Martin Hollis
Encyclopedia
Martin Hollis is a computer and video game designer and the founder and CEO
of Zoonami
. He has worked in the computer and video game industry
for over 19 years and was Head of Software at Rare. He was director and producer of the critically acclaimed first-person shooter
s GoldenEye 007 and Perfect Dark
.
He left Rare in 1998, 14 months into the development of Perfect Dark, to work as a consultant on the development of the GameCube at Nintendo of America
. In 2000, he founded Zoonami
in Cambridge
.
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
of Zoonami
Zoonami
Zoonami is a video game development company, founded in 2000 by Martin Hollis, the director and producer of GoldenEye 007. He left Rare shortly before Perfect Dark was released while other members of the GoldenEye 007 team formed Free Radical Design....
. He has worked in the computer and video game industry
Computer and video game industry
The video game industry is the economic sector involved with the development, marketing and sales of video games...
for over 19 years and was Head of Software at Rare. He was director and producer of the critically acclaimed first-person shooter
First-person shooter
First-person shooter is a video game genre that centers the gameplay on gun and projectile weapon-based combat through first-person perspective; i.e., the player experiences the action through the eyes of a protagonist. Generally speaking, the first-person shooter shares common traits with other...
s GoldenEye 007 and Perfect Dark
Perfect Dark
Perfect Dark is a first-person shooter video game developed by Rare for the Nintendo 64 video game console. It is considered the spiritual successor to Rare's earlier first-person shooter GoldenEye 007, with which it shares many gameplay features...
.
He left Rare in 1998, 14 months into the development of Perfect Dark, to work as a consultant on the development of the GameCube at Nintendo of America
Nintendo
is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
. In 2000, he founded Zoonami
Zoonami
Zoonami is a video game development company, founded in 2000 by Martin Hollis, the director and producer of GoldenEye 007. He left Rare shortly before Perfect Dark was released while other members of the GoldenEye 007 team formed Free Radical Design....
in Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
.
External links
- Interview with Martin Hollis, Gamasutra.com