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Charles Deenen | |
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| Born | 15 January 1970 Holthees, Netherlands |
| Genres | Video game music |
| Occupation(s) | Video game composer Sound designer |
| Years active | 1987-present |
Charles Deenen (born 15 January 1970 in Holthees), is a Dutch video game audio director, composer, sound designer, and mixer. He wrote music created sound effects for many Commodore 64 and Amiga games, in addition to working for Interplay, Electronic Arts, and other video game developers.
In 1987, Deenen, Jeroen Tel, and others started the sound and music group Maniacs of Noise [1] [2] and composed game music for the Commodore 64, Amiga, and Atari ST, being hired by Sega, U.S. Gold, and Probe Software. Initially he was a programmer for the group, while Tel was the composer, but after their first few games he began working on music as well. [3] He composed music for the home computer versions of Double Dragon , Soldier of Light , and Jukka Tapanimäki's game Zamzara .[ citation needed ] Maniacs of Noise composed the music for over 300 Commodore 64 and Amiga games. [4]
In 1990, he moved to the US and worked for Virgin Games for six months. In 1991, Interplay hired him where was a composer and sound designer on Fallout 1 and Fallout 2 , Another World , Planescape: Torment , The Lost Vikings , and Descent 2 . In 2002 he left Interplay and briefly worked for Shiny on Enter the Matrix . [2] In 2003, Deenen joined EA Canada as senior audio director for the Need for Speed series. In 2013 he left to work as a freelancer. [5]
Deenen also works on sound for films. [6] He provides world-wide lectures about sound in video games, films and trailers as of 2006. [2] He is also a professional photographer, having many collections of works on his own site.
Maniac Mansion is a 1987 graphic adventure video game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games. It follows teenage protagonist Dave Miller as he attempts to rescue his girlfriend Sandy Pantz from a mad scientist, whose mind has been enslaved by a sentient meteor. The player uses a point-and-click interface to guide Dave and two of his six playable friends through the scientist's mansion while solving puzzles and avoiding dangers. Gameplay is non-linear, and the game must be completed in different ways based on the player's choice of characters. Initially released for the Commodore 64 and Apple II, Maniac Mansion was Lucasfilm Games' first self-published product.
Jeff Minter is an English video game designer and programmer who often goes by the name Yak. He is the founder of software house Llamasoft and has created dozens of games during his career, which began in 1981 with games for the ZX80. Minter's games are shoot 'em ups which contain titular or in-game references demonstrating his fondness of ruminants. Many of his programs also feature something of a psychedelic element, as in some of the earliest "light synthesizer" programs including Trip-a-Tron.
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David Whittaker is known for numerous video game music which he wrote in most of the 1980s and early 1990s, for many different formats.
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