Dona Bailey

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Dona Bailey is a game programmer who, along with Ed Logg in 1981, created the arcade video game Centipede.[1] Centipede is one of the first video games to incorporate Artificial intelligence (AI).[citation needed]

For two years, Bailey worked for GM on microprocessor-based cruise control systems.[2] In 1980, Bailey joined Atari's coin-op division, where she was the only woman.[2] She left Atari in 1982.

Dona Bailey holds M.Ed. and M.A. degrees and teaches as a faculty member in the department of Rhetoric and Writing at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Ortutay, Barbara (June 30, 2012). "Dona Bailey, a rare female programmer in Atari’s early days, recalls birth of ‘Centipede’". Associated Press / DesiWireFeed. Retrieved July 15, 2012. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kent, Steven L. (2001). The ultimate history of video games : from Pong to Pokemon, the story behind the craze that touched our lives and changed the world (1. ed. ed.). Roseville, Calif.: Prima. p. 624. ISBN 9780761536437. Retrieved 15 November 2012. 
  3. ↑ "People | Rhetoric and Writing". University of Little Rock Arkansas. Retrieved 15 November 2012. 

See also

  • Carol Shaw, considered the first female video game designer.

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