David Darling
Moby ID: 68889
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David Darling and his brother Richard Darling set up their first games company in 1982, Galactic Software, when David was only 16 years old. In 1984 they received the Programmers of the Year Award from Commodore. In 1986 they started Codemasters with their father Jim. EY, The Times and Citibank awarded David with the National UK, Entrepreneur of the Year Award, 2000. From 9 May, 2005, after a reorganization, chairman Darling now holds the position of Chief Creative Officer at Codemasters.
He would later leave Codemasters and, in 2011, founded his own mobile games studio Kwalee Ltd, of which he was the CEO.
Credited on 45 games
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| Micro Machines V4 (2007, Nintendo DS) | Chief Creative Officier |
| Micro Machines V4 (2006, PSP) | Chief Creative Officer |
| Sensible Soccer 2006 (2006, PlayStation 2) | Chief Creative Officer |
| Prince Naseem Boxing (2001, Game Boy Color) | Original Design |
| Super Skidmarks (1995, Genesis) | Managing Director |
| Micro Machines: Turbo Tournament 96 (1995, Genesis) | Project Management by |
| Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament (1994, Genesis) | Project Management |
| Italia 1990 (1990, Amiga) | Designed by |
| BMX Simulator 2 (1989, Amstrad CPC) | Directors |
| Arcade Flight Simulator (1989, ZX Spectrum) | Directed for CodeMasters by |
| BMX Freestyle (1989, ZX Spectrum) | Project Leaders |
| Pro Powerboat Simulator (1989, Amstrad CPC) | Project Leader |
| Grand Prix Simulator 2 (1989, ZX Spectrum) | Project director |
| Professional Ski Simulator (1989, Amiga) | Project Management |
| Moto X Simulator (1989, ZX Spectrum) | Director |
| Rock Star Ate My Hamster (1989, ZX Spectrum) | Produced by |
| Monte Carlo Casino (1989, ZX Spectrum) | Director |
| Fantasy World Dizzy (1989, ZX Spectrum) | Project Manager |
| SAS Combat Simulator (1989, Amstrad CPC) | Project Leader |
| Fast Food (1989, ZX Spectrum) | Project Director |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 22 games with Richard Darling
- 20 games with David Whittaker
- 19 games with Mike Clark
- 18 games with Nigel Fletcher
- 15 games with Stewart Regan
- 10 games with Peter Williamson
- 10 games with James Wilson
- 9 games with Mark Baldock
- 8 games with Andrew Oliver
- 8 games with Philip Oliver
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Companies
- 35 games with Codemasters Software...
- 10 games with Mastertronic Ltd.
- 5 games with Supersonic Software Ltd.
- 4 games with Words & Pictures Limited
- 2 games with Acclaim Studios Teesside
- 2 games with Codemasters GmbH
- 2 games with ACE (Advanced Computer...
- 1 game with Strawdog Studios Ltd.
- 1 game with Kuju Surrey
- 1 game with Chemistry
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