Archer Maclean (28 January 1962 – 17 December 2022) was a British video game programmer. He was the author of Dropzone which he developed for the Atari 8-bit computers and was ported to other systems. Maclean also developed the Commodore 64 version of International Karate[1] and the sequel, IK+[2] which was developed for the Commodore 64 and ported to other systems. He was also known for his series of snooker and pool games, which commenced with Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker in 1991 (originally called 147).[3]
Maclean left Awesome Studios—the studio he helped found and establish—in July 2005[4] and ran Awesome Play.
Maclean died on 17 December 2022, at the age of 60.[5][6][7][8]
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