Paul Owens (games programmer)
Introduction '''Paul Owens''' is a British video game who worked at Ocean Software in the 1980s and 90s and was the founding programmer employed by Spectrum Games prior to Ocean Software being established. He is best known for writing the ZX Spectrum version of Daley Thompson’s Decathlon.Mainly concentrating on the ZX Spectrum, he wrote over 14 titles but also collaborated on many other games and other platforms including the Amstrad CPC along with developing other software such as the Ocean Spectrum Loader and game development software.In the 80s, Ocean Software collaborated with Sinclair Research to help develop the Sinclair hardware and Paul received a letter of commendation from Sir Clive Sinclair after helping to iron out some problems with the ZX Spectrum 128 (codenamed Derby) prior to its release.
Games ''Road Frog''Spectrum Games1983''Kong''Ocean Software1984''Daley Thompson's Decathlon''Ocean Software1984''Hunchback''Ocean Software1984CavelonOcean Software1984Daley Thompson's SupertestOcean Software1985Hunchback II: Quasimodo's RevengeOcean Software1985Mr WimpyOcean Software1984''Short Circuit''Ocean Software1985GryzorOcean Software1985''Street Hawk''Ocean Software1985VindicatorOcean Software1988''Dragon Ninja''Ocean Software1988
References
External links *  World of Spectrum