Robert J. Mical

Robert J. "RJ" Mical (born 26 January) created video games at Williams Electronics, helped invent the Amiga computer [Burnham (2003) p.320] [DeMaria (2003) p. 109] , co-invented the Atari Lynx and the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer with Dave Needle. [Kohler (2005) p.215] He was the Chief Architect of the Fathammer mobile game engine. He is currently a Senior Manager at Sony working on the Playstation product line. [Cite web |url=http://www.mical.org/workhistory/ |title=Mical's work history web page |retrieved=2008-05-20]

Biography

According to Mical he built his first computer, a tic-tac-toe player, when he was 14.

Mical graduated from the University of Illinois with dual degrees in Computer Science and English in 1979, plus a minor in Philosophy. [Cite web |url=http://www.mical.org/resume/mical_resume.html |retrieved=2008-05-20 |title=Mical resume on his web site]

References

* Burnham, Van (2003) "Supercade: A Visual History of the Videogame Age 1971-1984" ISBN 0-262-52420-1
* DeMaria and Wilson (2003) ""High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games" ISBN 0-072-23172-6
* Kohler, Chris (2005) "Retro Gaming Hacks" ISBN 0-596-00917-8
* Interviewed in 2005 Documentary "Amiga Forever" [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0824282/ imdb]
* Biographies of RJ [http://www.allgame.com/cg/agg.dll?p=agg&sql=4:2615 allgame] [http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,3781/ mobygames]
* Ars technica article on [http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/amiga-history-4-commodore-years.ars/2 the history of the amiga]

External links

* [http://www.mical.org/ His personal web site]
* [http://www.cs.tut.fi/~albert/Dev/ 100 minute talk by RJ on the making of the Amiga]
* Interviews with RJ with at [http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3133762 1up magazine] and [http://www.digitalgamedeveloper.com/Htm/Stories/rjmical/rjmical.htm Digital Game Developer magazine]