Robert J. Mical is a pioneer and an influential figure in the video game industry. He is best known for contributing to the design of the Amiga and creating the user interface for Commodore's Amiga personal computer, and for co-designing the Atari Lynx color handheld and the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer video game system.
He also created video games at Williams Electronics where he worked on such titles as Sinistar and Star Rider; and worked at Sony Computer Entertainment from 2005 to 2011 as a senior manager on many PlayStation games and worked on developer tools for the PS3, PSP, and PS Vita.
Terrence C. Carson is an American actor & singer, best known for his long-running voice role as Kratos in the God of War video game series from 2005 to 2013, voicing Mace Windu in various Star Wars video games & animated shows since 2002, portraying Kyle Barker on the FOX sitcom Living Single (1993-1998), for the role of Eugene Dix in Final Destination 2, & recently as Danny on the Netflix series Miss Governor.
He has voiced many roles on well-known games, such as the Green Lantern in DC’s Justice League: Cosmic Chaos, Tensay in Far Cry Primal, Big Tony in Saints Row IV, Calchas in Tron Evolution, Sword Master in Afro Samurai, Ajihad in Eragon, Guillo in Baten Kaitos Origins, Anthony Green in Saints Row, Grimgash the Black in Everquest II, Stuart Coleman in Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror, Othello in Unreal Tournament III, Blue Shift in Anki Overdrive, Agent Hardtack in Agents of Mayhem, Cobra Bubbles in Lilo & Stitch: Trouble in Paradise & Hawaiian Discovery, & J.D. Tyler in The Outfit.
In the world of TV animation, he has voiced Aang in Star Wars: the Clone Wars, Sword Master & Brother 4 in Afro Samurai, Samuel & Fire Chief Campbell in Clifford the Big Red Dog, & Norton Jensen in Life with Louie. In animated movies, He voices Ra's al Ghul in Justice League vs Teen Titans, & Clarence in The Animatrix.
David Crane is one of the most successful designers of entertainment software in the world. His award-winning video games, led by Pitfall!, Ghostbusters, A Boy and His Blob, and Amazing Tennis are acknowledged as some of the most innovative and popular in the interactive entertainment industry. Prior to his days at Activision, Crane was employed at Atari, where he wrote such hits as Outlaw, Slot Machine and Canyon Bomber. He was also instrumental in the design of the Atari 800 computer's operating system.
Crane's industry awards continued to mount with each new product. Pitfall! maintained the top slot on the Billboard charts for 64 weeks and was named video game of the year in 1982. Pitfall II: Lost Caverns was also the number one rated game in the country for over six months and won the 1984 Golden Floppy award for best game and the Video Adventure Game of the Year award for 1984. The Activision Decathlon was in the top 20 video games for more than one year and won several sports game awards. Ghostbusters achieved unprecedented sales in the United States, throughout Europe, and Japan. Crane's Little Computer People was awarded the 1985 award for the most innovative program of the year. A Boy and His Blob received the best of show award at its introduction and was the video game of the year for 1989. Crane was named designer of the year in 1983 and 1984.
David Crane, along with Dan & Garry Kitchen, founded Audacity Games in November 2020 to develop Atari 2600 games to be played on retro consoles. They plan to release these games as both physical copies alongside digital versions that are emulator-friendly.
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