Ed Averett
Ed
Averett developed a whopping twenty-four games for Magnavox's
Odyssey2 system. Responsible for roughly half the game library,
Ed believed in the Odyssey2 and kept it humming long before
Magnavox and parent company Philips saw the light.
His creation, KC Munchkin, pitted Magnavox against industry
leader Atari in the courts over the fate of maze games resembling
Pac-Man.
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Michael Thomasson
author
of Downright Bizarre Games:
Video Games that Crossed the Line
Interviewed by Patrick Hickey Jr. of REVIEW FIX |
Ted Dabney
Ted
Dabney was the co-founder of Syzygy and Atari. First US Interview
in THIRTY YEARS! With Al Alcorn and Nolan Bushnell, Ted unwittingly
helped launch a thirty-eight billion dollar industry with
the introduction of Computer Space and Pong.
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Jean-Philippe (a/k/a Youki)
Jean-Philippe,
also known as Youkie, is one of the Colecovisions best friends!
He directs Coleco's machine like a conducter directs a symphony.
'Smurf Challenge' and 'Knight'n More' really show off his
mad coding skills! |
Howard Scott Warshaw
Howard
Scott Warshaw is the programmer responsible Atari's biggest
selling original
game for the 2600 console: Yar's Revenge. He's also
responsible for Atari's E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial which
many have credited with starting the video game crash of the
mid-'80s. |
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Michael
Thomasson
of
Good Deal Games
Interviewed by The Laird of Retro Video Gamer
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Harry Dodgson
Harry
Dodgson is the primary reason that we are all here. Well,
not our actual existence, but why GDG's Homebrew Heaven exists
since Harry is responsible for creating the first homebrew
game and started the entire craze! And... he barely beat me
to it, the bum! |
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Scott
Huggins
Scott
is a professional Software Engineer that brings new life to
the Colecovision console on the side. With two arcade ports
and even his own original title released, Scott's vision is
now our vision on the Colecovision! |
David D. Thiel
If
the character string,"@!#?@!" means
something to you, then you know David Thiel's audio work.
David gave a voice to Q*bert, and worked
on many high-profile arcade coin-op and pinball machines.
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Luc
Miron & Eduardo Mello
Luc
Miron and Eduardo Mello partner to create some absolutely
fantastic game titles for the beloved Colecovision. Their
operation, Opcode Games, has already released several titles.
Plus, more software, and even new hardware, is in the works!
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Philip Klaus Krause
Philipp
is possibly the only salsa dancing, arrow flinging, mountain-dwelling
Colecovision programmer on the planet! With several successful
games programmed behind his belt, we listen when he has something
to say about our favorite system. |
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Michael
Thomasson
of
Good Deal Games
Interviewed
by Carl Williams of UnNamed Gaming |
Tim Arnold
Tim
shares his personal collection, the largest collection in
the world, at the Las Vegas Pinball Hall of Fame. His not-for-profit
interactive museum graciously donates to the Salvation Army
and other philanphropies. Tim's silver balls help make the
world a better place one shiny quarter at a time!
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Robert
DeCrescenzo
Robert
is a leading force behind modern-day development for the Atari
7800! His prowess has produced several newly programmed 7800
games in addition to resurrecting three long lost titles. |
Steve DeFrisco
Steve
is a true veteran concerning video games. Having programmed
for Atari, Sega and Sony platforms, his contributions span
several console generations, and he continues to give to the
gaming community.Trouble, and more!
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Darrell Spice, Jr.
Darrell
is responsible for the excellent remake of Atari's 'Warlords'
known as 'Medieval Mayhem', the VCS game 'Stay Frosty' and
ported the popular Stella emulator to the OS/2.
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Fred Rubatino
Fred
Rubatino is an Electrical Engineer and long-time Atari 5200
fan. In 1983 his desire for a more responsive and reliable
5200 controller led him to develop the legendary REI Starcon,
one of the rarest 5200 peripherals. |
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Michael Thomasson
of Good Deal Games
Interviewed by Robert Paulsen of FMV World |
Jeff Kulczycki
Jeff
Kulczycki takes good things and makes them even better! He
has altered many coin-op favorites such as Dragon's Lair,
and recently offered four new levels to the original Donkey
Kong that would make DK creator Shigeru Miyamoto blush with
pride! |
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Luca
Antignano
Luca
has been active on the emulation scene for a decade, most
notably simulating the popular Nintendo Game & Watch titles.
He is also one of the world's most knowledgeable CreatiVision
experts, assisting in preserving the rare console and its
place in history forever! |
Darrin DeMarco
Darrin
DeMarco is the star of the popular low-budget Nintendo inspired
film, "River City Rumble," a member of X-Strike
Studios and MORE! |
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Darren
McManus
While
this artist may not be a household name, he skillfully blends
fine art and videgames, and is a d@mn good painter!
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Todd Rogers
Marathon
gamer, Hi-scorer, Record breaker, Activision and Twin Galaxies
spokesperson, member of the U.S. National Videogame Team,
Game mag author, Joystick endorser, Life-survivor and more!
