Steve Snake

Stephen "Snake" Palmer

Place of birth: England, United Kingdom
Company(ies): Accolade, Audiogenic, SCI, Virgin, Iguana Entertainment, Sega, Infogrames, Backbone Entertainment
Role(s): Programmer

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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 Sega Mega Drive emulator Kega.

History

Palmer 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 Sega 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 (and the first emulator to do so.)

Emulators

KGen (DOS, 1997)
KGen-X (DOS, unreleased)
KGen98 (DOS, 1998)
Sega PC Smash Pack Emulator (Windows, 1998)
Kega (Windows, 2002)
Kega Lazarus (Windows, 2003)
Kega Fusion (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, 2005-present)

Production history

Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball (Mega Drive; 1995) — Programmers
College Slam (Saturn; 1996) — Programming^[1]
Batman Forever (Saturn; 1996) — Programmers^[2]
Sega Puzzle Pack (Windows PC; 1999) — Lead Programmer & Original Technology
Sega Smash Pack (Windows PC; 1999) — Lead Programmer & Original Technology^[3]
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
Wonder Boy Anniversary Collection (PlayStation 4; 2022) — Source Programming
Wonder Boy Anniversary Collection (Nintendo Switch; 2022) — Source Programming

External links

Steve Snake at Twitter

References

[:File:College_Slam_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-1] File:College Slam Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:Batman_Forever_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-2] File:Batman Forever Saturn credits.pdf

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

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