Franz Lanzinger programmed the singular Crystal Castles for Atari, Inc. Released in the summer of 1983 and housed within a typically eye-catching Atari cabinet, the game found modest success as a coin-op title and was adapted for numerous home platforms. Franz talks to us about being the person to establish the long-overdue display of creator credits in video arcade games, meeting avid arcade gamer Steven Spielberg during the development of Atari’s ill-fated Gremlins arcade game, and then quitting the company in a fit of pique following a dispute with management over proposed creator royalties.
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TDE EP36 - Strong Museum Assistant VP Jeremy Saucier
TDE EP35 - Atari Inc Coin-Op Engineer Jeff Bell
TDE EP34 - Atari Pong Creator Allan Alcorn
TDE EP33 - Atari Inc Designer and R&D Manager Roger Hector
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TDE EP31 - Arcade Britannia author Dr Alan Meades
TDE EP30 - Atari Engineer Dave Sherman
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TDE EP27 - Bally Midway graphic artist Paul Niemeyer
TDE EP26 - Twin Galaxies founder Walter Day
TDE EP25 - Centuri coder Lee Feuling
TDE EP24 - Death Race creator Howell Ivy
TDE EP23 - Atari graphic designer Evelyn Seto
TDE EP22 - Atari Battlezone and S.T.U.N. Runner programmer Ed Rotberg
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