Nick Eastridge

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Nicholas Eastridge
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Born New York, USA
Birth Place Unknown
Nationality American   USA.svg
Website www.e-t.com/about.html

Nick Eastridge is a American video game programmer who worked for Mindscape and The Software Toolworks. He is also the founder of Eastridge Technology. Most of the games Nick has been credited on have also credited Peter Stone. Though Nick received numerous music credits, he wasn't a composer and only knew how to arrange music, program music and sound, and make sound effects. A great deal of games that he worked on did not have credits. Nick's first work was on Paperboy for the NES, where he had to port the music from the arcade. He also did the whole conversion of M.U.L.E. for the NES. While Nick no longer works on video game or audio, he currently runs Eastridge Technology to this day, developing computer software.


Music Development

GB

Nick programmed a sound driver using the Game Boy's modified Z80. He then programmed a program to convert MIDI files to the Game Boy. It is unknown what program he used to create his MIDI files.

For WWF King of the Ring, Nick reprogrammed his sound driver that he used at Gray Matter and Mindscape.

GEN

Nick programmed his own sound driver which utilized both the Genesis' Z80 and 68000 processor. He then created a program to convert MIDI files to his Genesis sound driver. The only Genesis game to use his sound driver was Wayne's World.

NES

Nick programmed a sound driver in 6502 assembly language. Composers would then send Nick their MIDI files, in which Nick coded a tool that converted MIDI files to the NES.

SNES

Nick created a MIDI conversion tool. His instrument samples were taken from different keyboards, including a Korg M1 for the slap bass. The instruments may have been provided by Sony. Because of the way his music engine was programmed, SPC files for games using his sound engine are undumpable.


Gameography

Released

Title

Sample

1988-12-?? Paperboy (NES)
1990-06-?? The Last Starfighter (NES)
1990-07-?? Mad Max (NES)
1990-09-?? Gauntlet II (NES)
1990-09-?? M.U.L.E. (NES)
1990-10-?? Orb•3D (NES) Sound Driver
1990-12-?? Dirty Harry (NES) Sound Driver
1991-??-?? Paperboy 2 (DOS) Sound Driver
1991-02-?? Conan (NES) Sound Driver
1991-09-?? Captain Planet and the Planeteers (NES) Sound Driver
1991-09-?? The Chessmaster (SNES) Sound Driver
1991-11-?? Paperboy 2 (SNES) Sound Driver
1992-??-?? Pit-Fighter (GB) Sound Driver
1992-03-?? Pit-Fighter (SNES) Sound Driver
1992-04-?? Paperboy 2 (GB) Sound Driver
1992-04-?? Paperboy 2 (NES) Sound Driver
1992-10-?? James Bond Jr. (SNES) Sound Driver
1993-??-?? The Incredible Crash Dummies (SNES) (クラッシュ・ダミー スリック坊やの大挑戦) Sound Driver
1993-??-?? The Ren & Stimpy Show: Veediots! (GB) Arranger?/Sound Driver?
1993-02-18 Wayne's World (GEN) Sound Driver
1993-04-?? The Terminator (SNES) Sound Driver
1993-04-?? Wayne's World (SNES) Sound Driver
1993-06-?? The Great Waldo Search (SNES) Sound Driver
1993-09-?? Battleship (NES) Sound Driver
1993-09-?? WWF King of the Ring (GB) (キングオブリング)
1993-11-?? Steel Talons (SNES) Sound Driver
1993-11-?? WWF King of the Ring (NES)
1994-05-?? Relief Pitcher (SNES) Sound Driver
1999-12-?? Pong: The Next Level (GBC) Sound Driver

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