Ed Logg
George Edward Logg (born in Seattle in 1948[1]) is a retired American arcade video game designer, first employed at Atari[2] and later at Atari Games.[3] Impressed with the Atari 2600 (then known as "Atari Video Computer System"), Logg joined Atari's coin-op division and worked on Dirt Bike, which was never released due to an unsuccessful field test. He developed Super Breakout after hearing that Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari, wanted Breakout updated.[1] 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]
References
- ^ a b 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 (October 1997). Phoenix: The Fall & Rise of Videogames. Rolenta Press. pp. 139â. ISBN 978-0-9643848-2-8. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
{{cite book}}: C1 control character in|pages=at position 5 (help) - ^ 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) (8/2012). Sanoma: 52.
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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