Dave Akers

Dave Akers is a veteran video game designer. He worked on BurgerTime,[1] Bump 'n' Jump,[2] and Star Strike[3] for the Atari 2600. He also contributed to the arcade games Klax[4] and Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters.[5] He was also a developer for the M-Network project.

Akers's work on Klax is notable because he wrote the game in just a few weeks using Amiga Basic, then ported it line-by-line to C.[4]

As of the spring of 2006, Akers worked as an English teacher in Numazu, Japan.

In 2013, Dave Akers developed Paddle Party,[6] a modern home brew game for Intellivision released by Elektronite.

References

  1. ↑ burgertime Atari 2600
  2. ↑ Bump 'N' Jump Info - Bump 'N' Jump Information - Bump 'N' Jump Release Date
  3. ↑ Star Strike Info - Star Strike Information - Star Strike Release Date
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 klax, video game at arcade-history
  5. ↑ Digital Press - Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters
  6. ↑ Paddle Party