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Jon Burton

Place of birth: Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Date of birth: 1969-08-27 (age 55)
Company(ies): Traveller's Tales
Role(s): Programmer, Producer, Designer, Director

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Jon Burton is a British video game programmer, designer, and producer currently serving as Director of Traveller's Tales. Having accumulated a considerable amount of programming talent through his technically-impressive Sega Mega Drive games, Burton designed and programmed a number of first-party Sonic the Hedgehog games, and currently runs the YouTube channels GameHut^[1] and Coding Secrets.^[2]

Production history

Galahad (Mega Drive; 1992) — Source Code^[3]
Galahad (Mega Drive; 1992) — Game Design^[4]
Bram Stoker's Dracula (Mega Drive; 1993) — Intro Code^[5]
Bram Stoker's Dracula (Mega Drive; 1993) — Additional Code and Concepts^[5]
Bram Stoker's Dracula (Mega Drive; 1993) — Level Designs^[5]
Puggsy (Mega Drive; 1993) — Game Design and Programming By
Puggsy (Mega Drive; 1993) — Level Problems and Design By
Puggsy (Mega-CD; 1993) — Game Design^[6]
Puggsy (Mega-CD; 1993) — Programming By^[6]
Puggsy (Mega-CD; 1993) — Level Problems and Design By^[6]
Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse (Mega-CD; 1994) — Written and Designed by^[7]
Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse (Mega-CD; 1994) — Programmed By^[7]
Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse (Mega-CD; 1994) — Credit Text Typed and Checked By^[7]
Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse (Mega Drive; 1994) — Written and Designed by^[8]
Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse (Mega Drive; 1994) — Programmed By^[8]
Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse (Mega Drive; 1994) — Credit Text Typed and Checked By^[8]
Toy Story (Mega Drive; 1995) — Program and Design^[9]
Toy Story (Mega Drive; 1995) — Project Design and Development^[9]
Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island (Mega Drive; 1996) — Program Design and Implementation^[10]
Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island (Mega Drive; 1996) — Programmer^[10]
Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island (Mega Drive; 1996) — Project Management^[10]
Sonic R (Saturn; 1997) — Program Design & Implementation^[11]
Sonic R (Saturn; 1997) — Programmed by^[11]
Sonic R (Saturn; 1997) — Special Effects Programming^[11]
Sonic R (Saturn; 1997) — Development Director^[11]
Sonic R (Windows PC; 1998) — Program design and implementation

Interviews

Jon Burton interview by Sega Saturn Magazine (October, 1997)

External links

GameHut channel at YouTube
Coding Secrets channel at YouTube

References

[https:.2F.2Fwww.youtube.com.2Fc.2FGameHut.2Fabout-1] ttps://www.youtube.com/c/GameHut/about

[https:.2F.2Fwww.youtube.com.2Fc.2FCodingSecrets.2Fabout-2] ttps://www.youtube.com/c/CodingSecrets/about

[:File:Galahad_MD_credits.pdf_p-3] File:Galahad MD credits.pdf

[:File:Galahad_MD_US_Manual.pdf_p9-4] File:Galahad MD US Manual.pdf, page 9

[:File:Bram_Stoker.27s_Dracula_MD_credits.pdf_p-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 File:Bram Stoker's Dracula MD credits.pdf

[:File:Puggsy_MCD_credits.pdf_p-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 File:Puggsy MCD credits.pdf

[:File:Mickey_Mania_MCD_credits.pdf_p-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 File:Mickey Mania MCD credits.pdf

[:File:Mickey_Mania_MD_credits.pdf_p-8] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 File:Mickey Mania MD credits.pdf

[:File:Toy_Story_MD_credits.pdf_p-9] 9.0 ^9.1 File:Toy Story MD credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_3D_Blast_MD_credits.pdf_p-10] 10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 File:Sonic 3D Blast MD credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_R_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-11] 11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 ^11.3 File:Sonic R Saturn credits.pdf

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-'''Jon Burton''' is a developer who worked on [[Traveller's Tales]] Sonic games such as ''[[Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island]]'' and ''[[Sonic R]]''. In ''Sonic 3D'' he did the Program Design, Implementation, and Code Conversion and Product Management. For ''Sonic R'' he did Program Design & Implementation, Additional Artwork, and Special Effects Programming. He now runs the YouTube channel GameHut.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfVFSjHQ57zyxajhhRc7i0g GameHut YouTube Channel]</ref>
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-==Interview==
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 *[[sonic:Jon Burton interview by Sega Saturn Magazine (October, 1997)|Jon Burton interview by Sega Saturn Magazine (October, 1997)]]
+==External links==
+*''[https://www.youtube.com/c/GameHut/about GameHut]'' channel at [https://www.youtube.com/ YouTube]
+*''[https://www.youtube.com/c/CodingSecrets/about Coding Secrets]'' channel at [https://www.youtube.com/ YouTube]
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