David Perry

David Perry

Place of birth: Lisburn, Ireland, United Kingdom
Date of birth: 1967-04-04 (age 57)
Company(ies): Mikro-Gen, Probe Software, Virgin Games, Shiny Entertainment, Gaikai
Role(s): Programmer, Designer, Executive

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David Perry is an Irish video game programmer and designer^[1], and founder of American developer Shiny Entertainment. Known for his numerous contributions to the game software industry, and for his particular style of direction-driven camera control in his various Sega Mega Drive games, Perry has become one of the Western game world's more recognizable celebrity developers, and has remained working in the game industry (most notably co-founding game streaming service Gaikai in 2008.)

History

Cameos

David Perry's cameo in the debug menu of Disney's Aladdin.

David Perry makes a number of cameo appearances in the games he developed, with his name often appearing in his games' debug screens, and most notably as a digitized photograph of his head in the debug menus of the Sega Mega Drive games Cool Spot and Disney's Aladdin.

List of game appearances

Mega Drive

The Terminator (1992)
Cool Spot (1993)
Disney's Aladdin (1993)
Earthworm Jim (1994)
Earthworm Jim 2 (1995)

Production history

Games

The Terminator (Mega Drive; 1992) — Programmed by^[2]
The Terminator (Mega-CD; 1993) — Original Concept^[3] (as Dave Perry)
The Terminator (Mega-CD; 1993) — Programming Assistance^[4]
Disney's Aladdin (Mega Drive; 1993) — Programming & Project Management^[5]
Disney's Aladdin (Mega Drive; 1993) — Animation Engine by^[5]
Disney's Aladdin (Mega Drive; 1993) — Original Design by^[5]
Cool Spot (Mega Drive; 1993) — Programmed by^[6]
The Jungle Book (Mega Drive; 1994) — Game Design^[7]
Spot Goes to Hollywood (Mega Drive; 1995) — Special Thanks to (as Dave Perry)

Music

Video Games Live: Level 2 (CD; 2010) — Special thanks to^[8]

Interviews

External links

Official website
David Perry - From An Earthworm To Gaikai, Sony And A $380m Sale article by Daniel Nye Griffiths at Forbes

References

[https:.2F.2Fdperry.com.2F-1] ttps://dperry.com/

[:File:Terminator_MD_credits.pdf_p-2] File:Terminator MD credits.pdf

[:File:Terminator_MCD_opening_credits.pdf_p-3] File:Terminator MCD opening credits.pdf

[:File:Terminator_MCD_ending_credits.pdf_p-4] File:Terminator MCD ending credits.pdf

[:File:Aladdin_MD_credits.pdf_p-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 File:Aladdin MD credits.pdf

[:File:CoolSpot_MD_US_credits.pdf_p-6] File:CoolSpot MD US credits.pdf

[:File:Jungle_Book_MD_credits.pdf_p-7] File:Jungle Book MD credits.pdf

[:File:VGL2_CD_US_booklet.pdf_p2-8] File:VGL2 CD US booklet.pdf, page 2

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