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
- Combat (1977, Atari) launch title, developed with Joe Decuir, Steve Mayer, and Larry Wagner[2]
- Air-Sea Battle[3] (1977, Atari) launch title
- Street Racer[3] (1977, Atari) launch title
- Brain Games[3] (1978, Atari)
- Bowling[3] (1979, Atari)
- Bridge[3] (1981, Activision)
- Kaboom![3] (1981, Activision)
Atari 8-bit family
- Super Breakout (1979, Atari)[4] port of the arcade game
References
- 1 2 3 4 Stilphen, Scott. "DP Interviews...Larry Kaplan". Digital Press.
- ↑ "Atari 2600 VCS Combat". Atari Mania.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Yarusso, Albert. "Programmers – Larry Kaplan". AtariAge. Archived from the original on November 3, 2011. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
- ↑ Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
External links
- Larry Kaplan's profile at MobyGames
- Listing of Kaplan's library of work at AtariAge
- Interview with Larry Kaplan at Digital Press