Martyn Brown 1967-2024
Martyn 'Spadge' Brown has died aged 57. He co-founded Wakefield-based 17Bit Software in 1986 with Microbyte owner Mick Robinson, having been the manager of the Leeds shop himself. This was initially an extension of Microbyte, focusing on 16-bit home micro (Amiga and Atari ST) PD sales, with Martyn keen to see better 1MB games, rather than 512K "half-arsed ST ports". This led to Mick and Martyn forming Team17 in 1990, with Martyn taking on the role of Creative Director.
By 1994, Martyn had project managed several successful titles including Project-X, Alien Breed, Alien Breed II: The Horror Continues, Assassin and Body Blows, even helping design some of them - notably Arcade Pool, Alien Breed Special Edition...
