digitalpress
06-07-2003, 10:07 AM
I'm going to announce the first batch of industry legends we've confirmed attendance for at this year's Classic Gaming Expo at the Classic Gaming Expo site (http://www.cgexpo.com), but in this forum I'm going to detail them. Take note of games and items that you might want to bring along for signatures!
Franz Lanzinger
Franz worked as a programmer and game designer at Atari Games Inc. and Tengen. Early on in his career he programmed and designed the ground-breaking arcade hit, Crystal Castles. A terrific video game player himself, Franz even held the world record for the arcade version of Centipede for six months in 1981.
He left in 1990 to co-found Bitmasters and served as their President until April of 1995. Franz then joined together with Mark Robichek and Eric Ginner to form Actual Entertainment where he currently serves as Chairman.
Here's a list of some of Franz' other exceptional work:
Program & Design:
Toobin' (NES, conversion) Ms. Pac Man (NES, conversion) Krazy Kreatures (NES, original) Rampart (NES, SNES, conversion) Championship Pool (SNES, original) and NCAA Final Four Basketball (SNES, original)
Design:
Ms. Pacman (Genesis, conversion) Championship Pool (Genesis, NES, Gameboy, original) and NCAA Final Four Basketball (Genesis, original) .
http://www.cgexpo.com/bios/img/lanzinger.jpg
Franz Lanzinger
Franz worked as a programmer and game designer at Atari Games Inc. and Tengen. Early on in his career he programmed and designed the ground-breaking arcade hit, Crystal Castles. A terrific video game player himself, Franz even held the world record for the arcade version of Centipede for six months in 1981.
He left in 1990 to co-found Bitmasters and served as their President until April of 1995. Franz then joined together with Mark Robichek and Eric Ginner to form Actual Entertainment where he currently serves as Chairman.
Here's a list of some of Franz' other exceptional work:
Program & Design:
Toobin' (NES, conversion) Ms. Pac Man (NES, conversion) Krazy Kreatures (NES, original) Rampart (NES, SNES, conversion) Championship Pool (SNES, original) and NCAA Final Four Basketball (SNES, original)
Design:
Ms. Pacman (Genesis, conversion) Championship Pool (Genesis, NES, Gameboy, original) and NCAA Final Four Basketball (Genesis, original) .
http://www.cgexpo.com/bios/img/lanzinger.jpg