Career
At the age of 11, Phelan"s parents presented him with a Commodore VIC-20. He learnt how to programme and began to write games. At age 13, he got his first synthesizer, a Korg MS20 and learning how to program the MS20’s patch bay gave him his grounding in understanding the fundamentals of sound synthesis.
A few years later, he was bought a Commodore 64.
Soon there was a confluence between his gaming obsession his love for sound and music Influenced by Rob Hubbard and Ben Daglish, Phelan began to write music specifically for games.
When he progressed to the Atari System Technologies, Phelan began collecting keyboards and using the System Technologies"s built-in MIDI connectors, started to sequence complex arrangements, classical scores as well as audio for high-powered games. In the early 1990s, Phelan joined Gremlin Graphics, and was involved in the development of Zoological
Later on, he took on other responsibilities and managed the audio department before eventually moving into more senior creative roles.
Phelan left to set up Full Circle where he provided audio solutions for games, music for television, consultancy and games design services. His clients included Infogrames, Climax, Headfirst and The British Broadcasting Corporation.
Some of the games Phelan helped develop include:
Doctor Who The Adventure Games
Outrun Online Arcade
Disney"s A Christmas Carol
New International Track and Field
Driver 78
Spooks
Micro Machines
Slam Tennis
Alone in the Dark
Shadow Fighter
Union of European Football Associations Challenge
Motorhead
N2O Nitros Oxide
Soulbringer
Professional Golf Association European Tour
Hardwar
Top Gear 2
Actua Soccer Series
Judge Dredd
Fox Sports Golf "99
Realms of the Haunting
Fightbox
Normality
Sand Warriors
Loaded
Actua Ice Hockey series
Hog"s of War
Slipstream 5000
Whiplash
Utopia
K240
Fragile Allegiance
Retribution
Litil Divil
Lotus series
Zool
Premier Manager series
Phelan joined Sumo Digital in 2005 he now works as an Executive Producer.
