John Harris (software developer)

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John(athon) D. Harris (born ?, ?) is a well-known computer programmer, hacker, and author of some classical 1980's Atari computer games.

He features in Steven Levy's book Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution as one of the young computer hackers working at Sierra On-Line.

[edit] Works

[edit] Atari 8-bit

• Jawbreaker, Sierra On-Line, 1981
• Frogger, Sierra On-Line, 1982
• Mousekattack
• Maneuvering
• Bankster
• MAE

[edit] Atari 2600

• Jawbreaker, Tiger Vision

[edit] AmigaDE

• Gobbler
• Solitaire

[edit] Employment

• currently???
• Pulsar Interactive Corp., 1997-2003
• Tachyon Studios, Inc.
• Atari
• Synapse
• Sierra On-Line

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Interview with John Harris regarding Hackers
• Interview with John Harris regarding developing for AmigaDE, July 2002