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Jonathan Smith (games programmer)
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<h2 id="notable-releases">Notable releases</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Title</th><th>Developer</th><th>Publisher</th><th>Year</th><th>Platform</th></tr><tr><td><i>Airlock</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Rage_Software/MskWXtVj">Rage Software</a></td><td>Orange Multimedia</td><td>2000</td><td><a href="/facts/Wireless_Application_Protocol/UxhCWfnv">WAP</a></td></tr><tr><td><i>All Star Baseball 2004</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Acclaim_Studios_Manchester/4DY6zcYo">Acclaim Studios Manchester</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Acclaim_Entertainment/akA9yYzx">Acclaim Entertainment</a></td><td>2004</td><td><a href="/facts/Game_Boy_Advance/oRJksVAa">Game Boy Advance</a></td></tr><tr><td><i>Apprentise aka Fluffy</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Software_Creations_(UK)/4DY6zcYo">Software Creations</a></td><td>unfinished and unpublished</td><td>2001</td><td><a href="/facts/Game_Boy_Advance/oRJksVAa">Game Boy Advance</a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Batman:_The_Caped_Crusader/gvTTJkd6">Batman: The Caped Crusader</a></i></td><td>Special FX Software</td><td><a href="/facts/Ocean_Software/6J5BTAvG">Ocean Software</a></td><td>1988</td><td><a href="/facts/ZX_Spectrum/JVbaDHrU">ZX Spectrum</a></td></tr><tr><td><i>Cluster Bluster</i></td><td>?</td><td>?</td><td>?</td><td><a href="/facts/SNES/uRT5Sa6s">SNES</a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Cobra_(video_game)/ABe9f5Q5">Cobra</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Ocean_Software/6J5BTAvG">Ocean Software</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ocean_Software/6J5BTAvG">Ocean Software</a></td><td>1986</td><td><a href="/facts/ZX_Spectrum/JVbaDHrU">ZX Spectrum</a></td></tr><tr><td><i>Daley Thompson's Supertest</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Ocean_Software/6J5BTAvG">Ocean Software</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ocean_Software/6J5BTAvG">Ocean Software</a></td><td>1985</td><td><a href="/facts/ZX_Spectrum/JVbaDHrU">ZX Spectrum</a></td></tr><tr><td><i>Firefly</i></td><td>Special FX Software</td><td><a href="/facts/Ocean_Software/6J5BTAvG">Ocean Software</a></td><td>1988</td><td><a href="/facts/ZX_Spectrum/JVbaDHrU">ZX Spectrum</a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Green_Beret_(arcade_game)/xMw1PhDd">Green Beret</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Imagine_Software/EpSjAr48">Imagine Software</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ocean_Software/6J5BTAvG">Ocean Software</a></td><td>1986</td><td><a href="/facts/ZX_Spectrum/JVbaDHrU">ZX Spectrum</a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Hudson_Hawk/uWftkmTA">Hudson Hawk</a></i></td><td>Special FX Software</td><td><a href="/facts/Ocean_Software/6J5BTAvG">Ocean Software</a></td><td>1991</td><td><a href="/facts/Atari_ST/9GsYSlaM">Atari ST</a></td></tr><tr><td><i>Hyper Active</i></td><td>Special FX Software</td><td><a href="/facts/Sinclair_User/z6jQuJv0">Sinclair User</a></td><td>1988</td><td><a href="/facts/ZX_Spectrum/JVbaDHrU">ZX Spectrum</a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Hyper_Sports/eGoT9S2k">Hyper Sports</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Imagine_Software/EpSjAr48">Imagine Software</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ocean_Software/6J5BTAvG">Ocean Software</a></td><td>1985</td><td><a href="/facts/ZX_Spectrum/JVbaDHrU">ZX Spectrum</a></td></tr><tr><td><i>Hysteria</i></td><td>Special FX Software</td><td><a href="/facts/Software_Projects/asxl9e3e">Software Projects</a></td><td>1987</td><td><a href="/facts/ZX_Spectrum/JVbaDHrU">ZX Spectrum</a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Kong_Strikes_Back!/X7Clot0K">Kong Strikes Back!</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Ocean_Software/6J5BTAvG">Ocean Software</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ocean_Software/6J5BTAvG">Ocean Software</a></td><td>1984</td><td><a href="/facts/ZX_Spectrum/JVbaDHrU">ZX Spectrum</a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Looney_Tunes_Back_in_Action/DBToGYeq">Looney Tunes Back in Action</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Warthog_Games/ryR8bfjg">Warthog Games</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Electronic_Arts/fy7Ppdem">Electronic Arts</a></td><td>2003</td><td><a href="/facts/Game_Boy_Advance/oRJksVAa">Game Boy Advance</a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Momma_Can_I_Mow_The_Lawn/ryR8bfjg">Momma Can I Mow The Lawn</a>?</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Gizmondo_Studios/HxSeRXWu">Gizmondo Studios</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Gizmondo_Studios/HxSeRXWu">Gizmondo Studios</a></td><td>2005</td><td><a href="/facts/Gizmondo/HxSeRXWu">Gizmondo</a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Midnight_Resistance/5nvS74nh">Midnight Resistance</a></i></td><td>Special FX Software</td><td><a href="/facts/Ocean_Software/6J5BTAvG">Ocean Software</a></td><td>1990</td><td><a href="/facts/Atari_ST/9GsYSlaM">Atari ST</a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Mikie/I8rQsL3A">Mikie</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Imagine_Software/EpSjAr48">Imagine Software</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ocean_Software/6J5BTAvG">Ocean Software</a></td><td>1986</td><td><a href="/facts/ZX_Spectrum/JVbaDHrU">ZX Spectrum</a></td></tr><tr><td><i>Power