Steve Snake
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| Stephen Palmer |
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| Place of birth: England, United Kingdom |
| Employment history: Reptilia Design[1] (1987 – 1988)
The Sales Curve[1] (1989 – 1993)
Iguana Entertainment[1] (1993 – 1998)
Reptilia Design[1] (1998 – 2003)
Pitbull Syndicate[1] (1998 – 2003)
Exile Interactive[1] (2004 – 2005)
Backbone Entertainment[1] (2005 – 2009)
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| Role(s): Programmer |
| Twitter: @RealSteveSnake |
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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 Mega Drive emulator Kega, as well as providing the emulator for early Sega game compilations like Sega PC Smash Pack through his company Reptilia Design.
History
Steve Snake 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 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 (the first emulator to do so).
Emulators produced
- KGen (IBM PC; 1997)
- KGen98 (IBM PC; 1998)
- Sega PC Smash Pack emulator (Windows PC; 1998)
- Kega (Windows PC; 2002)
- Kega Lazarus (Windows PC; 2003)
- Kega Fusion (Windows PC; 2005)
- KGen-X (IBM PC; unreleased)
Production history
- College Slam (Saturn; 1996) — Programming[2]
- Batman Forever (Saturn; 1996) — Programmers[3]
- Sega Puzzle Pack (Windows PC; 1999) — Lead Programmer & Original Technology
- Sega Smash Pack (Windows PC; 1999) — Lead Programmer & Original Technology[4]
- 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