Andrew Braybrook
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Andrew Braybrook (*1960) is one of the most famous game developers of the 1980's. He started programming in 1979 at a company in Chelmsford, Essex, UK During his time with the company, he also programmed COBOL games. He started writing on home computers in BASIC on a ZX80, then ZX81. After that; he programmed for the Dragon 32.
Together with Steve Turner, he developed some games for the Dragon 32 home computer. In 1984, the company Graftgold was founded.
Andrew loves programming for the C64 and Amiga. After the PC-boom he refused to program the PC, at least until 1995. From 1998 to 2022 he has been working for a software company that produces reinsurance software solutions on PC and Unix, with Oracle and SQLServer SQL. This offered opportunities to install systems in Singapore, Kuwait and Ireland before remote installations became the norm.
Since 2018, Andrew has been working on retro games for the PC, resuming working as a contractor from 2019 to 2022, when he finally called time on being employed.
Awards[edit | edit source]
- In 1985, Andrew Braybrook was commended in the British Computer and Video Games Golden Joystick category Programmer of the Year for Paradroid
- In 1985, Paradroid won the British Newsfield Award for Best Arcade Game.
- In 1985, Paradroid was commended in the British Computer and Video Games Golden Joystick category Best Original Game of 85.
- In 1986, Uridium received the British Computer and Video Games Golden Joystick runner-up in category Game of the Year.
- In 1986, Uridium+ won the British Newsfield Award for Best Shoot-em-up.
- In 1986 Andrew Braybrook received the British Golden Joystick Award in the category Programmer of the Year.
- In 1986 Uridium received the British Golden Joystick Award in the category Best Arcade-Style Game.
- In 1987, Andrew Braybrook won the British Newsfield Readers' Award for Best Programmer.
- In 1989, Andrew Braybrook received the British The One/Sensible Software tongue-firmly-in -cheek Best Programmer Ever award.
- In 1993, Andrew Braybrook won the German magazine Powerplay 1993 Medal of Honour.
Games[edit | edit source]
- Space Chase (COBOL for IBM VM370) space shooter
- Dalek Hunt (COBOL for IBM VM370) three screen to-down shooter (last level in the dark!
- Rubble (COBOL for IBM VM370) single-screen top-down shooter
- Navigate (COBOL for IBM VM370) space strategy game
- Survive (COBOL for IBM VM370) up to 6 player last-man-standing top-down explore/shooter
- 3D Space Wars (Dragon 32 conversion from ZX Spectrum)
- Seiddab Attack! (Dragon 32 conversion from ZX Spectrum)
- Lunattack! (Dragon 32 conversion from ZX Spectrum)
- Lunattack! (C64 conversion from ZX Spectrum/Dragon 32)
- Gribbly's Day Out
- Paradroid
- Uridium
- Gribbly`s Second Day Out (somehow unreleased)
- Paradroid Competition Edition
- Uridium+
- Alleykat
- Paradroid Heavy Metal Edition
- Morpheus
- Intensity
- Rainbow Islands (Atari ST & CBM Amiga)
- Paradroid 90 (Atari ST & CBM Amiga)
- Fire and Ice (CBM Amiga)
- Uridium 2 (CBM Amiga)
- Rainbow Islands (PC, PlayStation and Sega Saturn) Data for levels adapted from Amiga version to run at 50Hz/60Hz.
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