David Crane (born in Nappanee, Indiana) is a successful video game designer and programmer. After meeting up with Alan Miller in a tennis game, Alan Miller had a plan to leave and found a company that would give game designers more recognition. From this meeting, he left Atari in 1979 and co-founded Activision, along with Jim Levy, Bob Whitehead and Larry Kaplan. His games have won many awards while he was at Activision. In 1986, he left Activision to co-found Absolute Entertainment with Garry Kitchen. Here, he was known for A Boy and His Blob and Amazing Tennis. In 1995, he co-founded Skyworks Technologies and currently is their Chief Technical Officer.

Selected ludography

• Outlaw - Atari, 1978
• Freeway - Activision, 1981
• Pitfall! - Activision, 1982
• Lost Caverns - Activision, 1984
• Ghostbusters - Activision, 1984
• Little Computer People - Activision, 1985
• A Boy and His Blob - Absolute Entertainment, 1989
• The Rescue of Princess Blobette - Absolute Entertainment, 1990
• Night Trap - Digital Pictures, 1994

External links

• MobyGames rap sheet for Crane
• Legends of the 64 article on David Crane and Activision
• Meet David Crane: Video Games Guru magazine interview from 1983
• The Dot Eaters article featuring Crane, Pitfall! and Activision

David Crane

Atari | Computer and video game designers | Game programmers | Living people | Year of birth missing