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Programmers

Back in the days of the Atari 2600, most games were created by a single individual who did the design, programming, graphics and sound. These days it takes large teams of people many months (years!) to create a single game. But back then, if you had the skills you could program a 2600 game by yourself in a few short months (weeks!) As time passed and the capabilities of systems improved, more people were needed in order to produce a quality game.

The information provided below comes from many different sources. Some companies, such as Activision, were pretty open about who their programmers were. Others, such as Atari, kept this info in the dark (probably to keep other companies from stealing their talent!) Several classic gaming programmers have publicly spoken about their accomplishments, and for those individuals information is generally comprehensive. We also used The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers as a reference in compiling our list of programmers for Atari systems. And some games have the programmer's name listed in the manual, on the cartridge, or somewhere in the game itself.

The list below is by no means complete. For that matter, this list is only a small subset of programmers who worked on titles for Atari systems. Unfortunately, as time goes on it's likely that such information will be even harder to come by. If you know someone who worked in the classic game industry, please let us know! We'd love to hear from them and would like to fill in as many blanks as possible. And we're not just talking about programmers here, we'll also acknowledge designers, artists, musicians, and so forth.

 

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William O. Sheppard
Warren Schwader
Warren Robinett
Tod Frye
Tim Snider
Thomas Jentzsch
Suki Lee
Steve Wright
Steve Woita
Steve Tatsumi
Steve Kitchen
Steve Jobs
Steve Hales
Steve DeFrisco
Steve Crandall
Steve Cartwright
Steve Baker
Steve Aguirre
Stephen Landrum
Shirley Russell
Scott Smith
Scott Nelson
Russell Babylon
Rorke Weigandt
Ron Surratt
Robert Zdybel
Robert Vieira
Robert H. O'Neil
Rob Zdybel
Rob Fulop
Rick Maurer
Rex Bradford
Preston Stuart
Piero Cavina
Peter Engelbrite
Peter C. Niday
Paul Slocum
Patricia Lewis Du Long
Nolan Bushnell
Nick Turner
Mimi Nyden
Mike Schwartz
Mike Sanders
Mike Reidel
Mike Lorenzen
Mike Brodie
Michael Sierchio
Michael Kosaka
Michael Greene
Michael Callahan
Matthew Hubbard
Mark Turmell
Mark R. Hahn
Mark Lesser
Mark Klein
Mark De Smet
Manuel Polik
Larry Zwick
Larry Wagner
Larry Miller
Larry Kaplan
Kevin Norman
Kevin Miller
Ken Smith
Karl T. Olinger
Jossef Wagner
Joseph Tung
Jon Russell
Jon Leupp
John Van Ryzin
John Russell
John Perkins
John Palevich
John Marvin
John K. Harvey
John Harris
John Dunn
Joe King
Joe Grand
Joe Decuir
Jim Rupp
Jim Jacob
Jim Huether
Jerome Domurat
Jeff Ronne
Jeff Ratcliff
Jeff Gusman
James Andreasen
Igor Barzilai
Howard Scott Warshaw
Hal Finney
Greg Troutman
Grady Ward
Gerald Moore
Gary Stark
Gary Palmer
Gary Kaplan
Garry Kitchen
Frank Cohen
Eric Mooney
Ed Temple
Ed Salvo
Ed Riddle
Ed Logg
Ed Hodapp
Ed Federmeyer
Ed English
E.F. Dreyer
Duncan Scott
Doug Neubauer
Don Ruffcorn
Dennis Koble
Dennis Caswell
David Lubar
David Crane
Dave Staugas
Dave Rolfe
Dave Jolly
Dave Johnson
Dave Hampton
Dave Akers
Dan Wolf
Dan Thompson
Dan Oliver
Dan Kitchen
Dan Hitchens
Courtney Granner
Connie Goldman
Colin Hughes
Christopher Omarzu
Chris Crawford
Charlie Heath
Chad Schell
Carol Shaw
Carla Meninsky
Bruce Pedersen
Brian Prescott
Brian McGhie
Brett Stutz
Brad Stewart
Bob Whitehead
Bob Smith
Bob Polaro
Bob Colbert
Billy Eno
Bill Hood
Bill Hogue
Bill Aspromonte
Andrew Fuchs
Andrew Davie
Alex Leavens
Alex DeMeo
Alan Miller
Adam Thornton
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