Dino Dini’s Soccer Europe (born 5 June 1965) is an Italo-British video game developer and creator of the Kick Off series of football games.[1][2] He was a lecturer at the NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands, teaching game programming.[3]
Career
In 1988, Dini was hired to code a top down football game from a Steve Screech idea.[4] In 1989 Kick Off was then published by Anil Gupta’s publishing house Anco for the Atari ST and Amiga. The original version was designed and programmed by Dino Dini with graphics, playtesting and tuning by Steve Screech,[5][6] it was critically acclaimed[7] and sold very well. Dini followed it with Player Manager and Kick Off 2. Goal! (also known as Dino Dini’s Soccer) was then released after Dini left Anco and moved to Virgin Games in 1993.[8] Goal! was critically acclaimed worldwide.[9] Goal! introduced more user friendly controls compared to Kick Off 2 and entertained a wider audience than its predecessor. It was also called the real Kick Off 3 by the Kick Off fans. In 1996, Dini moved to the United States to work as Project Director for the Z-Axis football game Three Lions. It was released in 1998.
In 2001, Dini moved back to Great Britain and started to work with his new development company, Abundant Software. In 2004, Dini signed with DC Studios to develop a new soccer game[10] which was code-named Soccer 3 and later Total Control Football. The game was cancelled during the summer of 2005.[citation needed]
Games
Games developed by Dini include:[23]
- Kick Off (published by Anco, 1989) Amiga, Atari ST
- Player Manager (Anco, 1990) Amiga, Atari ST
- Kick Off 2 (Anco, 1990) Amiga, Atari ST
- GOAL! (Virgin Games, 1993) Amiga, Atari ST, PC
- Dino Dini’s Soccer (Virgin Games, 1994) Mega Drive, Super NES
References
- ^ Calvert, Justin. “Soccer deal for Dino Dini and DC-Studios”. GameSpot. Archived from the original on 22 April 2017.
- ^ “Dino Dini Video Game Credits and Biography – MobyGames”. MobyGames. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ “mADE Staff >Dino Dini”. my Academy for Digital Entertainment. NHTV University of Applied Sciences. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014.
- ^ One Up Gaming (24 July 2016), OUG Talks 25 Steve Screech, retrieved 10 November 2017
- ^ One Up Gaming (24 July 2016), OUG Talks 25 Steve Screech, retrieved 10 November 2017
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