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Following Activision, Crane worked independently, including finishing research work on a video game system for Hasbro. [2] [23] By January 1989, Crane became the Senior Designer at Absolute Entertainment, a company formed by former Activision staff member Garry Kitchen.
What Was It Like to Create Activision? IGN. 18.1M subscribers. Subscribed. 671. 17K views 10 years ago. Activision Co-Founder David Crane talks about starting the company and what he thinks...
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Jan 3, 2011 · The Replay Interviews: David Crane. The legendary creator of Pitfall! talks about his time at Atari, the founding of Activision and describes what he's been up to until the present day, taking us through the crash, into his cult classic Little Computer People, and beyond.
Crane, a founder of Activision in 1979, has consistently produced superb products, as evidenced by his worldwide sales of over 10 million games and wholesale revenues near 200 million dollars. Prior to his days at Activision, Crane was employed at Atari, where he wrote such hits as Outlaw, Slot Machine and Canyon Bomber.
Pitfall! is a video game developed by David Crane for the Atari 2600 and released in 1982 by Activision. The player controls Pitfall Harry, who has a time limit of 20 minutes to seek treasure in a jungle. The game world is populated by enemies and hazards that variously cause the player to lose lives or points.
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Feb 26, 2013 · 1986 The last remaining founder at Activision, David Crane, leaves the company to co-found Absolute Entertainment with Garry Kitchen; 1987 Activision purchases Infocom, the leading adventure game developer and publisher of Zork; 1988 Activision changes its corporate name to Mediagenic and broadens its focus to include business software
Oct 1, 2010 · David Crane, one of Atari's leading programmers at the time, recalls his frustration: "The president of Atari at the time was asked about it and he said 'What bonus are you talking about?' They...
