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Robert J. Woodhead (born 1958 or 1959) is an American entrepreneur, software engineer and former game programmer. He is the co-creator of the Wizardry franchise, and the co-founder of both the video game publishing company Sir-Tech and anime licensing company AnimEigo.
AnimEigo is an American entertainment company that licenses and distributes anime, samurai films and Japanese cinema. Founded in 1988 by Robert Woodhead and Roe R. Adams III, the company was one of the first in North America dedicated to licensing anime and helped give anime a noticeable following in the region.
Robert J. Woodhead (born 1958 or 1959) is an American entrepreneur, software engineer and former game programmer. He is the co-creator of the Wizardry franchise, and the co-founder of both the video game publishing company Sir-Tech and anime licensing company AnimEigo.
Wizardry began as a simple dungeon crawl by Andrew C. Greenberg and Robert Woodhead. It was written when they were students at Cornell University and published by Sir-Tech. The game was influenced by earlier games from the PLATO system, most notably Oubliette. [4]
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In fall 1979, Sirotech Software was founded by Norman Sirotek, Robert Sirotek and Robert Woodhead. Sirotech Software published Info Tree, a database management program, Galactic Attack and a beta version of Wizardry: Dungeons of Despair which was later renamed Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord and formally released in fall 1981. It was ...
Developed and published
1. Info Tree(1979) (as Sirotech) 2. Galactic Attack(1980) (as Sirotech) 3. Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord(1981) 4. Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds(1982) 5. Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn(1983) 6. Crypt of Medea(1984) 7. Rescue Raiders(1984) 8. Deep Space: Operation Copernicus(1986) 9. Wizardry IV: The Return of Werdna(1987) 10. Wizardry V: Heart of the Maelstrom(1988) 11. The Usurper: The Mines of Qyntarr(1989) 12. Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge(1990) 13. Freakin'...
Developed only
1. Jagged Alliance 2(1999) 2. Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business(2000)
Published only
1. Star Maze(1982) 2. The Seven Spirits of Ra(1987) 3. Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny(1993) 4. Realms of Arkania: Star Trail(1994) 5. Druid: Daemons of the Mind(1995) 6. Jagged Alliance(1995) 7. Fable(1996) 8. Armed & Delirious(1997) 9. Excalibur 2555 AD(1997) 10. Virus: The Game(1997) 11. Realms of Arkania: Shadows over Riva(1997)
Sir-Tech at MobyGamesA history of Sir-Tech role-playing games at Bitmob via Internet ArchiveWizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is the first game in the Wizardry series of role-playing video games. It was developed by Andrew C. Greenberg and Robert Woodhead. In 1980, Norman Sirotek formed Sir-Tech Software and launched a beta version of the product at the 1980 Boston Computer Convention.
Feb 1, 2013 · Part 1: An Interview with Robert Woodhead, creator of the Genre-Defining RPG, Wizardry. An introduction explaining how our interviewer stumbled across Robert Woodhead hiding in plain sight amongst a community of sci-fi sandbox sociopaths. Part 2: Wizardry: The Birth of Role-Playing Video Games.
