Jonathan 'Joffa' Smith is a British games programmer famous for his titles for the ZX Spectrum. His games[1] were notable for containing a large number of sprites and parallax scrolling, features which were largely unknown on the Spectrum at the time[citation needed]. His most famous games include Cobra[2], (which was a license extremely loosely based on a Sylvester Stallone film) one of the first Spectrum games to exhibit full-colour parallax scrolling and his critically acclaimed conversion of the arcade game Green Beret[3]. 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.
Notable releases
| Name | Publisher | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Pud Pud | Ocean Software Ltd. | 1984 |
| Kong Strikes Back | Ocean Software Ltd. | 1984 |
| Hyper Sports | Imagine Software Ltd. | 1985 |
| Daley Thompson's Supertest | Ocean Software Ltd. | 1985 |
| Mikie | Imagine Software Ltd. | 1986 |
| Green Beret | Imagine Software Ltd. | 1986 |
| Rambo: First Blood Part II | Ocean Software Ltd. | 1986 |
| Cobra | Ocean Software Ltd. | 1986 |
| Terra Cresta | Imagine Software Ltd. | 1986 |
| Hysteria | Software Projects Ltd | 1987 |
| Firefly | Ocean Software Ltd. | 1988 |
| Hyper Active | Sinclair User | 1988 |
| Batman: the Caped Crusader | Ocean Software Ltd. | 1988 |
| Midnight Resistance | Ocean Software Ltd. | 1990 |
| Striker | SEGA Enterprises Ltd. | 1995 |
| A Bug's Life | Sony Computer Entertainment | 1998 |
| MechWarrior 3 | Hasbro Interactive Inc. | 1999 |
| Micro Machines | THQ Inc. | 2001 |
| Totaled! | Rage Games Ltd. | 2002 |
| Prisoner of War | The Codemasters Software Company Ltd. | 2002 |
References
- ^ van der Heide, Martijn. "Sinclair Infoseek: Jonathan Smith [1]". World of Spectrum. http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^Jonathan+Smith+%5b1%5d$. Retrieved on 2006-08-12.
- ^ "Cobra". CRASH (35): 140–141. December 1986. http://www.crashonline.org.uk/35/cobra.htm. Retrieved on 2006-08-12.
- ^ Smith, Rachael (June 1986). "Green Beret". Your Sinclair (6): 30. http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/greenberet.htm. Retrieved on 2006-08-12.
External links
- Joffa Smifff's homepage
- An interview conducted by ZX Specticle
- An interview at The Spectrum Golden Years
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