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{{Infobox Composer
| Name        = Kris Hatlelid
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| Name        = Kristjan Hatlelid
| Picture    = Krishatlelid1.jpg
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| Picture    = Krishatlelid1.jpg
| Born        = August 29, 19??
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| Gender      = Male
| BirthPlace  = Regina, SK, CA
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| Born        = 196?-08-29
| Nationality = Canadian
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| BirthPlace  = Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
| Flag        = Canada
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| Nationality = Canadian
| Alias01     = Krisjan Hatlelid
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| Flag        = Canada
| Website    = flameanew.com
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| Aliases     = Igor Shimskey
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| Website    = flameanew.com
 
}}
 
}}
  
Kris Hatlelid is a Canadian-American composer and sound designer for games and currently works at Microsoft. He worked in-house at Distinctive Software, Inc. and most of his music was usually collaborated with [[Mike Sokyrka]]. Kris currently lives in Seattle, Washington and works for Microsoft as a Managing Developer. While Kris doesn't write music and sound for games anymore, he still continues to compose and play music.
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'''''Kris Hatlelid''''' is a Canadian composer, sound designer and programmer.
  
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Hatlelid encountered Commodore PET computers at school and owned a [[Commodore VIC-20]]. He started programming at age 14 or 15 and learned a lot from [[Gregor Larson]], with whom he wrote and sold his first game, [[Frantic Freddie (C64)]], in 1983 while still at high school.
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At a 1985 Toronto trade show, Hatlelid talked to one of the founders of ''PirateBusters Inc.'' which did copy protection. Having wanted one on Frantic Freddie already, he was invited to do protection with them. He also programmed a gory cartoon for when a copy was detected. The cartoon is around since 1986, but from what game it was ripped is unknown. Hatlelid called the venture not really profitable, but said at the same time he started a pretty decent career in video games.
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At the beginning of 1987, he worked for [[Distinctive Software]] and [[Electronic Arts]]. He was a manager, developer, and composer. At Distinctive, he not only wrote music and sound effects, but also programmed the sound drivers in his own format ([[KMS]]). In 1993, Hatlelid left Distinctive and was the president and CTO of ICE Online. At the beginning of 1988, he worked for Electronic Arts again until April 2002 as a senior producer. Ever since, Hatlelid has been working at Microsoft, handling many tasks in the past; principal development manager, group program manager and developer. He is now their engineering director.
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Hatlelid no longer composes for video games since leaving Distinctive, but he continues to compose and play music in Seattle.
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==Audio Development==
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===Commodore 64===
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For [[Frantic Freddie (C64)]], Larson and Hatlelid programmed a music driver and arranged in hex. Hatlelid used this driver again on the PirateBusters cartoon.
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By February 1988, he had created a new driver and sampled drums and guitars at 2622 to 6473 Hz, 4-bit.
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Except for the samples which are almost mute on the 8580, their songs sound the same on every [[6581|SID]] chip.
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===NES===
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Hatlelid wrote his own sound driver ([[KMS]]) and wrote the music in assembler macros.
  
 
==Gameography==
 
==Gameography==
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Released
| Caption01 = Released
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! Title
| Caption02 = Title
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! Sample
| Caption03 = Sample
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! Notes
}}
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|-
| 1983/??/??
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| 1983-??-??
 
| [[Frantic Freddie (C64)]]
 
| [[Frantic Freddie (C64)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
| 1988/??/??
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| 1988-02-??
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| [[Power at Sea (C64)]]
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|
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| Title song.
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|-
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| 1988-1?-??
 
| [[Grand Prix Circuit (C64)]]
 
| [[Grand Prix Circuit (C64)]]
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|
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|
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|-
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| 1988-??-??
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| [[Thud Ridge: American Aces In 'Nam (C64)]]
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|
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|
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|-
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| 1989-??-??
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| [[Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O' Fun (AMI)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
| 1988/??/??
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| 1989-??-??
| [[Power at Sea (C64)]]
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| [[Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O' Fun (DOS)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
| 1988/??/??
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| 1989-??-??
| [[Thud Ridge: American Aces In 'Nam (C64)]]
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| [[OutRun (DOS)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
| 1989/??/??
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| 1989-0?-??
 
