Jim Mackonochie (died 23 April 2013) was a British

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officer who became a leading figure in the development of

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video games. He founded the game publisher

Mirrorsoft Mirrorsoft was a British video game publisher founded by Jim Mackonochie as a division of Mirror Group Newspapers. The company was active between 1983 and 1991, and shut down completely in early 1992. History In the early 1980s, Jim Mackono ...

in 1982. At

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and

Eagle Dynamics Eagle Dynamics (often abbreviated as ED) is a software company originally founded by Nick Grey and Igor Tishin in 1991. Originally located in Moscow, Russia, it is now headquartered in Villars-sur-Glâne, Switzerland. History Founded in 1991 b ...

, he was instrumental in the development of ''

Falcon Falcons () are birds of prey in the genus ''Falco'', which includes about 40 species. Falcons are widely distributed on all continents of the world except Antarctica, though closely related raptors did occur there in the Eocene. Adult falcons ...

'' (1984 and later), '' Su-27 Flanker'' (1995), '' Lock On: Modern Air Combat'' (2003), ''

Digital Combat Simulator ''Digital Combat Simulator'', or ''DCS'', is a combat flight simulation game developed primarily by Eagle Dynamics and The Fighter Collection. Several labels are used when referring to the ''DCS'' line of simulation products: ''DCS World'', ''Mo ...

'' (2008) and other games.

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