Ed Logg
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George Edward Logg (born in Seattle in 1948[1]) is a retired arcade video game designer, employed first at Atari[2] and later at Atari Games.[3] He co-developed the video game Asteroids with Lyle Rains.[4] Other games designed or co-designed by Logg include Centipede, Millipede, the Gauntlet series, Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey and the San Francisco Rush series.[5][6]
He currently resides in Los Altos, California.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Kohler, Chris (17 November 2011). "Asteroids Designer Ed Logg Honored With Pioneer Award". Wired.
- ^ Kent, Steve L. (2001). The ultimate history of video games: from Pong to Pokémon and beyond : the story behind the craze that touched our lives and changed the world. Random House Digital, Inc. pp. 184–. ISBN 978-0-7615-3643-7. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ Herman, Leonard (1997-10). Phoenix: The Fall & Rise of Videogames. Rolenta Press. pp. 139â. ISBN 978-0-9643848-2-8. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ Swink, Steve (2008-10-13). Game Feel: A Game Designer's Guide to Virtual Sensation. Morgan Kaufmann. pp. 188–. ISBN 978-0-12-374328-2. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ Rouse, Richard; Ogden, Steve (2005). Game design: theory & practice. Jones & Bartlett Learning. pp. 87–. ISBN 978-1-55622-912-1. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ Saltzman, Mark (April 15, 1999). "The emulation craze". Toronto Star. p. 1. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ Honkala, Tuomas (August 2012). "Legendaariset pelit: Gauntlet". Pelit (in Finnish) (Sanoma) (8/2012): 52.
[edit] External links
- History of Atari's Asteroids
- Arcade-history.com entry for Ed Logg
- Article at The Dot Eaters, featuring Logg and a history of Asteroids
- #43 at IGN's Top 100 Game Creators of All Time
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