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Title: Martyn Brown quits Team17 after 20 years
Post by: VingtTrois on February 05, 2011, 12:59:10 PM

 (http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/2075/team17a.jpg)  (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/04/martyn-brown-quits-team17-after-20-years/)

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-02-04-martyn-brown-quits-worms-dev-team17

After two decades at the helm of annelid annihilators Team17, Martyn Brown has left the Worms developer to work as an independent video game consultant, according to a post on his (private) Facebook page, as noted by Eurogamer. Brown co-founded Team17, which got its start developing games for the Amiga (before your time?).

"I had an amazing 20-year ride and whilst it's the end of a truly enjoyable period of my life, it equally signals the start of a really exciting new one," Brown posted before swinging away on a grappling hook, throwing a grenade, falling on that grenade and blowing himself up.

Title: Re: Martyn Brown quits Team17 after 20 years
Post by: Darrin on February 05, 2011, 03:48:56 PM

Ah, a midlife crisis!  He's probably shaved his head, bought a Harley and started dating an 18 year old tattooed barmaid with pierced nipples!

:D

Title: Re: Martyn Brown quits Team17 after 20 years
Post by: ChaosLord on February 05, 2011, 03:51:47 PM

2 of them in fact :D

Title: Re: Martyn Brown quits Team17 after 20 years
Post by: redrumloa on February 05, 2011, 04:01:39 PM

Quote from: Darrin;612677

Ah, a midlife crisis! He's probably shaved his head, bought a Harley and started dating an 18 year old tattooed barmaid with pierced nipples!
 
:D

That sounds like fun, I can't wait for my midlife crisis!:afro:

Title: Re: Martyn Brown quits Team17 after 20 years
Post by: Crom00 on February 05, 2011, 04:11:37 PM

20 years is a long time to stay at any one company.

My mid life crisis shall be spent in Brazil where I will be on undesignated maneuvers.

Title: Re: Martyn Brown quits Team17 after 20 years
Post by: Darrin on February 05, 2011, 04:21:38 PM

Quote from: redrumloa;612680

That sounds like fun, I can't wait for my midlife crisis!:afro:

I try and have one at least twice a year.

Title: Re: Martyn Brown quits Team17 after 20 years
Post by: Darrin on February 05, 2011, 04:22:11 PM

Quote from: Crom00;612683

My mid life crisis shall be spent in Brazil where I will be on undesignated maneuvers.

I can send you a map and some phone numbers.  ;)

Title: Re: Martyn Brown quits Team17 after 20 years
Post by: AmigaHeretic on February 05, 2011, 05:15:52 PM

Quote from: Darrin;612677

Ah, a midlife crisis!  He's probably shaved his head, bought a Harley and started dating an 18 year old tattooed barmaid with pierced nipples!

:D

Quote from: ChaosLord;612679

2 of them in fact :D

2 pierced nipples? 2 18 year olds? or 2 Harleys?

Title: Re: Martyn Brown quits Team17 after 20 years
Post by: KThunder on February 05, 2011, 05:33:56 PM

yes

Title: Re: Martyn Brown quits Team17 after 20 years
Post by: KThunder on February 05, 2011, 05:35:35 PM

My favorite team 17 game is superfrog from '93

Title: Re: Martyn Brown quits Team17 after 20 years
Post by: runequester on February 05, 2011, 06:25:15 PM

Lots of great games from those guys. Dug Superfrog. LOOOOVE the alien breed games. Enjoyed Assassin and Project X quite a bit.

Title: Re: Martyn Brown quits Team17 after 20 years
Post by: Digiman on February 05, 2011, 06:29:44 PM

Yeah T17 did at least try to use the chipset unlike many others in the 90s.

Title: Re: Martyn Brown quits Team17 after 20 years
Post by: runequester on February 05, 2011, 06:31:38 PM

I usually pull out Alien Breed as an example of a "classic" amiga game. Lots of speech, lots of stuff going on, two player mode, a killer tune on the title screen, and loading times werent even that bad.

Just awesome :)

also, team 17 don't seem to have been scared of 2 button joystick either, so thats a plus!

Title: Re: Martyn Brown quits Team17 after 20 years
Post by: Khephren on February 05, 2011, 07:18:23 PM

I justed posted about this on the chaosengine game dev site, and started a massive row!