Dominic Robinson (born 1965) is a computer game programmer. He came to prominence as an in-house programmer for Hewson Consultants when he converted '' Uridium'' to the

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(a feat previously considered impossible) in 1986. This was followed by another classic Spectrum shoot-em up, '' Zynaps'', and a puzzle/shooter, ''Anarchy'', both of which were released in 1987. After leaving Hewson, he joined Graftgold to work on the Spectrum conversion of '' Flying Shark'', as well as the

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and Atari ST versions of ''Simulcra'' and '' Rainbow Islands''. Robinson left Graftgold to pursue his interest in 3D graphics, moving to

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-based Vektor Grafix. This company was later absorbed into

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. When Microprose closed their Leeds studio, he went on to form Wayward Design, which he later sold to Rage Software.Purchase of Wayward by Rage

List of games

* '' Uridium'' (1986), Hewson Consultants Ltd. * '' Uridium Plus'' (1986), Hewson Consultants Ltd. * '' Zynaps'' (1987), Hewson Consultants Ltd. * ''

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'' (1987), Hewson Consultants Ltd. * '' Flying Shark'' (1987), Firebird Software Ltd. * '' Simulcra'' (1990), Micro Style * '' Rainbow Islands'' (1990), Ocean Software Ltd. * '' Paradroid 90'' (1990), Hewson Consultants Ltd. * ''

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'' (1990), Virgin Mastertronic Ltd. * ''

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'' (1991), Konami, Inc., Mirrorsoft Ltd. * ''

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'' (1992), MicroProse Software, Inc. * '' Dogfight - 80 Years of Aerial Warfare'' (1993), MicroProse Software, Inc. * ''

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'' (1996), Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. * ''

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'' (1997), Psygnosis Limited * '' G-Police'' (1997), Psygnosis Limited * '' B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th'' (2000), MicroProse Software, Inc. * '' Championship Manager 4'' (2003), Eidos Interactive Ltd.

References

External links

CRASH Issue 34
features an article about Robinson's work to convert ''Uridium'', while at ''Hewson''. 1965 births Living people British video game designers {{videogame-bio-stub