Jonathan "Joffa" Smith dead :(

[ParadigmShifter]

According to World of Spectrum forums RIP Jof.

He was a legendary programmer of ZX Spectrum games in the 80s, responsible for Green Beret, Hyper sports and Cobra among others.

Also a noted gourmet and anti-litter campaigner


Link to video.


Link to video.

I also got to correspond with him via PM a few times on World of Spectrum.

RIP Joffa, you will be sadly missed

EDIT: Seems the GIFs aren't working

Here's his bio on wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Smith_(games_programmer)

 

[Dudemeister]

cobra looks awesome.

rip.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

Cobra was my favourite.

It's worth getting an emulator (ZX Spin I use) and getting it, it's free from WoS.


Link to video.


Link to video.

I think it was the only game with a "murder" button.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

Here's his "In Memoriam" page on World of Spectrum.

http://www.worldofspectrum.org/tribute/en/SmithJonathanM.html

He also worked on Red Dwarf series 2 and 3.