- Ian Hetherington
Ian Hetherington was co-founder of
Psygnosis , a company responsible for creating many earlycomputer game s. Along withJonathan Ellis , Hetherington founded Psygnosis from the ashes of the defunct game companyImagine Software where Hetherington was the Financial Director. Working at theirLiverpool -based game company, Psygnosis's team was responsible for publishing such games as "Shadow of the Beast ", "Wipeout " and perhaps the most famous of all, "Lemmings".Psygnosis was later acquired by
Sony in1993 to work on thePlayStation console. The name Psygnosis eventually became defunct, and the company became known asSony Studio Liverpool . There are currently multiple sequels to many of Psygnosis's games to date, as well a recent PSP release of "Wipeout", called "Wipeout Pure ".Hetherington is now Chairman of "
Evolution Studios " and "Realtime Worlds " and counts racingFerrari s in club events as his hobby. [ [http://www.barchetta.cc/All.Ferraris/index-6/index.html Ferrari Festival ] ]References
External links
* [http://snappishproductions.com/0076.jpgThe demise of Imagine #1]
* [http://snappishproductions.com/0077.jpgThe demise of Imagine #2]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,70746/ MobyGames' rap sheet on Hetherington]
* [http://realtimeworlds.com/index.php?id=373&pid=2 How Hetherington designed the Playstation]
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