Mark Haigh-Hutchinson
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Mark Haigh-Hutchinson (1964 – January 15, 2008) was an English video game developer. He is most notable for working on Paperboy, Zombies Ate My Neighbors, Star Wars and Metroid Prime games.
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[edit] Biography
Haigh-Hutchinson started his career at Artic Software but soon moved at Vortex Software in 1984. In 1986 he left Vortex for Elite Systems, where he ported Paperboy to the Amstrad CPC and later he worked at Tiertex. In 1989 he was hired by LucasArts where he worked until 1999, mostly on Star Wars video games. Since 2000 he worked at Retro Studios where he developed the camera system for the Metroid Prime series.
[edit] Death
On January 15, 2008 Haigh-Hutchinson died after battling pancreatic cancer, at the age of 43. He left behind a wife and two daughters.
[edit] Works
[edit] Video games
- Android One (1984)
- Highway Encounter (1985)
- Alien Highway (1986)
- Revolution (1986)
- Paperboy (1987)
- Overlander (1988)
- Thunder Blade (1988)
- Human Killing Machine (1988)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Action Game (1989)
- Italy 1990 (1990)
- Magic Boy (1993)
- David Robinson's Supreme Court (1993)
- Star Wars: Rebel Assault (1993)
- Sam & Max Hit the Road (1993)
- Zombies Ate My Neighbors (1993)
- Big Sky Trooper (1995)
- Star Wars: Dark Forces (1995)
- Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (1996)
- Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 3D (1998)
- Star Wars: Episode I Racer (1999)
- Metroid Prime (2002)
- Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (2004)
- Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (2007)
[edit] Books
- Real-Time Cameras (2008), Morgan Kaufmann, ISBN 978-0123116345
[edit] Sources
- Obituary at IGN
- Interview at TACGR, 1995
- Mark Haigh-Hutchinson at MobyGames
- Mark Haigh-Hutchinson at the Internet Movie Database

