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American video game designer
George Edward "Ed" Logg (born 1948 in
Seattle )
[3] is a retired American
arcade video game
designer , first employed at
Atari, Inc.
[4] and later at
Atari Games .
[5] He currently resides in
Los Altos, California .
[6] He was educated at
University of California, Berkeley and also attended
Stanford University .
[1]
[2]
Career
Logg was impressed with the
Atari 2600 (then known as "Atari Video Computer System") and joined Atari's coin-op division and worked on Dirt Bike , which was never released due to an unsuccessful field test. He co-developed with Ed Rotberg
Super Breakout after hearing that
Nolan Bushnell , co-founder of Atari, wanted
Breakout updated.
[3] He co-
developed the video game
Asteroids with
Lyle Rains .
[7] Other games designed or co-designed by Logg include
Centipede ,
Millipede , the
Gauntlet series (with inspiration from John Palevich's
Dandy ),
Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey and the home versions of the
San Francisco Rush series.
[8]
[9]
Logg in 1999, standing next to a very rare "Gold Asteroids" cabinet at Atari
Legacy
In 2011, Logg was awarded a Pioneer Award by the
Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences for being among those who "laid the foundations of the multi-billion dollar videogame industry."
[3]
[10] Logg was listed at number 43 in IGN 's top 100 game creators of all time.
[11]
Games
References
^
a
b
"Asteroids Designer Ed Logg Honored With Pioneer Award" .
Wired . 17 November 2011. Archived from
the original on 2023-07-03. Retrieved 2023-07-03 .
^
a
b
"Game Design: Theory and Practice (2nd Edition) (Wordware Game Developers Library)" (PDF) . XMission . 2005. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2023-07-03. Retrieved 2023-07-03 .
^
a
b
c 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. p. 139.
ISBN
978-0-9643848-2-8 . Retrieved 19 August 2011 .
^ Honkala, Tuomas (August 2012). "Legendaariset pelit: Gauntlet".
Pelit (in Finnish) (8/2012).
Sanoma : 52.
^ 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. Archived from
the original on 25 July 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2011 .
^ Cifaldi, Frank (2011-11-17).
"Asteroids , Gauntlet designer Ed Logg honored with Pioneer Award" .
Gamasutra .
^
"Top 100 Game Creators of All Time - 43. Ed Logg" .
IGN . 2009-03-05. Archived from
the original on 2014-01-01.
External links
Centipede series
Games Compilations Related
Gauntlet video games
Original series Legends seriesModern games Compilations Related