Jon Hare
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Jon "Jops" Hare (born 20 January 1966) in Ilford, Essex, UK is a British computer game designer, game artist and musician who was one of the two founder members and directors, with Chris Yates, of Sensible Software one of the most successful European games development companies of the late '80s and '90s.
Jon Hare was co-designer and artist of all of Sensible's hits prior to 1992 including Parallax, Wizball, Microprose Soccer, SEUCK and Wizkid
He was also the lead designer and creative director of Mega Lo Mania, the Sensible Soccer series and the Cannon Fodder series, some of the most popular software franchises of the mid 1990s.
Jon is also known for writing the music for a number of Sensible Software's games, including Cannon Fodder, Sensible Soccer, Sensible Golf and the never released Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll, which featured over 30 tracks written and arranged by Jon Hare and his frequent musical collaborator Richard Joseph.
Since the sale of Sensible Software to Codemasters in 1999 Jon has worked on a number of games in the capacity of a consultant games designer including Prince Naseem Boxing, Frontline Command, Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing, Real World Golf, Sensible Soccer 2006 and as co-owner of development company Tower Studios a number of mobile games titles including Cannon Fodder, Sensible Soccer, and International Rugby 7s.
