Raffaele Cecco

Summary

Raffaele Cecco (born 10 May 1967) is a British video games developer who has created numerous video games since 1984, including Cybernoid and Exolon. He grew up in Tottenham in North London. Spurred by an interest in computers, he received his first computer, a Sinclair ZX81, as a birthday gift from his parents in 1981 and began programming simple games in BASIC.[1][2][3]

Raffaele Cecco
Born (1967-05-10) 10 May 1967 (age 56)
OccupationVideo game programmer
NationalityBritish
Period1984–
GenreAction games

Due to the popularity of Cecco's video games he was asked to write a monthly diary for CRASH magazine, the first installment being 15 April 1988.[4] The diary documented the development of Stormlord.

Games edit

These are games that Cecco has developed or been closely associated with.[vague]

The Cecco's Collection compilation was released by Hewson in 1990. It includes Exolon, Cybernoid, Cybernoid II, and Stormlord. Your Sinclair awarded the compilation 92%, calling it as a fine three-year collection of Cecco's achievements and a succinct history of Spectrum programming to that date. The reviewer, Andy Ide, considered Cecco one of the Spectrum's biggest stars.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ Wilkins, Chris; Kean, Roger M. (2017). The story of the Commodore Amiga in Pixels_. United Kingdom: Fusion Retro Books. p. 268. ISBN 9780993131592.
  2. ^ "Raffaele Cecco interview". RetroGamer.net. 9 October 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e Dan Whitehead (3 March 2014). "Code Britannia: Raffaele Cecco". Eurogamer.
  4. ^ Cecco's log at CRASH Online
  5. ^ Ide, Andy (August 1990). "Cecco's Collection review". Your Sinclair (56). Retrieved 31 August 2007.

External links edit

  • CRASH issue 59 at CRASH Online; Programmers on Programmers article
  • (in French) Amstrad Cent pour Cent issue 14; an interview