John Swiderski
John Swiderski (born May 15, 1975 in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.) founded Mean Hamster Software in 1985 at the age of 10.
John Swiderski | |
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| Born | May 15, 1975 Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
| Occupation | Founder and CEO of Mean Hamster Software |
Swiderski was developing Commodore 64 games, and later Amiga games for the shareware market as lead programmer. John took a hiatus from programming in 1993 when Commodore went bankrupt and opened a retail computer store in Deer Park, Washington. In 1999, Swiderski began working on new Atari 5200 game cartridges for the newly popular retro-gaming surge. In 2004, Swiderski began work on Myst for Pocket PC as lead programmer. He also began working on several new game concepts as a Designer and Producer for the casual game market. Pet Shop Hop was released in 2008, followed by four more games in 2009.
John Swiderski was a board member of the WMMFA, the Washington Materials Management and Funding authority. A government appointed position where John currently serves as Chairman. The authority handles the entire electronics recycling program for Washington State.
Games designed by John Swiderski
- Irata's Quest (unreleased)
- Pet Shop Hop (March 17, 2008)
- Grocery Story (unreleased)
- Everything Nice (April 2, 2009)
- Ye Olde Sandwich Shoppe (May 27, 2009)
- Passport to Perfume (July 21, 2009)
- Cat Wash (November 13, 2009)
- Vegas Nights (May 15, 2010)
- Remarkable Farkle (August 1, 2010)