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Paul Reiche III (born February 17, 1961) is a computer game designer. February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 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 game designer is a person who designs games. ...
Reiche is best known for being the co-creator, together with Fred Ford, of the Star Control universe. While Reiche did the game design and fiction, Ford was responsible for the programming. Fred Ford is a computer game programmer. ...
The Star Control series is a trilogy of computer games with a cult following. ...
Game design is the process of designing the content and rules of a game. ...
Fiction (from the Latin fingere, to form, create) is storytelling of imagined events and stands in contrast to non-fiction, which makes factual claims about reality. ...
A game programmer is a software engineer who primarily develops computer or video games or related software (such as game development tools). ...
Reiche is listed in the credits for Toe Jam and Earl under "Invaluable Help". ToeJam & Earl is a series of action/adventure games for various Sega consoles. ...
A childhood friend of early Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) artist Erol Otus, Reiche became interested in gaming as a teen. He and Otus played role-playing games together and released a few small games in the genre. Eventually, both wound up at TSR (the then publisher of D&D). They made contributions to the evolving game and other games by TSR, Otus with artwork, Reiche with game design. Eventually Reiche left TSR to work on computer games with Electronic Arts (EA). This article is about the role-playing game. ...
Erol Otus is an American artist. ...
A role-playing game (RPG, often roleplaying game) is a type of game in which the participants assume the roles of fictional characters and collaboratively create or follow stories. ...
TSR, Inc. ...
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. ...
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After his stint at EA, Reiche formed Toys for Bob with Ford and created Star Control. After publishing it, Accolade contracted with Reiche and Ford to develop the sequel, Star Control II. Reiche's friend, Otus, provided at least one illustration for the sequel's manual. Toys For Bob is a small video game developer founded in 1989 by Paul Reiche III and Fred Ford. ...
Accolade was a video game developer and publisher of the 1980s and 1990s. ...
The Star Control series is a trilogy of computer games with a cult following. ...
Before Star Control, Reiche worked on Mail Order Monsters, the Archon series and the Starflight series of computer games. Reiche was one of the co-founders of Free Fall Associates, the developer of the Archon series of games. Customizing a monster in the game involved equipping it and specifying its abilities. ...
Archon is a computer game developed by Free Fall Associates and distributed by Electronic Arts. ...
See interstellar travel for travel between the stars. ...
Free Fall Associates was a computer game developer of the 1980s and early 1990s. ...
A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video games. ...
Reiche is currently the CEO and Director of Development of Toys For Bob, which was acquired by Activision. A Chief Executive Officer (CEO), or Chief Executive, is the highest-ranking corporate officer, administrator, corporate administrator, executive, or executive officer, in charge of total management of a corporation, company, organization or agency. ...
Toys For Bob is a small video game developer founded in 1989 by Paul Reiche III and Fred Ford. ...
Activision, Inc. ...
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