Fergus McGovern

Fergus McGovern
Place of birth: London, England, United Kingdom
Date of birth: 1965-06
Date of death: 2016-02-27 (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 losing fighter is transformed into the digitized face of McGovern himself.)

History

Later career

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

Cameos

The Fergality, from Mortal Kombat II.

Originally created by artist Dokk sometime in the early 1990s, the Fergus Head made a number of cameo appearances in games developed by Probe Software, most notably as the Fergality fatality from Mortal Kombat II.

List of game appearances

• Daffy Duck in Hollywood (8-bit)
• Jelly Boy
• Mortal Kombat
• Mortal Kombat II
• Primal Rage

Production history

• The Terminator (Mega Drive; 1992) — Quality Assurance by (as Fergus Mc Govern)
• Alien 3 (Mega Drive; 1992) — Design Support
• Alien 3 (Master System; 1992) — Design Support
• Alien 3 (Game Gear; 1992) — Design Support
• Primal Rage (Saturn; 1996) — Super Producer
• 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
• Fergus McGovern obituary by David Perry at David Perry's Blog