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David Jones (programmer)
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<p>David Jones is a former <a href="/facts/Freelance/IEwvCMTI">freelance</a> <a href="/facts/Computer_game_programmer/GJCB6acl">computer game programmer</a> who was prolific in the mid-to-late 1980s. He is best known for the creation of the <a href="/facts/Player_character/YAfuo6f2">computer game character</a> <a href="/facts/Magic_Knight/9NsjDSjU">Magic Knight</a> in his <a href="/facts/1985_in_video_gaming/G9Nznqbx">1985</a> game <i><a href="/facts/Finders_Keepers_(computer_game)/vqXSQcjr">Finders Keepers</a></i> for the <a href="/facts/Mastertronic/IwdKDRCf">Mastertronic</a> budget label and released on the <a href="/facts/ZX_Spectrum/JVbaDHrU">ZX Spectrum</a>, <a href="/facts/Amstrad_CPC/U2F6jDXY">Amstrad CPC</a>, <a href="/facts/MSX/mthwra8a">MSX</a> and <a href="/facts/Commodore_64/3TPcKDbb">Commodore 64</a>. He later went on to work for <a href="/facts/Psygnosis/lfrGnagp">Psygnosis</a> and <a href="/facts/Acclaim_Entertainment/akA9yYzx">Acclaim</a>. </p><p><i><a href="/facts/Finders_Keepers_(computer_game)/vqXSQcjr">Finders Keepers</a></i> spawned three sequels: <i><a href="/facts/Spellbound_(computer_game)/uE5VwRfK">Spellbound</a></i> (<a href="/facts/1985_in_video_gaming/G9Nznqbx">1985</a>), <i><a href="/facts/Knight_Tyme/P5GNGeTC">Knight Tyme</a></i> (<a href="/facts/1986_in_video_gaming/DXpmE8lt">1986</a>) and <i><a href="/facts/Stormbringer_(computer_game)/JGavcAIb">Stormbringer</a></i> (<a href="/facts/1987_in_video_gaming/y0l21pEH">1987</a>). </p><p>In 2019, Jones donated the Tandy <a href="/facts/TRS-80/zNfQKxnQ">TRS-80</a> Model III computer that he used to create the Magic Knight series of games to <a href="/facts/The_Centre_for_Computing_History/uJq6PFmC">The Centre for Computing History</a>. Also donated were many floppy disks, and a hard disk that containing source code and assets for many of his games. The data will be preserved as part of the Centre's ongoing <a href="/facts/Video_game_preservation/Vrncj9KF">video game preservation</a> work. </p><p>As of 2019, Jones is a Games Lecturer at <a href="/facts/Breda_University_of_Applied_Sciences/N2Gma64N">Breda University of Applied Sciences</a> in the <a href="/facts/Netherlands/y8xn5stT">Netherlands</a>. </p>