| [[Test Drive II: The Duel (C64)]]
 
| [[Test Drive II: The Duel (C64)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
| 1990/??/??
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| 1990-??-??
 
| [[4D Sports Driving (AMI)]]
 
| [[4D Sports Driving (AMI)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
| 1990/??/??
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| 1990-??-??
 
| [[Altered Beast (DOS)]]
 
| [[Altered Beast (DOS)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
| 1990/??/??
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| 1990-??-??
 
| [[Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge (DOS)]]
 
| [[Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge (DOS)]]
 
|  
 
|  
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| With [[Mike Sokyrka]] and [[Brian Plank]].
 
|-
 
|-
| 1990/??/??
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| 1990-??-??
 
| [[Mickey's 123's - The BIG Surprise Party (AMI)]]
 
| [[Mickey's 123's - The BIG Surprise Party (AMI)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
| 1990/??/??
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| 1990-??-??
 
| [[Metal Gear (C64)]]
 
| [[Metal Gear (C64)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
| 1990/??/??
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| 1990-0?-??
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| [[Castlevania (C64)]]
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|
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|
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|-
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| 1990-??-??
 
| [[Castlevania (DOS)]]
 
| [[Castlevania (DOS)]]
 
|  
 
|  
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|
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|-
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| 1990-??-??
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| [[Super C (AMI)]]
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|
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| With [[Mike Sokyrka]]
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|-
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| 1990-??-??
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| [[Super C (DOS)]]
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|
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| With [[Mike Sokyrka]]
 
|-
 
|-
| 1990/??/??
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| 1990-??-??
 
| [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles World Tour (C64)]]
 
| [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles World Tour (C64)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
| 1990/??/??
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| 1990-0?-??
 
| [[Wings of Fury (C64)]]
 
| [[Wings of Fury (C64)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
| 1990/08/??
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| 1990-09-??
 
| [[Pipe Dream (NES)]]
 
| [[Pipe Dream (NES)]]
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| {{Song-Box|02 - Pipe Dream - NES - Music 1.ogg}}
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
| 1991/??/??
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| 1991-??-??
 
| [[4D Boxing (DOS)]]
 
| [[4D Boxing (DOS)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
| 1991/??/??
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| 1991-??-??
 
| [[4D Sports Boxing (AMI)]]
 
| [[4D Sports Boxing (AMI)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
| 1991/??/??
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| 1991-??-??
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| [[Champions Forever Boxing (TG16)]]
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|
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|
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|-
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| 1991-??-??
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| [[The Cycles (C64)]]
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|
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|
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|-
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| 1991-??-??
 
| [[Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (C64)]]
 
| [[Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (C64)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
| 1991/??/??
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| 1991-??-??
 
| [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Manhattan Missions (DOS)]]
 
| [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Manhattan Missions (DOS)]]
 
|  
 
|  
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| Music & Sound System with [[Brian Plank]].
 
|-
 
|-
| 1991/04/??
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| 1991-04-??
 
| [[Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge (NES)]]
 
| [[Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge (NES)]]
 
|  
 
|  
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|
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|-
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| 1991-10-??
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| [[Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? (NES)]]
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| Sound Driver
 
|-
 
|-
| 1992/??/??
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| 1992-??-??
 
| [[John Madden Football '93 (GEN)]]
 
| [[John Madden Football '93 (GEN)]]
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|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
| 1992/??/??
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| 1992-??-??
 
| [[The Simpsons: Bart's House of Weirdness (DOS)]]
 
| [[The Simpsons: Bart's House of Weirdness (DOS)]]
 
|  
 
|  
|-
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| With [[Mike Sokyrka]], [[Dan Scott]], [[Traz Damji]], [[Brian Plank]], and "Tara".
 
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|}
  
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
File:Krishatlelid1.jpg|Unknown Source.
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Khatlelid2.jpg|With his Ensoniq Mirage keyboard while he was working at Distinctive Software.
File:Khatlelid2.jpg|Kris with his Ensoniq Mirage keyboard while he was working at Distincitve Software.
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Krishatlelid1.jpg|Sent by himself to composers.c64.org in 2003.
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
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==Links==
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* [https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,157/ mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,157/] - MobyGames.
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* [https://www.facebook.com/hatlelid facebook.com/hatlelid] - Facebook.
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* [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/kris-hatlelid/1/2b2/357 linkedin.com/pub/kris-hatlelid/1/2b2/357] - LinkedIn.
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* [https://twitter.com/khatlelid twitter.com/khatlelid] - Twitter.
  
