Peter Molyneux - Definition and Overview

Peter Molyneux OBE (born 1960 in Great Britain) is a computer game designer, responsible for well known "God games" Populous and Black and White, among others. He co-founded Bullfrog Productions in 1987 and Lionhead Studios in 1997. Molyneux was inducted into the AIAS Hall of Fame in 2004 and was made an OBE in the New Year's Honours list announced on 31 December 2004.

Games

Bullfrog Productions

• Fusion (1987)
• Populous (1989)
• (1989)
• Powermonger (1990)
• (1993)
• Syndicate (1993)
• Theme Park (1994)
• Magic Carpet (1994)
• Hi-Octane (1995)
• Syndicate Wars (1996)
• Theme Hospital (1997)
• Dungeon Keeper (1997)
• (1997)
• Dungeon Keeper Gold (1998) (Dungeon Keeper + Deeper Dungeons)

Lionhead Studios

• Black and White (2001)
• Fable (2004)

In development

• The Movies
• Black & White 2
• Dimitri

Cancelled

• B.C.
• Unity

External links

• MobyGames' rap sheet on Molyneux (http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId=1274/)
• The Worlds of Peter Molyneux from Wired.com (http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,39359,00.html)
• Peter Molyneux's Fable - Interview with game designer Peter Molyneux about his Xbox game Fable from Geartest.com (http://www.geartest.com/sections/games/petermolyneux_fable.html)
• BBC News UK - Call of honour for UK games maker (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4135453.stm)