Antony 'Ratt' Crowther is a former designer, programmer and musician of Commodore 64 games. During the 1980s he worked for Alligata

Alligata

Alligata Software Ltd. was a computer games developer and publisher based in Sheffield in the UK in the 1980s.The company was founded by Mike Mahoney and Dave Palmer around 1982. They produced games for a number of home computers including the Commodore 64, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, ZX Spectrum...

, Gremlin Graphics and later Crowther's own company, Wizard Development.

He gained high status among C64 users in the mid 80s with his highly prolific output, developing complete professional games in only two weeks.

Crowther teamed up with fellow C64 musician, Ben Daglish

Ben Daglish

Ben Daglish is a composer and musician. His parents moved to Sheffield when Daglish was aged one year old. He is known for creating many soundtracks during the 1980s for home computer games, including Commodore 64 hits as The Last Ninja, Trap, and Deflektor...

, forming W.E.M.U.S.I.C., which stood for "We Make Use of Sound In Computers".

List of games

Year	Name	Platform	Publisher
1983	Aztec Tomb	C64 Commodore 64 The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...	Alligata Alligata Alligata Software Ltd. was a computer games developer and publisher based in Sheffield in the UK in the 1980s.The company was founded by Mike Mahoney and Dave Palmer around 1982. They produced games for a number of home computers including the Commodore 64, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, ZX Spectrum...
	Bug Blaster
	Blagger Blagger Blagger is a platform game created by Antony Crowther and released by Alligata for the Commodore 64 and BBC Micro computers in 1983, Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC and MSX in 1984 and Commodore 16/Commodore Plus/4 in 1985. In some countries this game was released under the name Gangster. The gameplay...
1984	Gryphon	C64	Quicksilva Quicksilva Quicksilva was a British games software publisher active during the early 1980s.Amongst the company's successes were Jeff Minter's Gridrunner and Bugaboo , a title licenced from Spanish software house Indescomp S.A....
	Killerwatt		Alligata
	Loco Loco (computer game) Loco is a 1984 computer game developed by Antony Crowther and released by Alligata for the Commodore 64. In 1986 it was converted for the ZX Spectrum and Atari 8-bit family....
	Wanted: Monty Mole Wanted: Monty Mole Wanted: Monty Mole is a platform game that was published in 1984 by Gremlin Graphics. Versions were released for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 home computers.-Gameplay:...		Gremlin
	Potty Pigeon
	Son of Blagger Son of Blagger Son of Blagger, the sequel to Blagger, is a scrolling platform game created by Tony Crowther and released by Alligata for the Commodore 64 computer in 1983. A ZX Spectrum port by Elliot Gay and a BBC Micro port were released in 1984....		Alligata
1985	Kettle	C64
	Suicide Express		Gremlin
	Trap		Alligata
1986	Black Thunder	C64	Quicksilva
	Killer Ring		Ariolasoft Ariolasoft Ariolasoft GmbH, later known as United Software, was a German computer game developer, publisher and distributor. It started as the software subsidiary of Ariola Records...
	William Wobbler William Wobbler William Wobbler is a 1985 computer game developed by Antony Crowther and released by Wizard Development for the Commodore 64 and Sinclair ZX Spectrum.-Gameplay:...		Wizard Development
1987	Challenge of the Gobots	C64	Ariolasoft
	Centurions
1988	Bombuzal Bombuzal Bombuzal is a computer puzzle game designed by Antony Crowther and David Bishop for Image Works. The game was released in 1988 for the Amiga, Atari ST and Commodore 64...	C64; Amiga	Mirrorsoft Mirrorsoft Mirrorsoft was a computer game software publisher in the United Kingdom, owned by Mirror Group Newspapers. It was founded as a publisher of educational software before moving into games. One offshoot of its printing roots was Fleet Street Publisher on several platforms...
	Fernandez Must Die	C64; Amiga
	Zig Zag	C64	Image Works Image Works Image Works was a publishing label of video games publisher Mirrorsoft created in 1988. The first two games published under the Image Works label were Fernandez Must Die and Foxx Fights Back...