  
[[Category:Composers]]
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[[Category: Composers]]
[[Category:Foley Artists]]
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[[Category: Foley Artists]]
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[[Category: Sound Programmers]]

Revision as of 16:58, 8 November 2022

Kristjan Hatlelid
Krishatlelid1.jpg
Gender Male
Born 196?-08-29
Birth Place Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Nationality Canadian   Canada.svg
Aliases Igor Shimskey
Website flameanew.com

Kris Hatlelid is a Canadian composer, sound designer and programmer.

Hatlelid encountered Commodore PET computers at school and owned a Commodore VIC-20. He started programming at age 14 or 15 and learned a lot from Gregor Larson, with whom he wrote and sold his first game, Frantic Freddie (C64), in 1983 while still at high school.

At a 1985 Toronto trade show, Hatlelid talked to one of the founders of PirateBusters Inc. which did copy protection. Having wanted one on Frantic Freddie already, he was invited to do protection with them. He also programmed a gory cartoon for when a copy was detected. The cartoon is around since 1986, but from what game it was ripped is unknown. Hatlelid called the venture not really profitable, but said at the same time he started a pretty decent career in video games.

At the beginning of 1987, he worked for Distinctive Software and Electronic Arts. He was a manager, developer, and composer. At Distinctive, he not only wrote music and sound effects, but also programmed the sound drivers in his own format (KMS). In 1993, Hatlelid left Distinctive and was the president and CTO of ICE Online. At the beginning of 1988, he worked for Electronic Arts again until April 2002 as a senior producer. Ever since, Hatlelid has been working at Microsoft, handling many tasks in the past; principal development manager, group program manager and developer. He is now their engineering director.

Hatlelid no longer composes for video games since leaving Distinctive, but he continues to compose and play music in Seattle.

Audio Development

Commodore 64

For Frantic Freddie (C64), Larson and Hatlelid programmed a music driver and arranged in hex. Hatlelid used this driver again on the PirateBusters cartoon.

By February 1988, he had created a new driver and sampled drums and guitars at 2622 to 6473 Hz, 4-bit.

Except for the samples which are almost mute on the 8580, their songs sound the same on every SID chip.

NES

Hatlelid wrote his own sound driver (KMS) and wrote the music in assembler macros.

Gameography

Released Title Sample Notes
1983-??-?? Frantic Freddie (C64)
1988-02-?? Power at Sea (C64) Title song.
1988-1?-?? Grand Prix Circuit (C64)
1988-??-?? Thud Ridge: American Aces In 'Nam (C64)
1989-??-?? Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O' Fun (AMI)
1989-??-?? Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O' Fun (DOS)
1989-??-?? OutRun (DOS)
1989-0?-?? Test Drive II: The Duel (C64)
1990-??-?? 4D Sports Driving (AMI)
1990-??-?? Altered Beast (DOS)
1990-??-?? Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge (DOS) With Mike Sokyrka and Brian Plank.
1990-??-?? Mickey's 123's - The BIG Surprise Party (AMI)
1990-??-?? Metal Gear (C64)
1990-0?-?? Castlevania (C64)
1990-??-?? Castlevania (DOS)
1990-??-?? Super C (AMI) With Mike Sokyrka
1990-??-?? Super C (DOS) With Mike Sokyrka
1990-??-?? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles World Tour (C64)
1990-0?-?? Wings of Fury (C64)
1990-09-?? Pipe Dream (NES)
1991-??-?? 4D Boxing (DOS)
1991-??-?? 4D Sports Boxing (AMI)
1991-??-?? Champions Forever Boxing (TG16)
1991-??-?? The Cycles (C64)
1991-??-?? Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (C64)
1991-??-?? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Manhattan Missions (DOS) Music & Sound System with Brian Plank.
1991-04-?? Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge (NES)
1991-10-?? Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? (NES) Sound Driver
1992-??-?? John Madden Football '93 (GEN)
1992-??-?? The Simpsons: Bart's House of Weirdness (DOS) With Mike Sokyrka, Dan Scott, Traz Damji, Brian Plank, and "Tara".

Photo Gallery

Links