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Atari Panel Discussion
 
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Sitting in listening to the different Atari programmers talk about old times was like sitting in history class, except this class was fun. I learned a lot of interesting tidbits, like why Gravitar is so hard (the guy who play tested was a gaming expert; he complained it was too easy), why MMII wasn't released (dumbass marketing execs), and Xybots was originally going to be Gauntlet III (but again, dumbass marketing execs didn't think a Gauntlet III would sell).

Check out the concept artwork for Star Wars. Somebody want to tell me why it keeps referring to Luke's Millenium Falcon ?

Almost forgot, the programmers are, from left to right:

• Mike Hally (Gravitar, Star Wars, Marble Madness I & II, S.T.U.N. Runner, Gauntlet Legends, and others)
• Ed Logg (Centipede, Asteroids, Gauntlet, Xenophobe, and others)
• Kelly Turner (Championship Sprint, Arcade Classics, Badlands, and others)
• Owen Rubin (Tunnel Hunt, Space Duel, Major Havoc, Firefox, and others)
• Mike Albaugh (Not sure what games he did, though I do remember that he was the one to go to when someone needed weird code, including the slapstic protection).

 

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