Todd has many interesting tales to tell... |
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Walter
Day
Walter
Day, founder of the Twin Galaxies Intergalactic Scoreboard,
is the single authority in the world of competitive videogame
playing, and is known as the official scorekeeper for the
world of video game & pinball playing. Formed in 1981
as a humble Fairfield, Iowa game-room during the golden age
of videogames, Walter Day has maintained the scoreboard for
over two decades! |
George Pelonis
George
is a modern day Vectrex game designer and programmer. He creates
new original titles that push the vintage Vectrex hardware.
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Michael
Thomasson of Good Deal
Games
of
Good Deal Games
Interviewed by Ken Horowitz of Sega-16 |
Keithen Hayenga
Keithen
Hayanga was an Apple II and Atari hardware and software programmer.
Keithen worked on the JoyPort, Computer Foosball, RealSports
Football and several other unpublished projects such as Tempest
for the Atari 5200. |
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Steve Woita
Steve
Woita's career has crossed many paths: Apple, Atari, Tengen,
Sega, Nintendo, 3DO, & Sony. Being involved in both hardware
& software creation, Steve has developed for most consoles. |
D. B. Wiess
D.B.
has authored what we believe as the first fictional book featuring
videogames. "Lucky Wander Boy" tells the tale of
Adam Pennyman obsessed in pursuing the truth about a mysterious
coin-op from his youth, and the trouble that follows his wreckless
course of actions. |
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James
Caruso
James
Caruso was the executive producer of STARCADE, the televised
game show where contestants competed by answering trivia questions
about video games and by playing video games. The show aired
on television stations across the US in the 1980's, and featured
the hottest video games of that time. Today, the games of
STARCADE are considered the classics of the video game industry.
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Charles Martinet
Martinet
is a voice actor involved in many cartoons, movies, television
show and, of course, games; including many Star Wars titles.
He is best known, however, as the voice of Mario! WeeHee!
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Michael
Thomasson
of
Good Deal Games
Interviewed by Bill Loguidice of Armchair Arcade |
Rusel DeMaria and Johnny Wilson
Co-authors
of the excellent publication 'Hi Score! The Illustrated History
of Electronic Games' and industry insiders speak about videogame
history and more! |
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Dave
Levison
Producer/Remixer,
Musician, and Sound Designer. Dave L's career spans a decade
and includes albums, films, television, cartoons, live theater
and an obscene amount of LucasArts video games, including
several Star Wars titles, Indiana Jones, Escape from Monkey
Island, and more! |
Ron Lloyd
Ron
Lloyd, known as the 'Coffee Man' (or as 'Café Garçon'
to our French speaking Friends) REALLY likes Coffee! More
importantly, Ron is the leading modern-day programmer for
the Atari 5200 Super System. |
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Zach
Meston
Notorius
videogame author and previous employee of Working Designs.
Zach has written an enormous amount of the content for Prima
Publishing & Sandwich Islands Publishing, including the
Secrets of the Games and Nintendo Games Secrets books. He
also has his hands involved in a few other projects. |
Simon Quernhorst
Simon
Quernhorst is a long-time study of the Commodore 64, and recently
converted his game 'Mental Kombat' for the Atari VCS with
spectacular programming finesse and packaging!
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Michael
Thomasson
of
Good Deal Games
Interviewed
by Matt Helgeson of Game Informer Magazine |
David Crane
David
Crane is one of the most talented and successful software
and hardware designers of all time! An Atari programmer, co-founder
of Activision, and generally known for creating the wildly
popular '82 game of the year, Pitfall! |
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James
Balmer
James
Balmer is a true Nintendo fan at heart. His desire to play
his NES anywhere resulted in him developing a portable 8-bit
Nintendo. |
Mike Beauchamp
Mike
Beauchamp is a Canadian with way too much free time! Okay,
all jokes aside, this genius has wired the first Atari 2600
to the world wide web, and few other amazing feats!
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Joe Grand
An
Engineer by trade, Joe has applied his knowledge to the classic
gaming community and recently released SCSIcide for the Atari
2600. He also operates Pixels Past a great classic gaming
resource! |
Dave Perry
The founder of Shiny Entertainment, is most notably known
for designing Earthworm Jim,
as well as programming numerous other great pieces of software. |
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Michael Thomasson
of
Good Deal Games
Interviewed by Sega CD Universe
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Clay Cowgill
Clay
Cowgill is the prgrammer of Vectrex Moonlander, creator
of many arcade coin-op kits, as well as a 'Mad Scientist'.
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Deborah Palicia
This
New Jersey native and resident has been collecting Pac-Man
related items since the early eighties. She recently published
the book Pac-Man Collectables, the ultimate
resource for Pac-Man fanatics! |
Kristof Tuts
Kristoff
is an Electronics Engineer in Belgium, and a hobbyist programmer
of the Vectrex. He has been programming on the vectrex for
over three years, and has four (count 'em -1,2,3,4) games
nearing completion and release.
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Ronen Habot
Ronen
is the programmer of VECTRACE & VABOOM! Vectrex games.
He is also the first to create games for the Vectrex for
use with the modified Atari 2600 paddle controllers.
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John Dondzila
John
Dondzila of Classic Gaming Creations is a
modern day programmer of classic gaming consoles. He has coded
for the Vectrex, Odyssey2, and the Colecovision. |
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Chris Salomon
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