David R. Watson (1948-) is a bowyer currently living in

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. He has composed music for the '' Ultima'' series, including "Stones". Watson is a

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master, a

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, and musician; and has a varied career of video game support including level designer in '' X-COM: Apocalypse'', lead mission analyst in '' Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'', and music composer in '' Ultima''. Watson is also known by his ''Ultima'' alter ego,

Iolo Iolo is a diminutive of Iorwerth, a Welsh name. It may refer to: *Iolo Goch (1320 – 1398), Welsh bard *Iolo Morganwg (1747 – 1826), Welsh poet, antiquarian, and literary forger *Iolo Ceredig Jones (born 1947), Welsh chess player *Iolo Williams ...

. His late wife, Kathleen Jones, was also an ''Ultima'' character, Gwenno, Iolo's in-game wife. List of Ultima characters#The Companions of the Avatar

Games credited

*'' Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny'' (1988), Origin Systems (first appearance of his song "Stones") *'' Ultima VI: The False Prophet'' (1990), Origin Systems *'' Ultima VII: The Black Gate'' (1992), Origin Systems *'' Ultima VII Part Two: Serpent Isle'' (1993), Origin Systems *'' Ultima VII: The Silver Seed'' (1993),

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Stonekeep ''Stonekeep'' is a role-playing video game developed and released by Interplay Productions for the PC in 1995. It is a first-person dungeon crawler game with pre-rendered environments, digitized characters and live-action cinematic sequences. Rep ...

'' (1995),

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*'' You Don't Know Jack: Volume 3'' (1997), Sierra On-Line *'' You Don't Know Jack: Television'' (1997),

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*'' X-COM: Apocalypse'' (1997),

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*'' You Don't Know Jack: Volume 4 - The Ride'' (1998), Sierra On-Line

Books

*''Iolo's First Book of Crossbows''
''1920 Tunguska Terror: Aero Rangers vol. 1''

References

External links

New World Arbalest, David's Bows
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