19 Facts About Peter Molyneux

Peter Douglas Molyneux is an English video game designer and programmer.

Peter Molyneux began his career in 1982 by distributing and selling floppy disks which contained video games for Atari and the Commodore 64.

Peter Molyneux believed that including games on the disks would improve sales, and later concluded that the games were the main selling point.

Peter Molyneux created The Entrepreneur, a text-based business simulation game about running a fledgling company.

Peter Molyneux published the game himself in 1984 by duplicating hundreds of tapes on two Tandy Corporation recorders.

However, the game received only two orders, one of which Peter Molyneux speculated was from his mother.

Peter Molyneux had become an Electronic Arts vice-president and consultant in 1994, after EA purchased a significant share of Bullfrog.

Peter Molyneux left Bullfrog in July 1997 to found Lionhead Studios, shortly after the release of Dungeon Keeper.

Peter Molyneux had already been contemplating his departure, and, while discussing this with Rance, Rance suggested he write out his resignation letter to EA.

Peter Molyneux typed out an email to EA's CEO Larry Probst, and before Peter Molyneux could stop him, Rance had sent the email.

EA threatened to pull support for Dungeon Keeper, which was still in progress, but Peter Molyneux insisted they allow him to complete it, most which he did from his own home.

Peter Molyneux paid the $6 million in development costs himself.

Peter Molyneux made an appearance in the Scottish web series Consolevania.

Peter Molyneux was featured in the fourth episode of the Discovery Channel mini-series Rise of the Video Game alongside Will Wright and Sid Meier, fellow developers of simulation titles.

Peter Molyneux was accredited in the "Top Ten Game Creators" Countdown by GameTrailers.

Peter Molyneux has given keynote addresses and spoke extensively at worldwide conferences, including Games Convention, Games Convention Asia, Develop, and the Game Developers Conference.

Peter Molyneux received an honorary doctorate from Abertay University in 2003.

Peter Molyneux was inducted into the AIAS Hall of Fame in 2004 and was honoured with an OBE in the New Year's Honors list announced on 31 December 2004.

Peter Molyneux was awarded the title of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government in March 2007.