Editing David Perry (game developer) (section)

{{Short description|Northern Irish video game designer}}
{{about|the game developer|the co-commentator on the [[United Kingdom|UK]] [[video game]] television show [[GamesMaster]]|Dave Perry|other uses|David Perry (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name        = David Perry
| image       = David Perry.jpg
| image_size  = 200px
| caption     = David Perry, 1996
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1967|4|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Lisburn]], [[Northern Ireland]]
| known_for   = [[Shiny Entertainment]]<br>[[Gaikai]]
| occupation  = Video game developer, programmer
| nationality = [[Northern Irish]], [[United States|American]]
| children    = [[Emmy Perry]]
| spouse      = {{marriage|Elaine Perry|2001}}
}}

'''David Perry''' (born 4 April 1967) is a [[Northern Irish]] [[video game developer]] and programmer. He became prominent for programming [[platform games]] for 16-bit home consoles in the early to mid 1990s, including ''[[Disney's Aladdin (Sega Genesis video game)|Disney's Aladdin]]'', ''[[Cool Spot]]'', and the ''[[Earthworm Jim (video game)|Earthworm Jim]]'' series. He founded [[Shiny Entertainment]], where he worked from 1993 to 2006. Perry created games for companies such as [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]], [[7 Up]], [[McDonald's]], [[Hemdale Film Corporation|Hemdale]], and [[Warner Bros.]]<ref>{{cite web |title=News |url=http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/html/enternewsindex.html |website=Warnerbros.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060315041430/http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/html/enternewsindex.html |archive-date=March 15, 2006 |date=April 18, 2003}}</ref> In 2008 he was presented with an honorary doctorate from [[Queen's University Belfast]] for his services to computer gaming.<ref>http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/Graduation/HonoraryGraduates2008/DavidPerry/{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-15 |title=Gaming legend started his $500 million career in a bedroom in Templepatrick! |url=https://www.antrimguardian.co.uk/news/2023/09/15/gallery/gaming-legend-started-his-500-million-career-in-a-bedroom-in-templepatrick-46522/ |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=www.antrimguardian.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> He was the co-founder & CEO of cloud-based games service [[Gaikai]], which was acquired by [[Sony Computer Entertainment]]. In 2017 Perry became the co-founder & CEO of a [[customer intelligence]] startup called GoVYRL, Inc. developing a new advanced brand dashboard called Carro.<ref name="gamesindustry.biz">{{cite news|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-07-04-sonys-david-perry-departs-for-instagram-influencer-marketing-firm|title=Sony's David Perry departs for Instagram Influencer Marketing Firm|date=2017-04-07}}</ref>