David Perry

David Perry is a Northern Irish video game developer and programmer. He became prominent for programming platform games for 16-bit home consoles in the early to mid 1990s, including Disney’s Aladdin, Cool Spot, and Earthworm Jim. He founded Shiny Entertainment, where he worked from 1993 to 2006. Perry created games for companies such as Disney, 7 Up, McDonald’s, Orion Pictures, and Warner Bros. In 2008 he was presented with an honorary doctorate from Queen’s University Belfast for his services to computer gaming. He is co-founder of cloud-based games service Gaikai, which was acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment.