Nick Bruty

Nicholas Anthony Bruty or Nick Bruty (born in 1969 in Longfield, Kent) is a Britishvideo game designer and entrepreneur.

He was raised and educated in Livingston, Scotland. He made his first step into video games when he was 15, working for company SoftStone with his friend David Quinn. Bruty had done some projects for SoftStone when it went bust in 1984. In 1987 Bruty joined Probe Software, where he met another notable VG figure David Perry. Together they formed a team, with Bruty as artist and Perry as programmer, making arcade classics such as Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper, Savage, Overlord and Dan Dare 3.

In 1992 Perry and Bruty went to American division of Virgin Games where they worked on Global Gladiators, Cool Spot, Aladdin and The Jungle Book. In 1993 David Perry formed Shiny Entertainment in California and Bruty and some members of Virgin Games followed in after finishing The Jungle Book. While in Shiny, Bruty led the art direction on cult platformers Earthworm Jim and its sequel, and in Special Edition of first game the level "Big Bruty" was named after him. The finest hour of Bruty in Shiny came with 1997 hit shooter MDK. He made the idea of game itself, designed the idea of sniper aiming, the characters and designed its humorous style.

Bruty

Bruty (Hungarian: Bart) is a municipality and village in the Nové Zámky District in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia.

History

In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1223.

Geography

The village lies at an altitude of 156 metres and covers an area of 23.532 km². It has a population of about 776 people.

Ethnicity

The population is about 91% Hungarian, 7% Slovak and 2% Gypsy.

Facilities

The village has a public library and football pitch.

Genealogical resources

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Nitra, Slovakia"

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Coordinates: 47°55′N 18°35′E / 47.917°N 18.583°E / 47.917; 18.583