Oscar Hamilton

Oscar Xavior Hamilton (born March 24, 1959) is a video game creator, designer, businessman and voice actor who is best known for creating Disco Squirrel for Acclaim Entertainment (rights to it now being owned by since 2014) and Collin the Speedy Boy for Warner Bros. along with his Japanese-American best friend Tarōzaemon Fujiyama. In addition for CTSB, he has also helped on other franchises and served as a writer for Mark: Time Janitor. He has been known for creating designs for many CTSB characters.

He is currently diagnosed with terminal cancer since 2017, with many donations currently going on.

Early life
Oscar Xavior Hamilton was born on March 24, 1959 at San Fransisco, California.

Before Collin the Speedy Boy
In 1989, Oscar has created a project starring anthromorphic animals, being titled Disco Squirrel. It was only released on the arcade published by Namco. Acclaim Entertainment, upon discovering Disco Squirrel, was so impressed with the game that they not only contracted Hamilton to get permission to port them into SNES and Genesis, but also hired him as well. However, he only stayed at Acclaim for two years.

Collin the Speedy Boy
In 1991, as Warner Bros. is still brainstorming a video game. Hamilton, along with Fujiyama, was given the opportunity to give a idea, which involved a human with the power of superspeed. The team approved, and thus, the speedy kid was almost born, just needing the name.

Terminal cancer
On May 21, 2017, Oscar Hamilton confirmed he is diagnosed with terminal cancer, and sadly announced that he would not live longer, but is happy to see Collin the Speedy Boy running. However, that didn't stop him from being involved in CTSB entries.

Works

 * Disco Squirrel
 * The Collin the Speedy Boy series:
 * Collin the Speedy Boy (1993)

Personal life
He has a wife, being 3 years younger than him, and has raised three children.

Trivia

 * Although not involved in the sequel of Disco Squirrel, he was credited as "Characters by" guy.
 * Despite That, He soes give the plot for the third game.