Carol Shaw (video game designer)
- Carol Shaw (video game designer)
Originally an Atari employee, Carol Shaw is said to be the first female video game designer (for her "3D Tic-Tac-Toe" game in 1979). Later she joined Activision, where she programmed her best known game, "River Raid". According to the manual of "River Raid", she is also a “scholar in the field of Computer Science.”
With Keith Brewster she worked on the Atari Basic Reference Manual. [" [http://www.atariarchives.org/c1ba/page007.php Atari BASIC and PET Microsoft BASIC. A BASIC Comparison] " by Joretta Klepfer cites the draft as a source.]
ee also
* Dona Bailey, first female coin-op video game designer.
References
External links
* [http://www.atariage.com/programmer_page.html?ProgrammerID=80 Atari Age]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,52278/ MobyGames]
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