+Charlie Cat Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Hi Guys: I have a question to ask. Remember the four original programmers that started Activision Which were Larry Kaplan, Alan Miller, Bob Whitehead and David Crane?? Whatever happen to them after they created Activision and what have they all been doing lately. Anthony... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Here's a page about David Crane from 2005: http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=7412 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 GAH!!!!!!!! So much for going to sleep anytime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 GAH!!!!!!!!So much for going to sleep anytime soon. IMO he's the best. His haircut never changed one hair. That's what I call personality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scumdogg Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Wait a minute....David Crane is a nerd? Wow, all my delusions about the late 70's "rock n' roll" programmer lifestyle just went straight out the window. Thanks a lot for bursting that bubble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 I think I asked a similar question more than a year ago whilst researching for an Activision articles. Crane, Gary Kitchen and Miller all work at Skyworks now. Kaplan and Whitehead are in semi retirement doing other stuff I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 David Crane is the Chuck Norris of 2600 programming. Admit it, as a kid you wanted to do what he was doing and he was pretty damn cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberpunk Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 David Crane is the Chuck Norris of 2600 programming. - David Crane programs advanced kernels in his sleep. - Without David Crane, Atari 2600 would have been a Virtual Boy. - David Crane doesn't have beta testers. Everything comes out perfect. - David Crane doesn't feed his blob jellybeans on Easter. He feeds him live rabbits. - David Crane speaks in binary. - When God can't figure it out, he turns to David Crane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PressureCooker2600 Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 that was AWESOME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Damn, David Crane needs to try contact lenses. Those heavy minus lenses aren't doing him any favours. That or some real high index, 1.74 or 1.9 glass. You can tell what I do for a living Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Although the Iraqis are using PlayStation 1 parts for missiles, David Crane can just think a program up to shoot them down. You don't have a virus in your computer, you have David Crane. All the most popular video game high scores change to DPC when David Crane even thinks about playing. You might drive a fast car, but David Crane can make an Atari 2600 drive a whole bunch of cars faster than yours. When David Crane played Zelda for the first time, Link turned to face the screen and said, "You win automatically, David." When Chuck Norris kicks somebody around, he turns to David Crane to make a replay on screen. I heard that David Crane was going to make a karate game for the 2600 but canceled it. He canceled it because his play tester, Chuck Norris, couldn't get past even the first level. Cloud Strife could have easily saved the world. When Sephiroth summoned Meteor, Cloud should have summoned David Crane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edweird13 Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 I heard that David Crane was going to make a karate game for the 2600 but canceled it. He canceled it because his play tester, Chuck Norris, couldn't get past even the first level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 His haircut never changed one hair. He's still using the same bowl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mos6507 Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 David is a great guy. I saw a video of one of the recent CGEs and did notice that he has really put a lot of weight on since I interviewed him a decade ago. He's looking more like Keith Robinson from Blue Sky Rangers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Charlie Cat Posted June 8, 2007 Author Share Posted June 8, 2007 David is a great guy. I saw a video of one of the recent CGEs and did notice that he has really put a lot of weight on since I interviewed him a decade ago. He's looking more like Keith Robinson from Blue Sky Rangers. Hi Guys: Its just like they say " Old legends never die. They just get chubby" :!: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Charlie Cat Posted June 8, 2007 Author Share Posted June 8, 2007 Hi Guys: Did David Crane, Alan Miller, Larry Kaplan and Bob Whitehead eventually became millionaires after Activision? Anthony... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Dunno, but I think one of them became a woman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Charlie Cat Posted June 9, 2007 Author Share Posted June 9, 2007 Dunno, but I think one of them became a woman. WTF?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Steve Kitchen -> Jessica Stevens (President, Telegen Corp.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Steve Kitchen -> Jessica Stevens (President, Telegen Corp.) He has long hair here, but not quite a girl yet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLpP2uh-zmE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Hi Guys: Did David Crane, Alan Miller, Larry Kaplan and Bob Whitehead eventually became millionaires after Activision? Anthony... David Crane sure did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scumdogg Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Steve Kitchen -> Jessica Stevens (President, Telegen Corp.) For serious? Wow, i hadn't ever heard that before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 (edited) Dunno, but I think one of them became a woman. WTF?! Yes,thats true,i read an article about that! .It was indeed STEVE KITCHEN,cant remember if he's just a TRANSVESTITE,or went under the knife and got an actual SEX CHANGE.I was thinking it was a joke,apparently NOT! Edited June 9, 2007 by Rik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 (edited) Wait a minute....David Crane is a nerd? Wow, all my delusions about the late 70's "rock n' roll" programmer lifestyle just went straight out the window. Thanks a lot for bursting that bubble. Yeah,right you are about the successful programmers of the 70's to 80's ROCK N ROLL lifestyle.They really did LIVE and WERE treated like ROCK STARS in those days,fascinating!..how things change,that is.They had company parties,full of high class hookers,lobster and fillet mignon,champagne dinners,drugs flowed like water.There are a few articles on the net about those days.Maybe not much has changed,i think that kind of lifestyle is for bigshot execs who run huge corporations nowadays,not so much game programmers. Edited June 9, 2007 by Rik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Nowadays they're like the guys in Grandma's Boy Which I highly recommend if you're a video game nerd It's stupid but very funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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