Spacewar! is a space combat video game created in 1962 by Steve Russell with help from Martin Graetz, Wayne Wiitanen, Bob Saunders, Steve Piner, and others. It was developed for the DEC PDP-1 minicomputer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Brenda Louise Romero (born as Garno; born October 12, 1966), who was once called Brenda Brathwaite, is an American game designer and developer. She was born in Ogdensburg, New York, and graduated from Clarkson University. Romero is most famous for her work on the Wizardry series of role-playing video games and, more recently, the non-digital series The Mechanic is the Message.
Jordan Mechner was born on June 4, 1964. He is an American video game designer, graphic novelist, author, screenwriter, filmmaker, and former video game programmer. He is known for helping create video games that look like movies and for using animation techniques in games.
Clint Bajakian was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. He became interested in music at the age of eight. During middle school, he played in marching bands and performed in rock bands from 1977 to 1984.
Peter Nelson McConnell, born on April 19, 1960, is also called Peter Mc. He is an American video game composer and musician. He is most recognized for his work with LucasArts and for creating the soundtracks for every Sly Cooper game starting with the second game.
Michael Z. Land was born in 1961. He is an American video game composer and musician.
Steven Ross Purcell was born on July 30, 1961. He is an American cartoonist, animator, game designer, and voice actor. He helped create the Sam & Max media franchise and won an Eisner Award in 2007 for his work on the show.
Brian Moriarty (born in 1956) is an American video game developer. He created three early Infocom text-based adventure games: Wishbringer (1985), Trinity (1986), and Beyond Zork (1987). He also developed Loom (1990) for LucasArts.
Noah Falstein (born June 1957) is a game designer and producer who has worked in the video game industry since 1980. He has won “Game of the Year” awards for games such as Battlehawks 1942 and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. He has created games for many platforms, including arcade video games, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS.
Larry Ahern was born on April 26, 1955. He is a Republican politician and a former member of the Florida House of Representatives. He represented the 66th District, which covers parts of northwestern Pinellas County, from Clearwater to Seminole, from 2012 to 2018.