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Joseph Warren Robinett Jr. (born December 25, 1951) [1] is an American video game designer.He is most notable as the developer of the Atari 2600's Adventure and as a founder of The Learning Company, [1] where he designed Rocky's Boots [2] and Robot Odyssey.
Adventure is a 1980 action-adventure game developed by Warren Robinett and published by Atari, Inc. for the Atari Video Computer System (later renamed Atari 2600).The player controls a square avatar whose quest is to explore an open-ended environment to find a magical chalice and return it to the golden castle.
Adventure: Adventure: Warren Robinett: March 1980: Contains first well-known Easter egg, containing the designer's name. Air-Sea Battle: Target Fun: Larry Kaplan: September 1977: One of the nine Atari 2600 launch games. Alpha Beam with Ernie - Michael Callahan (programmer), Preston Stuart (graphics) November 1983: Co-developed by Children's ...
The Learning Company was founded in 8 May 1980 by Ann McCormick; Leslie Grimm; Teri Perl; and Warren Robinett, a former Atari, Inc. employee who had programmed the game Adventure. [2] They saw the Apple II as an opportunity to teach young children concepts of math, reading, science, problem-solving, and thinking skills.
1978. Release date - Warren Robinett at Warrenrobinett.com says "It was published by Atari Inc. in 1978"; Release date - First printings of Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System (a book) discuss "Warren Robinett, as he designed and programmed Adventure, the first graphical adventure game, for the Atari VCS in 1978" and list 1978 as the date in the bibliography
An award plaque for River Raid selling over one-million copies for Activision given to Carol Shaw. The Atari 2600 (previously known as the Atari VCS) was the most successful home system of its generation, and it was home to many popular games that sold millions of copies (a figure unheard of before).
The secret room in Adventure with Warren Robinett's credit. The use of the term "Easter egg" to describe secret features in video games originates from the 1980 video game Adventure for the Atari 2600 game console, programmed by the employee Warren Robinett.
Warren Robinett: Adventure, Rocky's Boots, & Robot Odyssey; Scott Rogers: Maximo: Ghosts to Glory, Maximo vs. Army of Zin, God of War; Ken Rolston: The Elder Scrolls (Morrowind and Oblivion) John Romero: Doom, Quake, Daikatana