Raffaele Cecco, born 10 May 1967, is a British video games developer who has created numerous video games since 1984, including ''

Cybernoid ''Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine'' is a shoot 'em up developed and published in 1988 by Hewson Consultants for the ZX Spectrum. It was ported to the Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Amiga, and Nintendo Entertainment System. It was programmed ...

'' and '' Exolon''. He grew up in

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in North London. Spurred by an interest in computers, he received his first computer, a Sinclair

ZX81 The ZX81 is a home computer that was produced by Sinclair Research and manufactured in Dundee, Scotland, by Timex Corporation. It was launched in the United Kingdom in March 1981 as the successor to Sinclair's ZX80 and designed to be a low-cos ...

, as a birthday gift from his parents in 1981 and began programming simple games in BASIC. Due to the popularity of Cecco's video games he was asked to write a monthly diary for ''

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'' magazine, the first installment being 15 April 1988. The diary documented the development of ''

Stormlord ''Stormlord'' is a platform game developed and published by Hewson Consultants in 1989. It was released for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, and MS-DOS. It was ported to the Sega Genesis by Punk Development for Razors ...

''.

Partial list of games

These are games that Cecco has developed or been closely associated with. *''

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'' (1986, Mikro-Gen) *'' Exolon'' (1987, Hewson Consultants) *''

'' (1988, Hewson Consultants) *''

'' (1989, Hewson Consultants) *'' Deliverance: Stormlord II'' (1990, Hewson Consultants) *''

First Samurai ''First Samurai'', alternatively titled ''The First Samurai'', is a 1991 beat 'em up platform game developed by Vivid Image and published by Image Works. ''The First Samurai'' was originally released in September 1991 for the Amiga and Atari ST, ...

'' (1991, Vivid Image) *'' Second Samurai'' (1993, Vivid Image) *'' Street Racer'' (1994, Vivid Image) *'' Agent Armstrong'' (1997, King of the Jungle) *'' Invasion From Beyond'' (1998, King of the Jungle) *'' Galaga: Destination Earth'' (2000, King of the Jungle) *'' Championship Manager Quiz'' (2001, King of the Jungle) *'' Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder'' (2003, King of the Jungle) A compilation of his games, ''Cecco's Collection'', was released by Hewson in 1990, and included ''Exolon'', ''Cybernoid'', ''Cybernoid II'', and ''Stormlord''. ''

Your Sinclair ''Your Sinclair'', or ''YS'' as it was commonly abbreviated, was a commercially published and printed British computer magazine for the Sinclair range of computers, mainly the ZX Spectrum. It was in circulation between 1984 and 1993. History T ...

'' awarded this compilation 92%, describing it as a fine three-year collection of Cecco's achievements and a succinct history of Spectrum programming to that date. The reviewer, Andy Ide, also considered Cecco as one of the Spectrum's biggest stars.

References

External links

CRASH issue 59
at CRASH Online; Programmers on Programmers article *

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