Fergus McGovern
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| Fergus McGovern |
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| 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 Mortal Kombat II - the Fergality.
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History
Probe Software
HotGen
Later career
On February 26th, 2016, McGovern returned from a transatlantic flight with a cerebral blood clot, and passed away the following day.[4]
Cameos
Originally created by an artist named Dokk[5] sometime in the early 1990s, the Fergus Head made a number of cameo appearances in games developed by Probe Software[5], most notably as the Fergality fatality from Mortal Kombat II (in which the losing fighter is transformed into the digitized face of McGovern himself.)
List of game appearances
Master System
- Daffy Duck in Hollywood (1994)
Game Gear
- Daffy Duck in Hollywood (1994)
Mega Drive
- Mortal Kombat (1993)
- Mortal Kombat II (1994)
- Primal Rage (1995)
- Jelly Boy (Unreleased)
Production history
- The Terminator (Mega Drive; 1992) — Quality Assurance by[6] (as Fergus Mc Govern)
- Alien 3 (Mega Drive; 1992) — Design Support[7]
- Alien 3 (Master System; 1992) — Design Support[8]
- Alien 3 (Game Gear; 1992) — Design Support[8]
- Primal Rage (Saturn; 1996) — Super Producer[9]
- OutRun (Amstrad CPC; 1987) — With No Thanks at all to
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
- Goodbye, Fergus McGovern obituary by Paul Morrison at They Were Our Gods
- Fergus McGovern obituary by David Perry at David Perry's Blog
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.checkcompany.co.uk/director/9743097/MR-FERGUS-MCGOVERN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://ypage.uk/companies/595094/crystalpalace-fc-foundation/
- ↑ https://podcastaddict.com/episode/67622980
- ↑ http://www.develop-online.net/news/probe-hotgen-co-founder-fergus-mcgovern-dies-aged-50/0217191
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://carlmuller.co.uk/insiders.htm
- ↑ File:Terminator MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Alien 3 MD credits.pdf
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 File:Alien 3 SMS credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Primalrage sat us manual.pdf, page 21