Unless you're the type of person who carefully analyzes a game's credits upon completion (we only know one such man), you probably don't know who Mark Haigh-Hutchinson is. His most recent achievement is the titles in the Metroid Prime series, where he served as senior engineer and created the camera system for the game. His other past projects include Zombies Ate My Neighbors (who doesn't love this one?!), Paperboy and Star Wars: Rebel Assault.Mark passed away on Tuesday at the age of 43 due to pancreatic cancer. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.
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1-17-2008 @ 3:12PM
Perverted said...
He was involved in some awesome games and to die so young with a family left behind is terrible for anyone and especially hard on the family R.I.P
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1-17-2008 @ 3:34PM
FantomRedux said...
At least his family knows he helped to bring lots of happiness to millions of people
RIP
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1-17-2008 @ 3:53PM
Croove55 said...
He did some great stuff. I'm sad to see someone that talented go.
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1-17-2008 @ 4:20PM
Na Fedaykin said...
Mark Haigh-Hutchinson, thank you for everything you've given the gaming community.
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1-17-2008 @ 5:18PM
sonicfan said...
yea what he said
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1-17-2008 @ 6:07PM
Mr Khan said...
Repeating what i said elsewhere:
The smooth transition from 1st-person to 3rd-person Morph Ball and Screw Attack modes will be a monument to his work forever
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1-17-2008 @ 6:18PM
tiamat1990 said...
Oh that sucks. And he was real talented as well.
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1-17-2008 @ 6:26PM
Phil said...
Can't say I'd ever know the guy if I saw his name of face anywhere, but MP were some kickass games. And the 1st person/morph ball transitions WERE amazing. All my sympathies to his family.
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1-18-2008 @ 9:23AM
Valien said...
He was also an active member on BoardGameGeek.com and there is a nice memorial there for him as well -
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/user/zx80/memorial
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