Nick Pelling

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Nick Pelling
Born1964 (age 6061) [1]
Nationality British
Other names
  • Orlando M. Pilchard [1]

Nick Pelling is a British-born computer programmer and investigative writer [2] best known as the creator of the 1984 game Frak! . [1]

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Games

Developed

As Aardvark Software

Independently

Ported

As Aardvark Software

Independently

Interests in history

Pelling published an article in the British magazine History Today , supporting a previous attribution of the invention of the telescope to a Gerundian named Joan Roget in 1590 [3] [4] and published a 2006 book on the Voynich manuscript, claiming it was written by 15th century North Italian architect Antonio Averlino (also known as "Filarete"). [5]

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