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'''Pete Cooke''' (born 1956) is a famous{{weasel-inline}} [[United Kingdom|British]] computer games programmer, best known for his work published in the 1980s for the [[8-bit]] home computers, especially the [[ZX Spectrum]].
'''Pete Cooke''' (born 1956) is a British computer games programmer, best known for his work published in the 1980s for the [[ZX Spectrum]].


==Career==
His software is often instantly-recognisable{{weasel-inline}} thanks to his use of his own point and click [[GUI]] in many of his games. This is manipulated by [[Computer keyboard|keyboard]] or [[joystick]] since it was rare for Spectrum owners to use a [[mouse (computing)|mouse]].
His software often used a point and click [[GUI]].{{citation needed|date=September 2017}} As most Spectrum users did not own a [[mouse (computing)|mouse]] the pointer was manipulated by [[Computer keyboard|keyboard]] or [[joystick]].


Cooke's games were notable for being extremely innovative and ahead of their time.{{weasel-inline}} ''[[Tau Ceti (computer game)|Tau Ceti]]'' (released 1985), for example, featured not only a form of solid [[3D computer graphics|3D graphics]] but was also set on a planet with night and day cycles and shadows. ''[[Micronaut One (computer game)|Micronaut One]]'' (released 1987) was imaginatively set inside futuristic biocomputers with the player controlling a microscopic craft and attempting to clear the tunnels of the biocomputers of an insect-like life form called Scrim. This game also used fast-moving 3D graphics as well as featuring an enemy that went through a realistic (if speeded-up) life-cycle, beginning each level as [[Egg (biology)|eggs]] and progressing to [[larva]]e and eventually adult skrim which would then lay more eggs. Even Cooke's more straightforward games, like the 1988 shoot 'em up ''[[Earthlight (computer game)|Earthlight]]'', featured their own complexities and technical gimmicks.
Cooke's game ''[[Tau Ceti (computer game)|Tau Ceti]]'' featured a form of solid [[3D computer graphics|3D graphics]] and was set on a planet with day and night cycles with dynamically drawn shadows. ''[[Micronaut One (computer game)|Micronaut One]]'', released in 1987, was set inside futuristic biocomputers with the player controlling a microscopic craft attempting to clear the tunnels of an insect-like life form called Scrim. This game used fast-moving 3D graphics and featured an enemy that went through a realistic, though sped up, lifecycle, beginning each level as [[Egg (biology)|eggs]] and progressing to [[larva]]e and eventually adult Scrim which would then lay more eggs.{{cite needed|date=October 2024}}


As well as these games, Cooke programmed the ZX Spectrum and [[Amstrad CPC]] versions of ''[[Stunt Car Racer]]'' and also released a game for the 16-bit [[Amiga]] and [[Atari ST]] in 1990 called ''[[Tower Of Babel (computer game)|Tower of Babel]]''.
As well as these games, Cooke programmed the ZX Spectrum and [[Amstrad CPC]] versions of ''[[Stunt Car Racer]]'' and also released a game for the 16-bit [[Amiga]] and [[Atari ST]] in 1990 called ''[[Tower Of Babel (computer game)|Tower of Babel]]''.{{cite needed|date=October 2024}}


He now works at [[Leicester College]] as an IT lecturer and he teaches students how to create computer games using [[Microsoft XNA]].{{cn|date=June 2013}}
He worked at [[Leicester College]] as an IT lecturer and he teaches students how to create computer games using [[Microsoft XNA]].{{citation needed|date=June 2013}}
He has created and released games for Apple Devices (iOS), including ''Zenfit'' and ''Everything Must Go''.{{cite needed|date=October 2024}}


==Games==
Recently he has created and released unique and interesting games for Apple Devices (iOS) and over the last 2 years he has created and launched both Zenfit and Everything Must Go (See below for the links to the games on the App Store).
*''[[Invincible Island]]'' (1983)<ref>[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006490 Invincible Island on World of Spectrum]</ref>

