Patrick Buckland is a British computer programmer and Chief Executive Officer of Stainless Games

Stainless Games

Stainless Games is a British video game developer based on the Isle of Wight that specialises in developing downloadable games for Microsoft Windows and the Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade...

, co-founded with Neil Barnden in 1994.

Career

He was wholly or partly responsible for the production of videogames such as Crystal Quest

Crystal Quest

Crystal Quest is an action computer game for the Apple Macintosh and Apple IIgs. It was written by Patrick Buckland for Casady & Greene in 1987, and was ported to the IIgs in 1989 by Bill Heineman. Ports were also made to the Amiga, Nintendo Game Boy, iPhone OS, and Palm...

, Carmageddon

Carmageddon

Carmageddon is the first of a series of graphically violent vehicular combat video games produced by Stainless Games, published by Interplay and SCi...

and Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now. He also produced a range of non-game software over the years, including AME, a security system used by (amongst others) the CIA and NASA, Crash Barrier, a crash recovery utility for the Macintosh, a Teletext authoring system, CAD software for the marine industry, retail packaging CAD systems, LeLisp for the French government, Structured BASIC or the Apple // and various other software packages.

Games

Games & other major products produced by or including code written by Buckland include

• Structured Basic (Apple //) - UMicro
• Liberator (Apple //) - Thorn EMI
• Submarine Commander (Apple //) - Thorn EMI
• MacCharlie (Mac) - Dayna Communications
• LeLisp (Mac) - ACT Informatique
• Crystal Raider (Mac) - Shareware
• Crystal Quest (Mac/Amiga/GS/DS/PocketPC/Palm/Mobile/XBLA) - Casady & Greene/Infinite Ventures/HandsOn/Stainless
  Crystal Quest
  Crystal Quest is an action computer game for the Apple Macintosh and Apple IIgs. It was written by Patrick Buckland for Casady & Greene in 1987, and was ported to the IIgs in 1989 by Bill Heineman. Ports were also made to the Amiga, Nintendo Game Boy, iPhone OS, and Palm...
  
  
• Telewriter (Mac) - Teletext
• Nest (Mac) - ICS
• Axxon (Mac) - Axxon
• Sky Shadow (Mac) - Casady & Greene
  Sky Shadow
  Sky Shadow is a 1990 Defender clone for the Mac OS, published by Casady & Greene. It was critically acclaimed when originally released, featuring detailed graphics and fast-paced gameplay. It was programmed by Patrick Buckland, author of the classic Mac Game Crystal Quest.- External links :*...
  
  
• Crash Barrier (Mac) - Casady & Greene
• AME (Mac) - Casady & Greene
• Crystal Crazy (Mac) - Casady & Greene
  Crystal Crazy
  Crystal Crazy is an arcade game, published by Casady & Greene for Mac OS during the 1990s. It is the sequel to Crystal Quest. The aim of the game is to collect crystals. It is not possible to play this game on Intel-based Macs without an emulator .Versions before 1.05 do not have sound on...
  
  
• Mercury (Mac) - Aaron
• Medical reference multimedia (PC) - Times Mirror Group
• BRender (Mac + PC Demo software etc.) - Argonaut
• Carmageddon (PC/Mac) - SCi
  Carmageddon
  Carmageddon is the first of a series of graphically violent vehicular combat video games produced by Stainless Games, published by Interplay and SCi...
  
  
• Carmageddon: Splat Pack (PC) - SCi
• Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now (PC/Mac) - SCi
• State of Emergency (PS2) - Rockstar
  State of Emergency (video game)
  State of Emergency is a controversial 2002 action-adventure video game released by Rockstar Games. It was developed by Scottish firm VIS Entertainment for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows.- Reception :...
  
  
• Novadrome (XBLA) - Stainless/Disney
• Pocket Bike Racer (Xbox/X360) - Blitz
• Centipede (XBLA)
  Centipede (video game)
  Centipede is a vertically-oriented shoot 'em up arcade game produced by Atari, Inc. in 1980. The game was designed by Ed Logg along with Dona Bailey, one of the few female game programmers in the industry at this time. It was also the first arcade coin-operated game to have a significant female...
  
  /Millipede (XBLA) - Atari
• Missile Command (XBLA) - Atari
  Missile Command
  Missile Command is a 1980 arcade game by Atari, Inc. that was also licensed to Sega for European release. It is considered one of the most notable games from the Golden Age of Video Arcade Games...
  
  
• Asteroids (XBLA)
  Asteroids (computer game)
  Asteroids is a video arcade game released in 1979 by Atari Inc. It was one of the most popular and influential games of the Golden Age of Arcade Games. Asteroids uses a vector display and a two-dimensional view that wraps around in both screen axes. The player controls a spaceship in an asteroid...
  
  /Asteroids Deluxe (XBLA) - Atari
• Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm (XBLA) - Sega
  Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm
  Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm is a video game based on the Flash cartoon series Happy Tree Friends developed by independent software developers Stainless Games and published by Sega...
  
  
• Tempest (XBLA) - Atari
• Warlords (XBLA) - Atari
• Battlezone (XBLA) - Atari
  Battlezone
  Battlezone is an arcade game from Atari released in 1980. It displays a wireframe view on a horizontal black and white vector monitor...
  
  
• Atari Classics (PSP) - Atari
• Red Baron (PC/PS3-PSN) - Sierra Online
• Scrabble (DS/PSP - EA version) - EA
• Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers (XBLA + PC/PS3 Announced) - Wizards of the Coast
• RISK: Factions (XBLA) - EA
  Risk: Factions
  Risk: Factions is a downloadable video game for Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade service, PlayStation 3's PlayStation Network, and Windows computers through Steam. The game was announced on January 12, 2010 for Xbox 360, December 21, 2010 for PlayStation 3, and March 8, 2011 for Windows...
  
  

The above list excludes a number of cancelled projects (some of which were major and near completion), minor contract work, and confidential projects.

Crystal Quest received a number of awards when released on the Mac in 1987, as did Carmageddon and Carmageddon II in 1997 and 1998 respectively. Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers broke all sales records on the XBLA platform when it was released in June 2009, although these records were broken again by other titles shortly afterward.

Buckland lives on the Isle of Wight with his wife and two children and is a direct descendant of renowned geologist/palaeontologist William Buckland

William Buckland

The Very Rev. Dr William Buckland DD FRS was an English geologist, palaeontologist and Dean of Westminster, who wrote the first full account of a fossil dinosaur, which he named Megalosaurus...

and his son, renowned zoologist Frank Buckland

Frank Buckland

Frank Buckland was a Canadian sports administrator.Frank helped lead the Ontario Hockey Association in the 1950s and '60s. He was president and treasurer of the amateur organization for 21 years. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1975.-External links:...

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External links

• Stainless Games website
• "Playing Catch Up: Stainless Games' Patrick Buckland", Alistair Wallis Gamasutra, December 14, 2006