Steve Cartwright

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Steve Cartwright is an American computer and video game designer. He is best known as one of the original Activision game designers credited with suchs hits as Barnstorming, Megamania, Seaquest and Hacker. After an 8-year run at Electronic Arts (EA) where Cartwright designed and produced the Tiger Woods products as well as EA's first on-line sports site, he later designed, produced, or otherwise developed products accounting for up to 70% of revenue for Glu Mobile.

1 Activision
2 Accolade
3 Electronic Arts
4 Glu Mobile
5 External links

[edit] Activision

In 1982 Cartwright joined college classmate David Crane as the fifth game designer/programmer at Activision. Cartwright's titles included:

Barnstorming
Megamania
Seaquest
Plaque Attack
Frostbite
Hacker
Hacker II
Aliens
Air Rally

[edit] Accolade

In 1988 Cartwright joined Activision founders Alan Miller and Bob Whitehead and Accolade. Among his products were the Sierra-style graphic adventures Search for The King and Les Manley in: Lost in L.A.—the first product to use live actors captured in front of a blue screen

Fast Break
Search for The King
Lost in LA

[edit] Electronic Arts

In 1993, Cartwright joined Electronic Arts. He soon took over producer responsibility on the fledgeling PGA TOUR line and helped redesign the NBA Live product line. Among the many innovations to the golf line were the first use of digitized golfers, the first EA golf product with 3D terrain, and the first use of a targeting arc and putting guides in a golf product. Later, with the addition of Tiger Woods, EA's golf franchise became the number one golf product in the world—quickly eclipsing both Sony's Hot Shots Golf and Links by Access.

In 1999, Cartwright designed and producer Tiger Woods '99. Additionally, Cartwright designed the product to include 1-button access to a game server and match server—making this EA's first online multiplayer sports game. Later, with the addition of the "Play Against The Pros" feature, Cartwright was awarded co-patent holder rights to the technology that eventually became the basis of the PGA TOUR's Shotlink technology.

PGA TOUR 486
NBA Live 95
PGA TOUR 96
PGA TOUR Pro
Tiger Woods 99
Tiger Woods 2000

[edit] Glu Mobile

In 2002 Cartwright joined veteran Scott Orr as an internal developer at Glu Mobile, originally known as Sorrent. After a 10-year hiatus from programming, Cartwtright developed six of Sorrent's first eight products. During the 1994 presidential election, Cartwright took his previous product FOX Sports Boxing, added a little political twist and humor, and created the summer's Bush vs. Kerry Boxing. He was later named Director of Production where products he designed, produced, or otherwise developed accounted for up to 70% of Glu Mobile revenue.