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Larry Kaplan

Larry Kaplan

American video game designer and programmer

Larry Kaplan is an American video game designer and video game programmer who, along with other ex-Atari, Inc. programmers, co-founded Activision.

Kaplan studied at the University of California, Berkeley from 1968 through 1974 and graduated with a degree in Computer Science.[1]

He started at Atari, Inc. in August 1976 and wrote video games for the Atari Video Computer System, including two of the console's launch titles: Air-Sea Battle and Street Racer. Kaplan was one of the developers of the operating system for the Atari 400 and 800 home computers.[1] He co-founded Activision in late 1979. Since leaving Activision in 1982, Kaplan has worked at Amiga,[1]Atari Games, Silicon Graphics, Worlds of Wonder, and MicroUnity.

He was hired as Lead Technical Director on the 1998 movie Antz, but stayed with the project for only a few months.[1]

Games

Atari 2600

Atari 8-bit family

References

  1. [1]
    Stilphen, Scott. "DP Interviews...Larry Kaplan". Digital Press.
  2. [2]
    "Atari 2600 VCS Combat". Atari Mania.
  3. [3]
    Yarusso, Albert. "Programmers – Larry Kaplan". AtariAge. Archived from the original on November 3, 2011. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
  4. [4]
    Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".


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