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| Jordan Mechner |
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Film writer | Prince of Persia | Karateka |
Jordan Mechner (born 1964) is a game programmer, game designer, and movie director. Mechner was born in New York City and graduated from Yale University in 1985.
Mechner's first hit game was Karateka (1984), written while he was still an...
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| Red Orb Entertainment |
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Company | Prince of Persia |
Red Orb Entertainment was a division of the Brøderbund software company created to market its gaming titles, distinguishing them from its considerable library of edutainment titles, which it marketed to schools. The name comes from the first six...
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| Computer Game Publisher | Prince of Persia 3D | ||||
| Employer | Take No Prisoners | ||||
| Smoking Car Productions |
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Company | The Last Express |
Jordan Mechner founded Smoking Car Productions to create the computer game The Last Express. The company was located in San Francisco from 1993 - 1997 and at its peak had sixty full-time employees
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| Robert Cook |
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Person | D/Generation | Karateka |
Robert Cook is co-founder and head of product design and development at Metaweb. You can find out more about him at his Freebase user page.
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| Computer Game Designer | Gumball | Karateka | |||
| Company Founder | The Last Express | ||||
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| MicroProse |
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Company | Civilization |
MicroProse, as a corporation and brand name, has been owned by several entities since its original founding by Sid Meier and Bill Stealey in 1982, as Microprose Software.
Founded in 1982 by Bill Stealey and Sid Meier, Microprose Software, Inc was...
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| Computer Game Publisher | Return of the Phantom | ||||
| Defunct Company | Gunship | ||||
| Employer | Stunt Car Racer | ||||
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| Maxis |
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Company | The Sims |
Maxis Software is an American company that was founded as a video game developer and is now a brand name of Electronic Arts (EA). Maxis' second software title was the seminal SimCity, a city simulation and planning game. Maxis is also the creator of...
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| Employer | SimCity | ||||
| Computer Game Publisher | The Sims 2: Nightlife | ||||
| Software Developer | The Sims Online | ||||
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| Roberta Williams |
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Roberta Heuer Williams (born February 16, 1953) is a retired computer game designer. She is most famous for her pioneering work in graphical adventure games, particularly the King's Quest series.
In the eighties and nineties, Roberta and her...
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| Chris Crawford | Computer Game Designer | Balance of Power |
Chris Crawford is a noted computer game designer and writer, responsible for a number of important games in the 1980s, for founding The Journal of Computer Game Design and for organizing the Computer Game Developers' Conference.
After receiving a B...
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| Person | Eastern Front | ||||
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| Chris Roberts | Person |
Chris Roberts (born May 27, 1968) is a computer game designer and programmer and a film producer and director. He is best known for creating the popular Wing Commander series while employed at Origin Systems.
Born in Redwood City, California,...
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| Nintendo |
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Company | Super Mario Bros. |
is a multinational corporation headquartered in Kyoto, Japan founded on September 23 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. In the mid-twentieth century, the company tried several small niche businesses, such as a love hotel...
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| Computer Game Publisher | Super Play Action Football | Mario Kart Wii | |||
| Computer Designer | Star Fox | ||||
| Computer Game Designer | Common Sense Training | ||||
| Website Owner | Bound High | ||||
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| Looking Glass Studios |
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Company | System Shock |
Looking Glass Studios was a computer game development company during the 1990s.
The company originally formed as Looking Glass Technologies, when Blue Sky Productions and Lerner Research merged.
Their games were regarded for demonstrating...
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| Employer | Thief: The Dark Project | ||||
| Computer Game Publisher | System Shock 2 | ||||
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| Gathering of Developers | Computer Game Publisher |
Gathering of Developers (aka God Games and Gathering) was a Texas-based PC and video games publishing company, founded in January 1998 with the mission to bridge the gap between publishers and independent game developers, allowing independent...
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| Atomic Games | Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far |
Atomic Games is a video game developer, specializing mostly in wargames. The company has developed titles such as the Close Combat series, the World at War series, as well as the V for Victory series. Atomic Games was acquired by Destineer Games on...
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| Close Combat III: The Russian Front | |||||
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| Sigil Games Online | Company | Vanguard: Saga of Heroes |
Sigil Games Online, Inc. was a computer game developer based in Carlsbad, California that was founded by Brad McQuaid and Jeff Butler in January 2002. On January 30, 2007, Sigil released their debut game "Vanguard: Saga of Heroes", a massively...
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| 989 Studios |
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Company | NBA 06 |
989 Studios was a division of Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) that developed games for the PlayStation consoles and Windows personal computer. Their titles include Twisted Metal III and 4, Syphon Filter and Syphon Filter 2, Jet Moto 3,...
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| Computer Game Publisher | MLB 2005 | ||||
| Employer | Blasto | ||||
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| Stormfront Studios | Company | Stronghold |
Stormfront Studios was a video game developer based in San Rafael, California which had one of the longest creative histories in the industry. In 2007, the company had over 50 developers working on two teams, and owned all its proprietary engines,...
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| Computer Game Publisher | ESPN National Hockey Night | ||||
| Employer | NASCAR 99 | ||||
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| Gearbox Software |
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Company | Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway |
Gearbox Software, LLC is an American video game development company based in Plano, Texas.
Gearbox was founded by five members of the content team from the defunct developer Rebel Boat Rocker: Randy Pitchford, Brian Martel, Stephen Bahl, Landon...
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| Employer | Counter-Strike: Condition Zero | ||||
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| Dynamix |
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Company | Betrayal at Krondor |
Dynamix, Inc. was an American developer of computer game from 1984 to 2001, best known for their flight simulator, ''Red Baron'', the Front Page Sports series and their online multiplayer game, ''Tribes''.
The company was founded in Eugene, Oregon...
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| Computer Game Publisher | Arctic Fox | ||||
| Computer Game Designer | Arcticfox | ||||
| Employer | Abrams Battle Tank | ||||
| Defunct Company | Tribes 2 | ||||
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| New World Computing |
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Company | Heroes Chronicles |
New World Computing, Inc. was an American computer game developer and publisher founded in 1984 by Jon Van Caneghem and Mark Caldwell. It was best known for its work on the Might and Magic RPG series and its spin-offs, especially Heroes of Might and...
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| Computer Game Publisher | Heroes of Might and Magic | ||||
| Employer | Might and Magic IV: Clouds of Xeen | ||||
| Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia | |||||
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| Jon Van Caneghem | Computer Game Designer | Might and Magic |
Jon Van Caneghem is a computer game designer and producer. He is most recognized for creating the Might and Magic role-playing game series and its strategy spin-off Heroes of Might and Magic.
Van Caneghem founded New World Computing in 1983. The...
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| Stu Megan |
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Person | The Secret |
Stu , took a break from his retirement, and as a consultant, helped with the Quality Assurance testing of.... Metaweb!
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| Computer Game Publisher | Squad Patrol | ||||
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| Doug Carlston |
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Doug Carlston was CEO, chairman, and co-founder (with brother Gary) of Brøderbund Software, a software publishing firm that produced such hit titles as Myst and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?. Brøderbund was acquired by The Learning Company...
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| Marc Goodman | Computer Game Designer | The Bilestoad | |||
| Sir-Tech | Company | Wizardry |
Sir-Tech Software, Inc. was a United States computer game developer and publisher founded by Robert Woodhead and Norman Sirotek. While the original company closed its doors, its Canadian counter-part Sir-Tech Canada continues to operate.
Sir-Tech...
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| Computer Game Publisher | Freakin' Funky Fuzzballs | ||||
| Employer | Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord | ||||
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