*''The Inferno'' (1984)
==Notable games==
*''Urban Upstart'' (1983)
*''[[Urban Upstart]]'' (1984)
*''UDG Generator'' (1984)
*''Maze Chase'' (1984)
*''Upper Gumtree'' (1985)
*''Ski Star 2000'' (1985)
*''Ski Star 2000'' (1985)
*''{{Interlanguage link multi|Juggernaut (video game, 1985)|ru|3=Juggernaut (компьютерная игра, 1985)|lt=Juggernaut}}'' (1985)
*''[[Tau Ceti (computer game)|Tau Ceti]]'' (1985)
*''[[Tau Ceti (computer game)|Tau Ceti]]'' (1985)
*''Juggernaut'' (1985)
*''Room 10'' (1986)
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*''[[Academy (computer game)|Academy]]'' (1986)
*''Micronaut One'' (1987)
*''Micronaut One'' (1987)
*''Brainstorm'' (1987)
*''Brainstorm'' (1987)
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*''[[Academy (computer game)|Academy]]'' (1987)
*''[[Earthlight (computer game)|Earthlight]]'' (1988)
*''[[Earthlight (computer game)|Earthlight]]'' (1988)
*''Zolyx'' (1988)
*''Zolyx'' (1988)
*''A Whole New Ball Game'' (1989)
*''A Whole New Ball Game'' (1989)
*''[[Stunt Car Racer]]'' – ZX Spectrum conversion of [[Geoff Crammond]]'s game (1989)
*''[[Stunt Car Racer]]'' – ZX Spectrum conversion of [[Geoff Crammond]]'s game (1989)
*''Granny's Garden'' (1989)
*''[[Tower Of Babel (computer game)|Tower Of Babel]]'' (1990)
*''[[Tower Of Babel (computer game)|Tower Of Babel]]'' (1990)
*''Grand Prix'' (1992)
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*''[https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/zenfit/id526340108?mt=8 Zenfit]'' (iOS) (2012)
*''Grand Prix 2'' (1996)
*''[https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/everything-must-go/id655190626?mt=8 Everything Must Go]'' (iOS) (2013)
*''Grand Prix 3'' (2000)
*''Zenfit'' (iOS) (2012)
*''Everything Must Go'' (iOS) (2013) <ref>{{cite magazine |title=In the Chair with.. Pete Cooke |magazine=[[Retro Gamer]] |publisher=[[Imagine Publishing|Imagine]] |issue=126 |date=March 2014 |pages=92–95 |ref={{harvid|Retro Gamer|2014}} }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{WoS pub|id=^Pete+Cooke$}}
*[http://www.crashonline.org.uk/42/cooke.htm Feature on Pete Cooke] from a 1987 issue of ''Crash'' magazine.
*[http://www.crashonline.org.uk/42/cooke.htm Feature on Pete Cooke] from a 1987 issue of ''Crash'' magazine.
*[http://www.retrogamer.net/profiles/developer/pete-cooke/ Pete Cooke by Retro Gamer Team, 15 July 2014].
*[http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/zenfit/id526340108?mt=8 Zenfit on Apple App Store] Zenfit on Apple App Store.
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*[https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/zenfit/id526340108?mt=8 Zenfit on Apple App Store] Zenfit on Apple App Store.
*[https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/everything-must-go/id655190626?mt=8 Everything Must Go on Apple App Store] Everything Must Go on Apple App Store.
*[https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/everything-must-go/id655190626?mt=8 Everything Must Go on Apple App Store] Everything Must Go on Apple App Store.


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Latest revision as of 14:48, 22 December 2024

Pete Cooke (born 1956) is a British computer games programmer, best known for his work published in the 1980s for the ZX Spectrum.

Career

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His software often used a point and click GUI.[citation needed] As most Spectrum users did not own a mouse the pointer was manipulated by keyboard or joystick.

Cooke's game Tau Ceti featured a form of solid 3D graphics and was set on a planet with day and night cycles with dynamically drawn shadows. Micronaut One, released in 1987, was set inside futuristic biocomputers with the player controlling a microscopic craft attempting to clear the tunnels of an insect-like life form called Scrim. This game used fast-moving 3D graphics and featured an enemy that went through a realistic, though sped up, lifecycle, beginning each level as eggs and progressing to larvae and eventually adult Scrim which would then lay more eggs.[citation needed]

As well as these games, Cooke programmed the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC versions of Stunt Car Racer and also released a game for the 16-bit Amiga and Atari ST in 1990 called Tower of Babel.[citation needed]

He worked at Leicester College as an IT lecturer and he teaches students how to create computer games using Microsoft XNA.[citation needed] He has created and released games for Apple Devices (iOS), including Zenfit and Everything Must Go.[citation needed]

Games

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References

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  1. ^ Invincible Island on World of Spectrum
  2. ^ "In the Chair with.. Pete Cooke". Retro Gamer. No. 126. Imagine. March 2014. pp. 92–95.
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