# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/archer-maclean
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:59:15.925Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/archer-maclean"
name: "Archer Maclean"
slug: "archer-maclean"
description: "Archer Donald Maclean was a British video game programmer. He was the author of Dropzone which he developed for the Atari 8-bit computers and was ported to other systems. Maclean also developed the Commodore 64 version of International Karate and the sequel, IK+ which was developed for the Commodore 64 and ported to other systems. He was also known for his series of snooker and pool games, which commenced with Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker in 1991."
tagline: "British video game programmer (1962–2022)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1962-01-28"
deathDate: "2022-12-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.07
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.222968
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1502379/"
    handle:    "nm1502379"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archer_Maclean"
    title: "Archer Maclean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%B1_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "آرتشر ماكلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archer_MacLean"
    title: "Archer MacLean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archer_Maclean"
    title: "Archer Maclean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archer_MacLean"
    title: "Archer MacLean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archer_Maclean"
    title: "Archer Maclean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archer_MacLean"
    title: "Archer MacLean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archer_MacLean"
    title: "Archer MacLean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q269139"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump