Doug Palmer

Doug Palmer

Doug Palmer joined Beam Software as a programmer and analyst in 1985 after completing a Physics degree at the University of Melbourne. Palmer first worked on the implementation of The Lord of Rings He also worked on Judge Dredd and Street Hassle for the C64. He is best remembered for his work on the design and coding for Samurai Warrior: The Adventures of Usagi Yojimbo.

Neil Brennan

Neil Brennan

Brennan was responsible for the sound in all Beam Software games, composing much of it himself, from his arrival in 1983 till his departure in 1988.

Doug Palmer

Pauli Kidd

Beams Software’s first non-programmer designer, Kidd was lead designer and producer on a number of Beam’s games of the 1980s including the post-apocalyptic action RPG Doc the Destroyer (1987), and the side scrolling adventure Samurai Warrior the Adventures of Usagi Yojimbo (1988). Kidd contributed to numerous micro computer games including the Exploding Fist series, Street Hassle(1987) and the idiosyncratic Aussie Game (1987-1990). She also worked on Beams new NES titles such as Airwolf (1988) based on the kids TV show of the eighties, and The Punisher (1990).

Russel Comte

Russel Comte

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