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{{This article is about|the computer programmer.  For other people, see [[Matthew Smith (disambiguation)]]}}


'''Matthew Smith''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] computer programmer, best known for his games ''[[Manic Miner]]'' and ''[[Jet Set Willy]]'' for the [[ZX Spectrum]], released in [[1983]] and [[1984]] respectively. After the creation of ''Jet Set Willy'' he started work on ''[[The Mega Tree]]'' for publication by his [[Software Publisher|company]] [[Software Projects]]. Unlike his previous two hits ''The Mega Tree'' was not developed for the [[ZX Spectrum]] but the [[Commodore 64]]. The project failed to gain traction quickly and was abandoned three months into developement.

Smith closed Software Projects several years later without completing any more programs and vanished for a while. He was living in a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[commune]] and reappeared on the Internet in the late [[1990s]].

In 1999 Smith returned to the UK industry by taking a job at [[Dewsbury]]-based computer game developer [[Runecraft]]. Unfortunately his employment there was relatively short-lived and resulted in only one new game (''[[Scrabble]]'' for the [[Game Boy Color]]) from the 8-bit coding superstar of the [[1980s]].

== External links ==
* [http://dmoz.org/Games/Video_Games/Platform/Miner_Willy_Games/Matthew_Smith/ Category at ODP]'''Shuju''' (&#20367;&#20754; in Japanese) was a Chinese philosopher.
(Well, it is actually Japanese and Chinese for "midget". I recommend the original poster correct this entry) (No, Chinese character may vary (think of simplified characters)) [[User:TakuyaMurata|Taku]] 20:12 Jan 5, 2003 (UTC)