Martyn Brown, co-founder of the legendary British videogame publisher Team17, has passed away at the age of 57. Retro gaming collector Mark Howlett posted the news on social media.
As a developer, Martyn Brown helped create the legendary Worms franchise of evergreen annelid warfare, which remains one of the most recognizable titles in the world today.
Brown was instrumental in developing Alien Breed, Body Blows, Superfrog, and Project X, quintessential titles for the Commodore Amiga computers in the dawn of PC gaming.
Brown was a gaming pioneer who rose to prominence after the merger of 17-Bit Software and Team 7, working with Debbie Bestwick, Allister Brimble, Rico Holmes, Michael Robinson, Andreas Tadic, and Peter Tuleby.
Last month, the Game Republic Awards bestowed the title of Games Legend upon Brown, for 35 years of distinguished service building the gaming industry as we know it.
Martyn Brown, Gaming Pioneer
During an interview with Peter Ward of Retro Games Master, Martyn Brown said his first foray into gaming was straight out of technical college, at a games shop in Leeds in the mid-1980s. His very first game came out in 1984.
Brown made the full jump into the...
