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Robert A. Whitehead (born November 1, 1953) is an American video game designer and programmer. While working for Atari, Inc. he wrote two of the nine Atari Video Computer System launch titles: Blackjack and Star Ship. After leaving Atari, he cofounded third party video game developer Activision, then Accolade.
1 de out. de 2022 · Em 01 de outubro de 1979, na California/EUA, David Crane, Larry Kaplan, Alan Miller e Bob Whitehead, quatro ex-funcionários “infelizes” da Atari, realizavam a fundação da Activision, uma das maiores produtoras de games da história.
26 de fev. de 2013 · David Crane, Larry Kaplan, Alan Miller, and Bob Whitehead were four of Atari’s superstar programmers. Collectively, the group had been responsible for producing many of Atari’s most critical hits. Titles like Canyon Bomber and Surround don’t sound like much today, but over 30 years ago they were hot properties.
Bob Whitehead interview. By Scott Stilphen (2005) As one of the original Atari VCS programmers hired at Atari, he created some of the first sports and casino games for that system (along with 2 of the most influential programming tricks ever invented) before taking a ‘gamble’ and leaving Atari for greener pastures at Activision.
Companies. Contribute. Biography edit · view history. Bob Whitehead was hired by Atari in 1977 as one of their first programmers of the Atari 2600. In 1979, Bob Whitehead teamed up with leading game designers David Crane, Larry Kaplan and Alan Miller and joined Jim Levy, a record industry executive, to form the legendary company Activision.
Greeting us at the door was a tall, gray-haired septuagenarian by the name of Robert "Bob" Whitehead. After our introduction and some small talk, our genial host first took us through what was ...
Activision was founded by former music industry executive Jim Levy along with former Atari programmers David Crane, Larry Kaplan, Alan Miller, and Bob Whitehead. Activision's first game release came in the form of Dragster in 1980, with their first big hit being Pitfall! in 1982.
