David Crane (programmer)

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David Crane (born in Nappanee, Indiana) is a successful video game designer and programmer.

Crane started his programming career at Atari, making games for the Atari 2600. After meeting up with co-worker Alan Miller in a tennis game, Miller discussed with him a plan he had to leave and found a company that would give game designers more recognition. From this meeting, he left Atari in 1979 and co-founded Activision, along with Miller, Jim Levy, Bob Whitehead and Larry Kaplan. His games have won many awards while he was at Activision.

In 1986, he left Activision to co-found Absolute Entertainment with Garry Kitchen. Here, he was known for A Boy and His Blob and Amazing Tennis.

In 1995, he co-founded Skyworks Technologies and currently is their Chief Technical Officer.

[edit] Selected titles

• Outlaw - Atari, 1978
• Freeway - Activision, 1981
• Pitfall! - Activision, 1982
• Pitfall II: Lost Caverns - Activision, 1984
• Ghostbusters - Activision, 1984
• Little Computer People - Activision, 1985
• A Boy and His Blob - Absolute Entertainment, 1989
• The Rescue of Princess Blobette - Absolute Entertainment, 1990
• Night Trap - Digital Pictures, 1994

[edit] External links

• David Crane's profile at MobyGames
• Legends of the C64 article on David Crane and Activision
• Meet David Crane: Video Games Guru magazine interview from 1983
• The Dot Eaters article featuring Crane, Pitfall! and Activision