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MICHAEL
THOMASSON Meet
the man that makes this mess!
Michael
Thomasson is one of the most widely respected videogame historians
in the videogame field today. He currently teaches college
level videogame history, design, and graphics courses for
several colleges. For television, Michael conducted research
for MTV's videogame related program Video MODS. With
much fanfare, Michael contributed to the Inventor of Home
Videogames' publication, Videogames in the Beginning
by Ralph Baer, as well as several other historical videogame
texts including his own solo project Downright Bizarre
Games: Video Games that Crossed the Line. Michael has
written several business plans for several videogame vendors
and managed almost a dozen game-related retail stores spanning
two decades. His historical columns have been distributed
worldwide in newspapers and magazines. He has also contributed
towards or published dozens of games for several consoles,
such as the Atari VCS, Sega CD, Colecovision, Atari Jaguar,
Intellivision, 3DO, CD-i and Vectrex. Furthermore, Michael
has the World's Largest Video Game Collection certified by
the Guinness Book of World Records! |
| Michael
Thomasson All-Around-Good-Guy! |
Michael
Thomasson is an All-Around-Good-Guy! He started programming games when he began
to read at the young age of 5 on the Commodore PET -- later branching into the
TRS-80, Vic-20, TI-99, and eventually the Atari line of computers. Michael was
previously a full-time 3D Animator, so videogames are as much a form of research,
as they are entertainment. Dissecting the newer 3D games through their technology,
and examining the classic games he thinks such things as, "How did they do THAT
w/ only 2K of memory!" | VIDEO
GAME INDUSTRY ASSOCIATESRalph
Baer - Father of the Home Video Game Industry!
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Al
Alcorn
Creator of PONG
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Nolan
Bushnell
Founder of Atari
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Ed
Averett
The Odyssey2 Programmer
and Father of K.C. Munchkin
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Charles
Martinet
The Voice of Mario
and other
Nintendo characters
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David
Crane
Atari Programmer
Activision Founder
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Electronic
Games
Magazine
Staff
First Game Journalists
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Kerri
Hoskins
Mortal Kombat's
Sonya Blade
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Warren
Davis
Creator of Q*Bert
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John
Sohl
David Warhol
Intellivision Programmers
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Jay
Smith
Vectrex Engineer
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Howard
Scott Warshaw
Atari Programmer
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Cindy
Morgan
Tron Actress (Yori)
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Gary
Stern
President of Stern Pinball
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Graydon
Clark
Director of Joysticks film
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David
Warhol
Intellivision Programmer
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Tommy
Tallarico
Game Musician / TV Host
Dave Perry
Game Programmer
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Leonard
Herman
Video Game Historian
Ken Jong
Video Game Writer
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Bob
Polaro
Atari & Activision Programmer
Defender, Rampage + more!
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Walter
Day
Twin Galaxies Referee
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Garry
Kitchen
Atari Programmer
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Daniel Pesinna
Mortal Kombat's
Johnny Cage, Scorpion,
Sub-Zero, and others
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Steve
Woita
Atari & Sega Programmer
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Penn
Jillette
Comedian Magician
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Raymond
Teller
Comedian Magician
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Paul Neimeyer
Mortal Kombat Artist
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Joe Decuir
Atari Hardware Designer
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Dan Kitchen
Atari Programmer
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Bill
Kunkel
The First Game Journalist
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Adam
Sessler
TV Host of X-Play
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Keith
Robinson
Intellivision Programmer
w/ JoAnn Thomasson
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Manci Games
Magazine Staff
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Classic
Gamer Mag
Magazine Staff
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The World's Largest
Video Game Collection
Guinness Certified
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VIDEO
GAME INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT
(other than publishing dozens upon dozens of video game titles)
Professor for Canisius College teaching The History of Video
Games,
Game Design,
Animation for Gaming and Advanced 2D Animation
Professor for Villa Maria College teaching The History
of Video Games
Historical writer for the college textbook Fifty
Key Video Games
Chief Editor and historical writer for ColecoVision
Experience Magazine
Historical writer for retro PLAYER Magazine
Historical writer for Old School Gamer Magazine
Wrote the Foreword to The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion
by Brian Matherne
Historical writer for little PLAYER Magazine
Author of the cult hit book
Downright
Bizarre Games: Video Games that Crossed the Line
Historical writer for the college textbook
The
Routledge Companion to Media Technology and Obsolescence
Consultant for AtGames Flashback video game units
Historical writer and leading contributor for both
volumes of
Brett Weiss'
The SNES Omnibus books.
Cover designer for The Arcade and Other Strange
Tales by Brett Weiss
Owns the Guinness certified Largest Collection of
Video Games in the World
Historical writer for RETRO Magazine
Historical writer for the college textbook
The
Routledge Companion to Video Game Studies
Awarded personal Trading Card by Twin Galaxies -
Card #531
Historical writer and leading contributor for both
volumes of the
Encyclopedia
of Videogames college texts
Competitive Gamer breaking 152 RetroCade World Records
in 152 consecutive days
Historical writer and Art Director for Video Game
Trader Magazine
Publisher of the book Down From the Top
of Its Game: The Story of Infocom
Historical writer for Game Room Magazine
Historical writer for Hardcore Gamer Magazine
Contributed to the publication Confessions of
the Game Doctor by Bill Kunkle
Historian for MTV's VideoMods television program
Co-authored Gyruss based military sci-fi novel
From Neptune to Earth
Contributed to the publication Videogames: In
the Beginning by Ralph Baer
Historical writer for Video Game Collector Magazine
Management for GameStop, Inc, the largest videogame
retailer in the world (13 years)
Publisher of the Arcade Ambiance audio CD
set.
Syndicated writer and historian for the Knight-Ridder
REZN-8 Gaming column
Owner, web designer, content director of www.GoodDealGames.com
Published dozens of games for VCS, Colecovision,
Sega CD, Philips CD-i, Vectrex +
Contributed to the publication ABC to the VCS
2nd Ed.
Book cover designer & co-editor for Phoenix:
The Fall and Rise of Videogames 4th Ed.
Historical writer for Manci Games Magazine
with own column
Pixel artist and 3D modeler for Songbird Productions
(Atari Lynx & Atari Jaguar)
Artist and Cover Designer for Classic Gamer Magazine
Station Manager of WGDG Videogame Radio
Contributed to the publication Video Game Bible,
The.
Committee member and contributor of the CinciClassic
Videogame Expo
Sponsor of dozens of classic gaming tradeshows including
the Classic Gaming Expo, Portland Retro
Gaming Expo, CinciClassic, The Videogame Summit, Philly
Classic +more
Beta-Tester and Cover Designer for Classic Game Creations'
Vectrex Gravitrex
Cover artist of Ralph 'Father of Videogames' Baer's
autobiography
Logo designer and artist for Syzygy Videogame
Magazine
Cover Designer for Classic Game Creations' Vectrex
Vectopia!
Previous chain manager of Let's Play and L.A. Videogame
stores
Volunteer for Bluegrass Electronics Center
(service organization that reprogrammed
games for disabled players)
E3 Software Analyst for videogame rental chain stores
Consumer Electronic Show (CES) Software Analyst for
videogame rental chain stores
and
more that I can't seem pull out of my head at the moment
If
you have a gaming project and need consultation Contact
Michael
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