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Stephen Palmer

Place of birth: England, United Kingdom
Employment history: Reptilia Design^[1] (1987 – 1988) The Sales Curve^[1] (1989 – 1993) Iguana Entertainment^[1] (1993 – 1998) Reptilia Design^[1] (1998 – 2003) Pitbull Syndicate^[1] (1998 – 2003) Exile Interactive^[1] (2004 – 2005) Backbone Entertainment^[1] (2005 – 2009)
Role(s): Programmer
Twitter: @RealSteveSnake

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Stephen "Snake" Palmer, commonly known as Steve Snake, is a British video game programmer and Sega emulator developer, known for creating the renowned Mega Drive emulator Kega.

History

Steve Snake is a veteran of the early British games industry and a longtime member of the Sega emulation scene. His current project and the latest incarnation of his Sega emulator is Kega Fusion, an emulator that spans various Sega consoles. He was also a programmer in the 1980s and 1990s, coding games such as Rodland for the Commodore 64 and NBA Jam Tournament Edition for the the Mega Drive.

He also has a notable history in the Sonic scene, especially in regards to prototypes. Upon the February 2008 prototype release, Palmer created a specifically-modified version of Kega Fusion which supports the various discovered prototypes of Knuckles' Chaotix without crashing (the first emulator to do so).

Emulators produced

KGen (IBM PC; 1997)
KGen98 (IBM PC; 1998)
Sega PC Smash Pack emulator (Windows PC; 1998)
Kega (Windows PC; 2002)
Kega Lazarus (Windows PC; 2003)
Kega Fusion (Windows PC; 2005)
KGen-X (IBM PC; unreleased)

Production history

College Slam (Saturn; 1996) — Programming^[2]
Batman Forever (Saturn; 1996) — Programmers^[3]
Sega Puzzle Pack (Windows PC; 1999) — Lead Programmer & Original Technology
Sega Smash Pack (Windows PC; 1999) — Lead Programmer & Original Technology^[4]
Sega Smash Pack (Game Boy Advance; 2002) — Special Thanks
Mighty Mighty Missile! (Mega-CD; 2005) — 4WayPlay Programmers (as Steve S.)
Sega Mega Drive Collection (PlayStation Portable; 2006) — Emulation
PAPRIUM (Mega Drive; 2020) — SPECIAL THANKS
Clockwork Aquario (Nintendo Switch; 2021) — Development

External links

Steve Snake at LinkedIn

References

[https:.2F.2Fwww.linkedin.com.2Fin.2Fsteve-snake-3a90608.2Fdetails.2Fexperience.2F-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-snake-3a90608/details/experience/

[:File:College_Slam_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-2] File:College Slam Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:Batman_Forever_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-3] File:Batman Forever Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:SegaSmashPack_PC_US_DigitalManual.pdf_p3-4] File:SegaSmashPack PC US DigitalManual.pdf, page 3

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-He also has a notable history in the [[sonic:Sonic scene|Sonic scene]], especially in regards to prototypes. Upon the [[sonic:February 23, 2008 Proto Release|February 2008 prototype release]], Palmer created a specifically-modified version of [[Kega Fusion]] which supports the various discovered prototypes of ''[[sonic:Knuckles' Chaotix|Knuckles' Chaotix]]'' without crashing (and the first emulator to do so.)
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-==Emulators==
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-* [[KGen]] (DOS, 1997)
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-* [[KGen-X]] (DOS, unreleased)
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-* [[KGen98]] (DOS, 1998)
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-* [[Sega PC Smash Pack]] Emulator (Windows, 1998)
+* [[Kega]] ([[Windows PC]]; 2002)
-* [[Kega]] (Windows, 2002)
+* [[Kega Lazarus]] ([[Windows PC]]; 2003)
-* [[Kega Lazarus]] (Windows, 2003)
+* [[Kega Fusion]] ([[Windows PC]]; 2005)
-* [[Kega Fusion]] (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, 2005-present)
+* [[KGen-X]] ([[IBM PC]]; unreleased)
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 ==External links==
-*[https://twitter.com/realstevesnake {{PAGENAME}}] at [https://twitter.com Twitter]
+*[https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-snake-3a90608/ {{PAGENAME}}] at [https://www.linkedin.com/ LinkedIn]
 ==References==
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+<references/>
 [[Category:Sceners]]