Mike Singleton, a prominent and prolific game developer based in the UK, died on October 10 of natural causes at the age of 61, following a year-long battle with jaw cancer. Singleton was responsible for a few games that serve as the foundation of home entertainment, including
Space Ace for the Commodore VIC-20,
War in Middle Earth for the ZX Spectrum,
Carrier Command for the Amiga,
Midwinter and
Midwinter 2 for Atari ST, Amiga and PC, and more recently
GRID for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.
A friend and previous employee of Singleton's has a heartfelt dedication to his work and life
here, along with a list of all the games Singleton created or had a hand in. The friend writes, "Next time you pop in a disk, raise a glass and say 'Cheers Singo!'"
Cheers.
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