Peter Killworth
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Peter Killworth was an oceanographer who was active in the Phoenix adventure community, and brought some of its games to the microcomputer market, as well as writing several of his own. He died in 2008.
Author Credits
- Philosopher's Quest (publisher: Acornsoft and Topologika; 1982).
- Castle of Riddles (publisher: Acornsoft; 1983).
- Giantkiller (publisher: Topologika; 1987).
- The Doom series:
- Countdown to Doom (publisher: Acornsoft and Topologika; 1983).
- Return to Doom (publisher: Topologika; 1988).
- Last Days of Doom (publisher: Topologika; 1990).
- How to Write Adventure Games series for the Electron:
Porting Credits
Ported these games from Phoenix to the BBC Micro for Acornsoft:
- Kingdom of Hamil (Jonathan Partington; 1983).
- Quondam (Rod Underwood; 1984).
- Acheton (Jon Thackray and David Seal; 1984).
Review and Article Credits
- Wrote the book How to Write Adventure Games (for the BBC Microcomputer Model B and Acorn Electron) (Acornsoft/Penguin; 1984; ISBN 0140078142).
Links
- Wikipedia page.
- Software page (archive), including some of his games.
- Peter Killworth's 1983 by Jimmy Maher, The Digital Antiquarian, 27-Jun-2013. (Also covered in other posts on Topologika.)
- ANNOUNCE: Countdown to Doom, Return to Doom, Last Days of Doom on rec.games.int-fiction (08-May-2000) - announcing the hand-ported Inform/Z-code versions of those games.
Interviews
- Acornsoft's master sorcerer - Micro Adventurer #12, October 1984, pp 14-15.