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Encyclopedia > Eddie Dombrower

Eddie Dombrower (born ~1960) is an American computer game and video game designer, programmer and producer. He is best known as the co-creator of the seminal baseball games Earl Weaver Baseball and Intellivision World Series Baseball. He is also recognized for designing the first dance notation computer software, DOM. 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... A game designer is a person who designs games. ... John Carmack is one of the most widely recognized and influential game programmers. ... A game producer is the person in charge of overseeing development of a video or computer game. ... Picture of Fenway Park. ... Earl Weaver Baseball is a baseball computer simulation game (1987), designed by Don Daglow and Eddie Dombrower and published by Electronic Arts. ... Intellivision World Series Baseball is a baseball video game simulation (1983), designed by Don Daglow and Eddie Dombrower and published by Mattel for Intellivision. ... Dance notation is the symbolic representation of dance movement, it is analogous to Movement notation but can be limited to representing human movement and specific forms of dance such as Tap dance. ...


Dombrower studied both dance and mathematics at Pomona College in Claremont, California. After his graduation he found it frustrating that the new microcomputer technology had not solved an age-old problem: how choreographers could record their work in written form. He created the DOM system on an Apple II computer in 1981, which allowed choreographers to use a simple system of codes to enter their work. The resulting dance movements were then performed by a figure on screen. Dance (from Old French dancier, perhaps from Frankish) generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression (see also body language) or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting. ... Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Mathematics Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Mathematics Look up Mathematics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Mathematics Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles — A collection of articles on various math topics, with interactive Java... The Smith Campus Center Fountain at Pomona College during the inauguration of David Oxtoby Pomona College is a small private residential liberal arts college in Claremont, California, located 47 miles east of Los Angeles. ... Claremont is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, USA, about 45 kilometers (30 miles) east of downtown Los Angeles at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. ... The Commodore 64 was one of the most popular microcomputers of its era. ... A Choreographer is a person who makes choreographies and usually works with dancers, actors and singers. ... The Apple II was one of the most popular personal computers of the 1980s. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


In 1982 Intellivision game design director Don Daglow (also a Pomona College graduate) recruited Dombrower to join Mattel to work on a new kind of baseball game that for the first time would feature large on-screen animated figures and multiple camera angles. Prior video games all showed a static or scrolling playfield from a single camera angle, and Daglow believed that Dombrower's experience with DOM made him the perfect programmer and animator to create the game. Dombrower made progress quickly, and Intellivision World Series Baseball's radically new design created a major market event during the Christmas television advertising season in 1982. Although the title enjoyed limited distribution because of the Video game crash of 1983, it succeeded in its ambition to prove that video games could mimic television coverage of sports events, and soon all major sports games followed its stylistic lead. 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Intellivision is a video game console released by Mattel in 1980; development of the console began in 1978 (less than a year after the introduction of its main competitor, the legendary Atari 2600 aka the Atari VCS). ... Don Daglow (born ~1953) is an American computer game and video game designer, programmer and producer. ... Mattel Inc. ... An animator is one who is involved in the process of animation. ... Intellivision World Series Baseball is a baseball video game simulation (1983), designed by Don Daglow and Eddie Dombrower and published by Mattel for Intellivision. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Screenshot of E.T. (Atari 2600 version) The video game crash of 1983 was the sudden crash of the video game business and the bankruptcy of a number of companies producing home computers and video game consoles in North America in late 1983 and early 1984. ...


In 1986 Daglow, then working at Electronic Arts, sought out Dombrower once again. EA Founder Trip Hawkins had agreed to back the creation of another revolutionary baseball game, Earl Weaver Baseball. As they had done at Intellvision, Daglow designed the baseball simulation and overall look, while Dombrower designed the game's sophisticated visual presentation and its underlying technology. In contrast to some celebrity athletes who merely lent their names to projects, Hall of Fame manager Earl Weaver worked with the team to design the game's artificial intelligence. When the game appeared in 1989, it was hailed by Computer Gaming World as one of the 25 best games of all time, and its success helped pave the way for the creation of the EA Sports brand and product line. Dombrower also led the development of the sequel, Earl Weaver Baseball II. 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... William M. Trip Hawkins III (born 1953) is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and founder of Electronic Arts, The 3DO Company and Digital Chocolate. ... Earl Weaver Baseball is a baseball computer simulation game (1987), designed by Don Daglow and Eddie Dombrower and published by Electronic Arts. ... Various fields of endeavour have established Halls of Fame that honour individuals of noteworthy achievement in their respective fields. ... In baseball, the head coach of a team is called the manager; this individual controls matters of team strategy on the field and team leadership. ... Earl Sidney Weaver (born August 14, 1930 in St. ... Artificial intelligence (AI) is defined as intelligence exhibited by an artificial entity. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Computer Gaming World Computer Gaming World (CGW) is the oldest video game publication still in continuous circulation. ... EA Sports is a brand name used by Electronic Arts since 1993 to distribute games based on sports. ...


In 1993 Dombrower served as producer on Return to Zork, the first graphical version of the Zork games. He later served as head of game development for Jim Henson Productions, and today works as a software and game development consultant. 1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... For CD-ROMversion: 42MB hard disk space; 2X CD-ROM drive. ... Zork can run on modern Z-machine interpreters, as well as the older models it was made for originally. ... Jim Henson Productions, Ltd. ...



 
 

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