Oscar Hamilton

Oscar Xavior Hamilton (born March 24, 1959; died December 1, 2018) was a video game creator, writer, producer, designer, businessman and voice actor who was 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 one of the writers for Mark: Time Janitor. He has been known for creating designs for many CTSB characters.

He has been diagnosed with terminal cancer with donations went on during his time. He died on December 1, 2018 at Burbank, California from cancer.

Early life
Oscar Xavior Hamilton was born on March 24, 1959 at San Francisco, California in CPMC Birth Center, California Campus. More coming soon...

Before Collin the Speedy Boy
In 1989, Oscar has created a project starring anthromorphic animals, being titled Disco Squirrel. It was originally 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. After the name was chosen to be Collin. Collin the Speedy Boy was born. The first game was released on April 16, 1993, becoming a critical and commerical success. Hamilton originally planned the game to be one-shot, but due to the game's monster success, the game became a franchise. The sequel, Collin the Speedy Boy 2 was released on June 13, 1995 with similar critical response, but was more successful than the previous installment. The game spawned a long-running franchise with the current entry Collin the Speedy Boy: The World Adventure, released on December 14, 2018. Other than Collin the Speedy Boy, he was one of the writers of Mark: Time Janitor.

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. On November 28, 2018, Hamilton announced that he would be visiting Warner Bros. Movie World for the last time on that weekend. The same day, he was confirmed that he is expected to pass away "sooner or later". However, on November 30th, his plans for visiting the Movie World was cancelled so he could spend his final time with his family.

Death and legacy
On December 1st, 2018, Oscar Hamilton died at age 59 at Burbank, California due to terminal cancer. Since his death, Cartoon Network, The CW, Adult Swim, TNT, TBS, CNN, HBO and Warner Bros. dedicated him via a message that says

"We would love to thank Oscar Hamilton for helping us on everything, being a good worker at Warner Bros. Games and most importantly, bring Collin the Speedy Boy. Now, we are sad to hear that he has passed away. Rest in peace, Oscar Hamilton. You'll be missed".

The next day, an employee at Warner Bros. Games discovered a touching note from Hamilton he wrote a day before his death. Which said, "(reserved for Spyro)"

Hommages
His death was commented with hommages made by other artists and cartoonists, some of them previously working with him and others being close friends. Some famous celebrities also tweeted/posted on Facebook good things.

Tom Ruegger, who developed Collin the Speedy Boy ' s original and upcoming television incarnations, drew a picture where Collin, Tommy and Cooper join Bugs, Daffy and Porky in a hug while in tears as Bugs says "I miss Tex (Avery) as much you'll miss Oscar, doc", also including a dedicatory saying "Thanks for filling our lifes with your creativity, pal".

Stella McDonnell published on her Instagram account a drawing of Collin being comforted by Cooper and Tommy with a note saying "We'll miss you, Oscar".

Daniel Wright drew a picture with Jeffrey Morrison/Howler, with a sad expression, setting down a Collin plushie next to a grave while a message at the top says, "Rest in Peace, Mr. Hamilton".

Craig McCracken drew a hommage where Collin is visited by the Powerpuff Girls as they pet him for his creator's death. A subtitle reads "Oscar Hamilton, 1959-2018".

Reccardi and Naylor drew a hommage where Collin is seen hugging a disappearing Oscar.

María Alejandra Botín drew a picture of Kitrina hugging Collin.

Genndy Tartakovsky made his hommage by drawing Dexter and Samurai Jack sitting with Collin as they look up in the sky, seeing Oscar's spirit.

Famous YouTuber Jacksepticeye published on his Twitter account a tweet saying "R.I.P. Oscar Hamilton, you had a good and short life by keeping us the fans happy. May you rest in peace, forever".

The Epic Rap Battles of History creators EpicLloyd and Nice Peter released a bonus rap battle between Oscar Hamilton (played by Lloyd) and Yuji Naka (played by Peter) with a message at the end saying "R.I.P. Oscar Hamilton".

Another famous YouTuber and comic artist TheOdd1sOut drew Oscar in his style looking down on Earth with angel wings.

One of the Marvel artists drew Spider-Man and Black Panther with Collin at Oscar's grave.

Vincent Waller drew a picture of SpongeBob petting Collin while both of them were in tears, with SpongeBob saying, "It's okay, Collin. I know how you feel."

His grave features two Collins (both classic and modern) and Disco Squirrel on the top of his grave.

Seth Rogen tweeted on twitter saying, "R.I.P. Oscar Hamilton."

An fanart features Spyro, Crash, Mario and Sonic both comforting a sad Collin with the message "Thank you for bringing an awesome franchise to light, Oscar Hamilton. 1959-2018".

Cinemassacre released two videos and an art related to dedication of Oscar Hamilton: an AVGN episode where he reviews Baylee (with the hommage at the end), TBD and the art features AVGN comforting Collin, saying "I am so sorry for your loss." with a message saying "Thanks for an fuckin' awesome franchise. R.I.P Oscar Hamilton (1959-2018)".

MatPat has published an episode of Game Theory in memory of Oscar's death.

Four CTSB games: Collin the Speedy Boy: The World Adventure, Collin the Speedy Boy 3D: Resped, Collin: Mechanical World and LEGO Collin the Speedy Boy: The Video Game are dedicated to him.

Works

 * Disco Squirrel (1989)
 * Collin the Speedy Boy series - creator, writer, designer and storyboard artist

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

Cancer
He was diagnosed with terminal cancer since 2017.

Trivia

 * Although not involved in the sequel of Disco Squirrel, he was credited through "Characters by".
 * Despite that, he does write the plot for the third game.
 * He was the first person that created a Warner Bros. game series to die.
 * He was close friends with his partner, Stella McDonnell, Daniel Wright, Genndy Tartakovsky, Chris Reccardi, Lynne Naylor, Julianne Reilly, Ryan Curcwald, María Alejandra Botín, TBD and Joe Murray.