Joffa Smith dies today..

JOFFA SMITH DIES TODAY..

The death of a Spectrum developer legend.

Posted by boyo on Jun 26, 2010 14:32 (Jun 26, 2010 14:32)

Sad news indeed that Jonathan 'Joffa' Smith died today at 10:30am after being in hospital with an unknown illness for 3 months or so.

Joffa was considered by many to be the best Spectrum programmer and was responsible for such classics as Hypersports, Green Beret, Mikie and Cobra whilst at Ocean and Imagine.

RIP Joffa.

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May 25, 2011 21:55:54 ( 258 days ago )

Abrimaal
and Ping Pong (I think so). RiP

Jul 2, 2010 11:59:43 ( Jul 2, 2010 10:59 )

ismellicecream
I was shocked when I heard this. RIP Jof.

Jun 29, 2010 18:25:55 ( Jun 29, 2010 17:25 )

aberdeenlad1983
That's sad to hear. Just read up on this guy and he had a lot of achievements. Making games at such a young age is incredible

Jun 28, 2010 13:10:13 ( Jun 28, 2010 12:10 )

classic games crusader
This is very sad. Joffa was one of those pioneer coders that was able to make hardware do things they were not always intended for. He could have got away with simply what was required, but always went way beyond that.

Jun 26, 2010 21:48:53 ( Jun 26, 2010 20:48 )

jdanddiet
A very sad day. Glimpsed his appearance at Byte back last year but would have loved to have met him and talked about the old days. Playing Cobra now. Rest in peace jof.

Jun 26, 2010 19:53:39 ( Jun 26, 2010 18:53 )

bedroomcoder
Sad to hear that. Never had a Speccy myself, but I respect his achievements.

Jun 26, 2010 19:27:30 ( Jun 26, 2010 18:27 )

sirclive1
Very sad news indeed - R.I.P Joffa x

Jun 26, 2010 18:32:48 ( Jun 26, 2010 17:32 )

boyo
Yea they were all mine as well

Jun 26, 2010 17:07:02 ( Jun 26, 2010 16:07 )

muguk
Green Beret, Mikie and Cobra were my favourites as a nipper. Sad day and at a young age too (only three years older than I am now)