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Fergus McGovern

Place of birth: London, England, United Kingdom^[1]^[2]
Date of birth: 1965-06^[1]^[2]
Date of death: 2016-02-27^[3] (age 50)
Company(ies): Probe Software, Jakks Pacific, HotGen
Role(s): Executive, Producer, Designer, Tester

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Fergus McGovern was a British video game executive and founder of Probe Software and HotGen, most known for his various contributions to both the British and American game software industries, and for his titular inclusion as a fatality in the Mortal Kombat series of fighting games, the Fergality (in which the fighter is transformed into the digitized face of McGovern himself.)

History

On February 26th, McGovern returned from a transatlantic flight with a cerebral blood clot, and passed away the following day.^[4]

Production history

The Terminator (Mega Drive; 1992) — Quality Assurance by^[5] (as Fergus Mc Govern)
Alien 3 (Mega Drive; 1992) — Design Support^[6]
Alien 3 (Master System; 1992) — Design Support^[7]
Alien 3 (Game Gear; 1992) — Design Support^[7]
Primal Rage (Saturn; 1996) — Super Producer^[8]
OutRun (Amstrad CPC; 1987) — With No Thanks at all to

Interviews

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External links

Fergus McGovern: From games whizzkid to multimillionaire article by Bobby Johnson at The Guardian
Fergus McGovern, co-founder of Probe Software, has passed away obituary by Stuart Williams at Retro Computing News
Probe, Hotgen co-founder Fergus McGovern dies aged 50 obituary by Matthew Jarvis at MCV/Develop

References

[http:.2F.2Fwww.checkcompany.co.uk.2Fdirector.2F9743097.2FMR-FERGUS-MCGOVERN-1] 1.0 ^1.1 http://www.checkcompany.co.uk/director/9743097/MR-FERGUS-MCGOVERN

[https:.2F.2Fypage.uk.2Fcompanies.2F595094.2Fcrystalpalace-fc-foundation.2F-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://ypage.uk/companies/595094/crystalpalace-fc-foundation/

[https:.2F.2Fpodcastaddict.com.2Fepisode.2F67622980-3] ttps://podcastaddict.com/episode/67622980

[http:.2F.2Fwww.develop-online.net.2Fnews.2Fprobe-hotgen-co-founder-fergus-mcgovern-dies-aged-50.2F0217191-4] ttp://www.develop-online.net/news/probe-hotgen-co-founder-fergus-mcgovern-dies-aged-50/0217191

[:File:Terminator_MD_credits.pdf_p-5] File:Terminator MD credits.pdf

[:File:Alien_3_MD_credits.pdf_p-6] File:Alien 3 MD credits.pdf

[:File:Alien_3_SMS_credits.pdf_p-7] 7.0 ^7.1 File:Alien 3 SMS credits.pdf

[:File:Primalrage_sat_us_manual.pdf_p21-8] File:Primalrage sat us manual.pdf, page 21

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-{{stub}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a British video game executive and founder of [[Probe Software]] and [[HotGen]], most known for his various contributions to both the British and American game software industries, and for his titular inclusion as a fatality cameo in the ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' series of fighting games, the Fergality (in which the fighter is transformed into the digitized face of McGovern himself.)
+{{stub}}'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a British video game executive and founder of [[Probe Software]] and [[HotGen]], most known for his various contributions to both the British and American game software industries, and for his titular inclusion as a fatality in the ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' series of fighting games, the Fergality (in which the fighter is transformed into the digitized face of McGovern himself.)
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