Thomas Leo "Tom" Clancy, Jr. (April 12, 1947 – October 1, 2013)[1][2] was an American author best known for his technically detailed espionage and military science storylines that are set during and in the aftermath of the Cold War, along with video games which bear his name for licensing and promotional purposes. His name was also a brand for similar movie scripts written by ghost writers and many series of non-fiction books on military subjects and merged biographies of key leaders. He was Vice Chairman of Community Activities and Public Affairs, as well as a part-owner of the Baltimore Orioles
In 1996, Clancy co-founded the video game developer Red Storm Entertainment and ever since he has had his name on several of Red Storm's most successful games. Red Storm was later bought by publisher Ubisoft Entertainment, which continued to use the Clancy name, though the extent of Clancy's actual involvement with creation of the games and development of intellectual properties, if any, was unclear. This game series includes:
The Hunt for Red October (1987): Submarine simulation loosely based on the novel of the same name. Produced by Grandslam Entertainment for IBM PC, C64, and Amiga.
Red Storm Rising (1988): Submarine sim loosely based on the novel of the same name. Produced by MicroProse for IBM PC, C64, and Amiga.
The Hunt for Red October (1990): Submarine sim based on the movie of the same name. Produced by Grandslam Entertainment for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, ZX Spectrum.
The Hunt for Red October (1990): Submarine sim based on the movie of the same name. Produced for Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, and Super NES.
SSN (1996): Submarine sim based on the novel of the same name. Produced by Simon & Schuster Interactive for IBM PC.
ruthless.com (1998) by Red Storm Entertainment: Strategy game based loosely on the book of the same name.
Shadow Watch (2000): Turn-based strategy based on the Power Play novel of the same name.[18]
The Sum of All Fears (2002): Tactical first-person shooter similar in style to Rainbow Six, but based on the Ghost Recon engine. The plot is based on the movie of the same name. Produced by Ubisoft for the IBM PC and Nintendo GameCube system.
Rainbow Six series: Squad-based first-person shooters, based on the novel of the same name, typically taking place in closed urban environments. 18 Rainbow Six games have been produced so far.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (1998)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Eagle Watch (1999)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear (1999)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Urban Operations (2000)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Covert Operations Essentials (2000)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Take-Down – Missions in Korea (2001)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Black Thorn (2001)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lone Wolf (2002)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield (2003)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow (2004)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword (2004)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Iron Wrath (2005)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown (2005)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Critical Hour (2006)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas (2006)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (2008)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Shadow Vanguard (2011)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6: Patriots (2013)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon series: Squad-based first- and third-person shooters. As opposed to the Rainbow Six games, Ghost Recon usually takes place in larger, outdoor environments. There have been 13 Ghost Recon games so far.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (2001)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Desert Siege (2003)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder (2003)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm (2004)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 (2004)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike (2005)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (2006)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (2007)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Predator (2010)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wii (2010)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars (2011)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (2012)[19]
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Online (2012)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell series: Third person stealth games, lately spawned a line of books written by a series of different authors, all writing under the pseudonym David Michaels.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (2002)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (2004)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (2005)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Essentials (2006)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent (2006)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction (2010)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist (2013)
EndWar series: Franchise set in a speculative World War III, taking place in 2020.
Tom Clancy's EndWar (2008)
Tom Clancy's EndWar 2 (TBA)
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We should make this the new Books and reading thread in his honor.
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i read rainbow six so many times as a kid
adios, you crazy motherfucker
edit: Just read the wiki to see how it differed from the book and my skin tingled.
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At least his name, owned by Ubisoft, will live on, making him practically immortal.
but man those first generations of Rainbow Six were godlike
Also Rogue Spear was the tits, apart from those insane sneaking missions.
Man wrote some entertaining books and spun off a whole bunch of decent games and films, next time Red October comes on Film4, I will watch it extra hard.
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They are doing the hospital level and make their way through
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RIP Mr. Clancy.
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I think he eventually wrote a Splinter Cell book, but that might have been a ghostwriter.
according to the ultra-reliable wikipedia, the Splinter Cell books, written after the games, are done by ghost writers
However, given the volume of Tom Clancy material out there, it's fair to say that even though Tom himself probably never even booted up a game once
His fingerprint is on a lot of these games
Anyway, the Jack Ryan books were my favorite and I thought it was great to see recurring characters doing badass things: something I did not see much of in books like Goosebumbs. Sorry to see Clancy go.
And yes, played the fuck out of Rainbow Six with my buddies. So much fun.
all the feels. time to rewatch Red October
Tom Clancy helped create so many of my early multiplayer gaming memories. Ghost Recon 2 and Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory both got nearly as much playtime on the original Xbox Live for me as Halo 2
hopefully The Division will be good
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/66 is way too early for someone with his talent.
Never made it all the way through the book, honestly. Maybe it's time to correct that
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Oh man this would be great.
I'm kinda surprised that this one was never made into a movie, considering how often its cited as one of his best works and is more or less self-contained.
Without remorse is an awesome book. The insane stuff he does is worth the read alone.
I think there is a movie in early development but no solid news on it yet
He was less good at anything after the Cold War because he became rather racist.
But man, I love Patriot Games. And Cardinal of the Kremlin.
Yeah.
The Bear and The Dragon was kinda uncomfortable to read.
holy shit it's bad
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