The Lawn? Gizmondo Studios Gizmondo Studios 2005 Gizmondo Saucer Shorten Suite Software unfinished and unpublished 2006 ZX Spectrum Retaliot Video Hazard Video Hazard 2009 MSX Cluster Bluster SNES
References
External links An interview conducted by ZX Specticle An interview at The Spectrum Golden Years Another interview
Obituary on World of Spectrum