Drive</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Rage_Software/MskWXtVj">Rage Software</a></td><td><a href="/facts/US_Gold/VxWws6yF">US Gold</a></td><td>1994</td><td><a href="/facts/Sega_Genesis/7GuPYDhM">Sega Genesis</a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Pud_Pud/gclIKTMF">Pud Pud</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Ocean_Software/6J5BTAvG">Ocean Software</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ocean_Software/6J5BTAvG">Ocean Software</a></td><td>1984</td><td><a href="/facts/ZX_Spectrum/JVbaDHrU">ZX Spectrum</a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Red_Heat_(video_game)/XL9S6fjc">Red Heat</a></i></td><td>Special FX Software</td><td><a href="/facts/Ocean_Software/6J5BTAvG">Ocean Software</a></td><td>1989–90</td><td><a href="/facts/Amiga/60B3A9of">Amiga</a> <a href="/facts/Atari_ST/9GsYSlaM">Atari ST</a></td></tr><tr><td><i>Recoil</i></td><td>Special FX Software</td><td><a href="/facts/Ocean_Software/6J5BTAvG">Ocean Software</a></td><td>1989</td><td><a href="/facts/Atari_ST/9GsYSlaM">Atari ST</a></td></tr><tr><td><i>Retaliot</i></td><td>Video Hazard</td><td>Video Hazard</td><td>2009</td><td><a href="/facts/MSX/mthwra8a">MSX</a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Ripping_Friends/q7ewxmX4">Ripping Friends</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Software_Creations_(UK)/4DY6zcYo">Software Creations</a></td><td><a href="/facts/THQ/azYjzXxc">THQ</a></td><td>2002</td><td><a href="/facts/Game_Boy_Advance/oRJksVAa">Game Boy Advance</a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Saucer/CuHIf8Ao">Saucer</a></i></td><td>Shorten Suite Software</td><td>unfinished and unpublished</td><td>2006</td><td><a href="/facts/ZX_Spectrum/JVbaDHrU">ZX Spectrum</a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Spider-Man/X-Men:_Arcade%27s_Revenge/mSytJG6q">Spider-Man/X-Men: Arcade's Revenge</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Software_Creations_(UK)/4DY6zcYo">Software Creations</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Acclaim_Entertainment/akA9yYzx">Acclaim Entertainment</a></td><td>1992</td><td><a href="/facts/SNES/uRT5Sa6s">SNES</a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Street_Hawk_(video_game)/9JAMhgC6">Street Hawk</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Ocean_Software/6J5BTAvG">Ocean Software</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ocean_Software/6J5BTAvG">Ocean Software</a></td><td>1985</td><td><a href="/facts/ZX_Spectrum/JVbaDHrU">ZX Spectrum</a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Terra_Cresta/xyth8073">Terra Cresta</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Imagine_Software/EpSjAr48">Imagine Software</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ocean_Software/6J5BTAvG">Ocean Software</a></td><td>1986</td><td><a href="/facts/ZX_Spectrum/JVbaDHrU">ZX Spectrum</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/zxspecticle/interviews.htm">An interview</a> conducted by <i>ZX Specticle</i></li> <li><a href="https://www.zxgoldenyears.org/jonathan-smith">An interview</a> at <i>The Spectrum Golden Years</i></li> <li><a href="http://zxspectrumgames.blogspot.com/2009/09/zx-spectrum-games-programmer-interview_27.html">Another interview</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/frobush/">Smith's Homepage</a> at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a> (archive index)</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190708161057/http://www.worldofspectrum.org/tribute/en/SmithJonathanM.html">Obituary</a> on <a href="/facts/World_of_Spectrum/JVbaDHrU">World of Spectrum</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Saukis, Einar. "ZXDB Entry: Jonathan M Smith (UK)". Spectrum Computing. Retrieved 8 August 2021. <a href="https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/list?label_id=7432" target="_blank">https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/list?label_id=7432</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Developer Profile: Special FX". Wireframe. No. 4. Raspberry Pi Ltd. 10 October 2019. p. 51. Retrieved 9 June 2023. <a href="https://archive.org/details/Wireframe24/page/n49/mode/2up" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/Wireframe24/page/n49/mode/2up</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Cobra". CRASH (35): 140–141. December 1986. Retrieved 12 August 2006. <a href="http://www.crashonline.org.uk/35/cobra.htm" target="_blank">http://www.crashonline.org.uk/35/cobra.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Developer Profile: Special FX". Wireframe. No. 4. Raspberry Pi Ltd. 10 October 2019. p. 51. Retrieved 9 June 2023. <a href="https://archive.org/details/Wireframe24/page/n49/mode/2up" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/Wireframe24/page/n49/mode/2up</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Smith, Rachael (June 1986). "Green Beret". Your Sinclair (6): 30. Archived from the original on 5 July 2006. Retrieved 12 August 2006. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060705103934/http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/greenberet.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20060705103934/http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/greenberet.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Developer Profile: Special FX". Wireframe. No. 4. Raspberry Pi Ltd. 10 October 2019. p. 51. Retrieved 9 June 2023. <a href="https://archive.org/details/Wireframe24/page/n49/mode/2up" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/Wireframe24/page/n49/mode/2up</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>