Peter Austin
aka:
Pete Austin
Moby ID: 148840
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Peter Austin co-founded Level 9 Computing Ltd. in 1981. By 1983 they had become a full time employee. Austin worked on several titles released by Level 9 including Adrian Mole, both as a programmer and game designer.
Austin had previously studied Psychology and a Diploma in Computing at Cambridge University. He was a member of the War Games Society there and also enjoyed playing the Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game.
Credited on 22 games
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| Champion of the Raj (1991, Amiga) | Designed by |
| Scapeghost (1989, Commodore 64) | Game design etc.: |
| Time and Magik: The Trilogy (1988, DOS) | Program |
| Lancelot (1988, Amiga) | Designer |
| Ingrid's Back! (1988, DOS) | Ingrid Design |
| Knight Orc (1987, DOS) | Idea, design and text |
| The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (1987, ZX Spectrum) | Game Design |
| Gnome Ranger (1987, Commodore 64) | Design |
| Jewels of Darkness (1986, Commodore 64) | Programming |
| The Price of Magik (1986, Atari 8-bit) | Game Design: |
| Silicon Dreams (1986, ZX Spectrum) | Game Design |
| The Worm in Paradise (1985, Commodore 64) | Game Design |
| The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ (1985, Commodore 64) | Game Design |
| Red Moon (1985, ZX Spectrum) | Game Design |
| Emerald Isle (1985, ZX Spectrum) | Implementation |
| Snowball (1984, Amstrad CPC) | Game Design and Implementation |
| Lords of Time (1984, ZX Spectrum) | Implementation |
| The Saga of Erik the Viking (1984, Amstrad CPC) | Game design |
| Return to Eden (1984, ZX Spectrum) | Game Design |
| Adventure Quest (1983, Commodore 64) | Programmer |
[ full credits ]
Frequent Collaborators
People- 22 games with Mike Austin
- 19 games with Nick Austin
- 9 games with Godfrey Dowson
- 8 games with Peter McBride
- 6 games with John Jones-Steele
- 6 games with James Horsler
- 5 games with Mike Bryant
- 4 games with Tim Noyce
- 3 games with Joan Lamb
- 3 games with Simon Stable
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Companies
- 22 games with Level 9 Computing, Ltd.
- 3 games with Rainbird Software
- 3 games with Firebird Licensees Inc.
- 3 games with Mosaic Publishing
- 2 games with Mandarin Software
- 2 games with Datasoft, Inc.
- 1 game with Avalon Interactive
- 1 game with United Software GmbH
- 1 game with Personal Software Services
- 1 game with Mirrorsoft Ltd.
[ 2 more companies ]
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