- Notable releases
- References
- External links
{{EngvarB|date=December 2017}}{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}{{refimprove|date=November 2010}}Jonathan M. "Joffa" Smith (1 February 1967 – 26 June 2010)[1] was a British games programmer, best known for his titles for the ZX Spectrum. His games[2] were notable for containing a large number of sprites and parallax scrolling, features which were largely unknown on the Spectrum at the time{{Citation needed|date=April 2007}}. His most notable games include Cobra,[3] (which was a license extremely loosely based on a Sylvester Stallone film) one of the first Spectrum games to exhibit full-colour parallax scrolling and his conversion of the arcade game Green Beret.[4] A notable "trademark" of Smith's was his habit of writing his name (with "Jonathan" and "Smith" spelled various ways) as a mirror-image in his games. Notable releases| Title | Developer | Publisher | Year | Platform | | Airlock | Rage Software | Orange Multimedia | 2000 | WAP | | All Star Baseball 2004 | Acclaim Studios Manchester | Acclaim Entertainment | 2004 | Game Boy Advance | | Apprentise aka Fluffy | Software Creations | unfinished and unpublished | 2001 | Game Boy Advance | | The Caped Crusader | Special FX Software | Ocean Software Ltd | 1988 | ZX Spectrum | | Cluster Bluster | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | SNES | | Cobra | Ocean Software Ltd | Ocean Software Ltd | 1986 | ZX Spectrum | | Daley Thompson's Supertest | Ocean Software Ltd | Ocean Software Ltd | 1985 | ZX Spectrum | | Firefly | Special FX Software | Ocean Software Ltd | 1988 | ZX Spectrum | | Green Beret | Imagine Software Ltd | Ocean Software Ltd | 1986 | ZX Spectrum | | Hudson Hawk | Special FX Software | Ocean Software Ltd | 1991 | Atari ST | | Hyper Active | Special FX Software | Sinclair User | 1988 | ZX Spectrum | | Hyper Sports | Imagine Software Ltd | Ocean Software Ltd | 1985 | ZX Spectrum | | Hysteria | Special FX Software | Software Projects Ltd | 1987 | ZX Spectrum | | Ping Pong | Imagine Software Ltd | Ocean Software Ltd | 1986 | ZX Spectrum | | Kong Strikes Back! | Ocean Software Ltd | Ocean Software Ltd | 1984 | ZX Spectrum | | Looney Tunes Back in Action | Warthog PLC | Electronic Arts | 2003 | Game Boy Advance | | Momma Can I Mow The Lawn? | Gizmondo Studios | Gizmondo Studios | 2005 | Gizmondo | | Midnight Resistance | Special FX Software | Ocean Software Ltd | 1990 | Atari ST | | Mikie | Imagine Software Ltd | Ocean Software Ltd | 1986 | ZX Spectrum | | Mr. Do! | Special FX Software | Ocean Software Ltd | 1992 | Game Boy | | Power Drive | Rage Software | US Gold | 1994 | Sega Genesis | | Pud Pud | Ocean Software Ltd | Ocean Software Ltd | 1984 | ZX Spectrum | | Red Heat | Special FX Software | Ocean Software Ltd | 1989–90 | Amiga Atari ST | | Recoil | Special FX Software | Ocean Software Ltd | 1989 | Atari ST | | Retaliot | Video Hazard | Video Hazard | 2009 | MSX | | Ripping Friends | Software Creations | THQ | 2002 | GBA | | Saucer | Shorten Suite Software | unfinished and unpublished | 2006 | ZX Spectrum | | Arcade's Revenge | Software Creations | Acclaim Entertainment | 1992 | SNES | | Street Hawk - Subscriber's Edition | Ocean Software Ltd | Ocean Software Ltd | 1985 | ZX Spectrum | | Terra Cresta | Imagine Software Ltd | Ocean Software Ltd | 1986 | ZX Spectrum | |
References1. ^World of Spectrum: Jonathan M Smith
2. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^Jonathan+Smith+%5b1%5d$ | title = Sinclair Infoseek: Jonathan Smith [1] | accessdate = 12 August 2006 | last = van der Heide | first = Martijn | work = World of Spectrum}}
3. ^{{cite journal |date=December 1986 | title = Cobra | journal = CRASH | issue = 35 | pages = 140–141 | url = http://www.crashonline.org.uk/35/cobra.htm | accessdate = 12 August 2006}}
4. ^{{cite journal | last = Smith | first = Rachael | date = June 1986 | title = Green Beret | journal = Your Sinclair | issue = 6 | pages = 30 | url = http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/greenberet.htm | accessdate = 12 August 2006 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060705103934/http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/greenberet.htm | archivedate = 5 July 2006 | df = }}
External links- An interview conducted by ZX Specticle
- [https://www.zxgoldenyears.org/jonathan-smith An interview] at The Spectrum Golden Years
- Another interview
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web//http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/frobush/ |date= |title=Smith's Homepage }}
- Obituary on World of Spectrum
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