1989	Phobia	C64; Amiga; ST Atari ST The Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was released by Atari Corporation in 1985 and commercially available from that summer into the early 1990s. The "ST" officially stands for "Sixteen/Thirty-two", which referred to the Motorola 68000's 16-bit external bus and 32-bit internals...
1990	Captive Captive (game) Captive is a science fiction computer role-playing game released by Mindscape in 1990. A Dungeon Master "clone", it featured pseudo 3D realtime graphics from a first-person perspective....	Amiga; ST; PC IBM PC compatible IBM PC compatible computers are those generally similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT. Such computers used to be referred to as PC clones, or IBM clones since they almost exactly duplicated all the significant features of the PC architecture, facilitated by various manufacturers' ability to...	Mindscape Mindscape Group Mindscape is an international software publishing company, previously part of The Learning Company. They are now affiliated with EA . As of 2004, the group has offices in Europe, Asia, Australia and South America. It has an annual turnover of €38 million and employs 150 people. Mindscape...
1991	Captain Planet and the Planeteers	Amiga; ST
1992	Knightmare Knightmare (1991 video game) Knightmare is a computer game on the Amiga and Atari ST computer systems. It was released in 1991 by Mindscape International Ltd.. The game was written by Tony Crowther. It is based on the Anglia Television Ltd. TV show Knightmare.-Development:...
1994	Liberation: Captive 2 Liberation: Captive 2 Liberation: Captive 2 is an Amiga game that was written by Byte Engineers and published by Mindscape in 1994. It is the sequel to Captive....	Amiga; CD32 Amiga CD32 The Amiga CD32, styled "CD32" , was the first 32-bit CD-ROM based video game console released in western Europe, Australia, Canada and Brazil. It was first announced at the Science Museum in London, United Kingdom on 16 July 1993, and was released in September of the same year...
1996	Normality	PC	Gremlin
1997	Realms of the Haunting Realms of the Haunting Realms of the Haunting is a British adventure game, played from the first-person perspective, released in 1997 by Gremlin. The 3D engine used in this game was borrowed from Gremlin's own Normality.-Story:...	PC	Gremlin
1999	N2O: Nitrous Oxide N2O: Nitrous Oxide N2O: Nitrous Oxide is a tunnel shooter notably featuring a soundtrack composed by the popular American electronic music duo, The Crystal Method...	PS PlayStation The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...
2000	Wacky Races	Dreamcast; PS2 PlayStation 2 The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...	Infogrames Infogrames Infogrames Entertainment SA was an international French holding company headquartered in Paris, France. It was the owner of Atari, Inc., headquartered in New York City, U.S. and Atari Europe. It was founded in 1983 by Bruno Bonnell and Christophe Sapet using the proceeds from an introductory...
	Soulbringer	PC
2004	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a computer and video game that was released concurrently with the film release of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Both the game and the film were based on J. K...	PC; PS2; Xbox Xbox The Xbox is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe and is the predecessor to the Xbox 360. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console... ; GameCube; GBA	Electronic Arts Electronic Arts Electronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers...
2005	Battlefield 2: Modern Combat Battlefield 2: Modern Combat Battlefield 2: Modern Combat is a first-person shooter video game in the Battlefield series, developed by Digital Illusions CE. Modern Combat is the first Battlefield game for video game consoles....	PS2; Xbox; Xbox 360 Xbox 360 The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles... ; PSP PlayStation Portable The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...
2008	Burnout Paradise Burnout Paradise Burnout Paradise is the seventh game in the Burnout racing video game series. It was developed by Criterion Games and published by Electronic Arts. It was released in January 2008 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and on February 5, 2009 for Microsoft Windows...	PS3; Xbox 360; PC