succeeded by Rival Ball in 2001. Illness and death McNally suffered from Hodgkin's lymphoma, an aggressive form of lung cancer, which he was diagnosed with in 1997 at the age of 18. McNally died on March 21, 2000, shortly after winning the grand prize for Tread Marks. Legacy McNally's father continued to create a historical wargame, the basic design drafts of which he had helped to formulate. This was released in 2010 as Hegemony: Philip of Macedon and became the first entry in a series of historical wargames. Longbow Digital Arts, the independent game development company founded by McNally, continues operations until today. In 2018, it released a 20th Anniversary Edition of Seumas's cult classic computer game DX-Ball 2. References 1979 births Canadian video game designers 2000 deaths Deaths from Hodgkin lymphoma Deaths from cancer in Ontario