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Marty Goldberg


Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Software Engineer, author/writer, musician, martial artist.


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[edit] Video Game Industry Related

Currently work in the industry as a contracted programmer and tech writer.

Current project: Flash reproductions of PONG, Breakout (arcade game), Missile Command, Centipede, Asteroids, Space Duel, Tempest, and Battlezone for Atari. All games are to be to the tee reproductions with no access to original game code or use of roms.

Last completed project: Atari Flashback 2 team - tecnical writer, online manual.

I'm also a video game and personal computer historian and collector, as well as an Atari historian and collector. Recognized expert in those fields, and have had the pleasure of interviewing many luminaries from the video gaming and computer industries over the years.

Ex-Site Administrator, current Staff ClassicGaming.Com (an IGN site)

Co-Owner Atari Gaming Headquarters

Co-Organizer Midwest Gaming Classic

Owner Electronic Entertainment Museum

Moderator Atari Inc. discussion boards



Member of TwinGalaxies

[edit] Martial Arts Related

Instructor of Wing Chun Kuen - Watchful Dragon Kwoon

Founder and Moderator - Wing Chun Kuen Mailing List - Oldest Internet based wing chun discussion group, established in 1992. Moved to yahoo groups in 2003.

Founder and Presenter - Wing Chun Friendship Seminars. Series of seminars (1998 to present) designed to foster communication and sharing of material between multiple branches and linneages of wing chun. All proceeds donated to charity.





[edit] Wikipedia Related

I've been a member of Wikipedia since June 11th, 2005.


[edit] Projects I'm a Member Of

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Video Games WikiProject.
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Martial Arts WikiProject.




This user is a member of WikiProject Spam.
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This user is a member of the The Atari Task Force .




This user is a part of WikiProject Paranormal, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of the paranormal. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks.


[edit] Entries I've Created

Sea Wolf (arcade game) | Dominos (arcade game) | Crash 'N Score | F-1 (Arcade Game) | Hi-way | Indy 4 (arcade game) | Indy 800 | Jet Fighter (arcade game) | Stunt Cycle (arcade game) | Steeplechase (arcade game) | Elimination (arcade game) | Anti-Aircraft (arcade game) | Lunar Lander (arcade game) | E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (video game) | Outlaw (arcade game) | Pursuit | Qwak! (arcade game) | Rebound (arcade game) | Shark Jaws | Microprose Systems, LLC | Atari, Inc | Atari Corporation | Atari Interactive | Atari, Inc (Infogrames)

[edit] Entries I've Rewritten or Contributed Signifcantly To

Allan Alcorn, Atari, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit family , Atari Flashback , Atari Games, Atari ST, Branches of Wing Chun, Battlezone, Breakout, Breakout clones , Centipede (arcade game)Commodore International, Computer Space, Dave Nutting , Doctor Pong, Galaxy Game, Games By Apollo, Golden Age of Arcade Games, History of the Amiga, History of video games, History of video game consoles (first generation), History of video game consoles (second generation), Jay Miner, First video game, Jack Tramiel, Leung Ting, List of years in computer games, Magnavox Odyssey, Mattel Aquarius, MicroProse, Midwest Gaming Classic, Nolan Bushnell, Pong, Ralph H. Baer, Steve Wozniak, Sifu, Sprint 2, Tank (arcade game), Tempest (arcade game), Tennis for Two, Texas Instruments Compact Computer 40, Traditional Wing Chun Kung Fu, UWink, Video game, Video game crash of 1983, Video game console, Video Pinball, William Cheung, William Higinbotham, Wing Chun, WingTsun, Yip Man.

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[edit] Barnstars I've Been Awarded

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
I award this barnstar to Marty Goldberg for his contributions to most every video game article on Wikipedia. His continual work on improving this realm of the encyclopedia is very appreciated. — Frecklefσσt | Talk
The VG Barnstar
Marty Goldberg has been award the VG Star for his tireless contributions to the video games articles on Wikipedia. — Frecklefσσt | Talk

[edit] Personal Wiki-Info

[edit] Me

This user is a member of Wikipedia.
This user is male.
This user is from Earth.
This user is of multiple ancestries.
This user is a citizen of the United States of America.
This user lives in or is from the State of Wisconsin.
en This user is a native speaker of English.
This user identifies as straight.
This user has a wife.
This user's time zone is NA Central.
This user is an Aries.


豬 This user was born in the year of the Pig.
This user is proud
to be a Wikipedian.
This user is a Jedi.
This user has been assimilated by the Borg.
Resistance is futile.
This user remembers using
a rotary dial telephone.








[edit] My Computer

This user contributes using Microsoft Windows XP.
This user runs Mac OS X.
BB This user contributes using a broadband connection.
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IRC		 This user uses mIRC for chatting on IRC.
This user's IRC nick is wgungfu on the server {{{2}}}.






[edit] Health

This user supports the ban on smoking in public places.
Secondhand smoke is one of this user's pet peeves.
This user supports recycling.
This user is drug-free.
This user eats bagels.







[edit] General Insterests

This user enjoys writing.
This user enjoys reading science fiction.
This user is interested in religion.
This user is interested in ancient civilizations.
This user knows The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything








[edit] Programming

prog-4 This user is an expert programmer.
C++ This user is a C++ programmer.
Java This user can program in Java.
<html> This user can write HTML.
php-4 This user is an expert PHP programmer.
css-4 This user is an expert Cascading Style Sheets user.
mysql This user writes programs that access MySQL.
js-4 This user is an expert JavaScript coder.
game
dev		 This user is interested in computer and video game development.







[edit] Television

FG
 This user thinks Family Guy is freakin' sweet.
Good news, everyone! This user is a fan of Futurama!







[edit] Music

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This user has an iPod.
This user plays the guitar.
This user enjoys rock music.
This user enjoys punk rock.
DD This user thinks they can find Rio if they're looking like they can.
band-3 This user loves the band The Beatles.
band-3 This user loves the band The Pixies.
band-3 This user loves the band The Posies.
band-3 This user loves the band Nirvana.
band-2 This user likes the band Iggy Pop.
band-2 This user likes the band The Cult.

[edit] Video Games

Image:SmallPong.png This user is a Video game developer.
+ This user plays retro games.
2084 This user plays Robotron 2084
This user plays games in the Super Mario series.
iron fist This user is a Tekken player



fan-2 This user loves the computer or video game Virtua Fighter.
This user was a victim of the video game crash of 1983
This user still enjoys playing
games on the Atari 2600.
5200 This user still enjoys the Atari 5200, despite the controller issues.
7800 This user still enjoys the Atari 7800.
NGPC This user still plays the Neo Geo Pocket Color
This user still enjoys playing games on the Sega Master System.
This user still enjoys the underrated Sega Dreamcast.
This user plays Pac-Man.
This user is PREPARED TO QUALIFY
X This user plays Xevious
G
 This user plays Galaga


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 This user plays various breakout-style games