# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matthew-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:02:35.257Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matthew-smith"
name: "Matthew Smith"
slug: "matthew-smith"
description: "Matthew Smith is a British video game programmer. He created the games Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy for the ZX Spectrum, released in 1983 and 1984 respectively. Smith left the games industry in 1988 and later moved to the Netherlands. He has since returned to the UK and has worked on some games as well as appearing at conventions and in documentaries."
tagline: "British computer game programmer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matthew_Smith.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1966-01-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.04
  momentum:             10
  historical:           7.064728
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A6%AC%E4%BF%AE%C2%B7%E5%8F%B2%E5%AF%86%E6%96%AF_(%E9%81%8A%E6%88%B2%E7%A8%8B%E5%BC%8F%E8%A8%AD%E8%A8%88%E5%B8%AB)"
    title: "馬修·史密斯 (遊戲程式設計師)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB_(%D9%85%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B3)"
    title: "ماثيو سميث (مهندس)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB_(%D9%85%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%87)"
    title: "ماثيو سميث (مهندس من المملكه المتحده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Smith_(program%C3%A1tor)"
    title: "Matthew Smith (programátor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Smith_(games_programmer)"
    title: "Matthew Smith (games programmer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Smith_(programmatore)"
    title: "Matthew Smith (programmatore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Smith"
    title: "Matthew Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Smith_(projektant_gier)"
    title: "Matthew Smith (projektant gier)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3852276"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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