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Interview With Pitfall! Creator, David Crane

Posted by timothy on from the stupid-crocodiles dept.

Bill Kendrick writes "Good Deal Games recently interviewed David Crane, creator of 1982's Game of the Year, 'Pitfall!' (as well as many other titles for the Atari 2600 and other systems). Topics include the 1000s of fan letters Activision received every week, the firing of Bill Gates, and how tennis helped bring Activision together."

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  1. Re:Gates fired? by NanoGator · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "I was disappointed... he was fired from an Atari project, not fired from Microsoft (Thought I missed something good over my weekend of /. withdrawl)"

    Why do I have the feeling that this article wouldn't have been posted if not for the Bill Gates reference?

    "Pitfall was a revolutionary moment in gaming, but the real news here is that something bad happened to Bill Gates before he was rich."

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    "Derp de derp."