Howard Phillips of Nintendo....when exactly did he leave?

[rbudrick]

Does anyone know?

I know it was in the nineties, but can anyone be more specific?

Also, I heard he went to Lucasfilm Games, then THQ, then maybe some others, but there is some discrepancy whether he works for Microsoft now, is CEO of the Seattle Mariners or both.

Anyone?

-Rob

[GarrettCRW]

I know it was in the nineties, but can anyone be more specific?

His last issue of NP was June of '91.

And CEO of the Mariners???? The Mariners are still affiliated with the Big N-it's Howard Lincoln who's CEO of the Mariners.

[rbudrick]

Ok, sweeet. Thanks, Man!

[lendelin]

His final goodbye was in the June 1991 issue of Nintendo Power, but he left N as an employee in May 1991 (his contract ended in April)...so he worked for N from 1985 to 1991, was the president of the "Nintendo Fun Club" in 1987 already, and as such styled in NP as the "game master," the "man who plays games for a living" with a loveable nerdy touch. He achieved luminary status as the senior editor of NP in which he was the most pictured person until his departure.

He still is today a consultant for MS, in a couple of sports games by MS Game studios he appears in the credits.

[Anotherfluke]

He's also quite smarmy and a bit of an egotist. Not many people were sad to see him go.

Also, you're confusing Howard Phillips with Howard Lincoln, the former president of Nintendo of America, who now owns part of the Mariners along with Nintendo.

[Mattiekrome]

Too many Howards, not enough time LOL O_O (sorry, I know that was lame and made no sense). I do remember red-haired Howard Phillips tho, wearing one of those long sleeve ghetto NP tee shirts in one of the old NP ads. He was the essence of cool back then

[kainemaxwell]

When he went to THQ he helped them establish themselves as a decent gaming company, after their slew of bad games for the NES and SNES, didn't he?