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Countdown to CGE 2007 ~ July 2007 ~ 28 JUL 2007 |
Classic Gaming Expo Distinguished Guest:
KEITH ROBINSON
Keith Robinson designed his first computer game in 1969 while a freshman
in high school. In 1981, after receiving a Masters degree in Computer
Science from UCLA, he joined Mattel Electronics as an Intellivision
programmer. After designing the game TRON Solar Sailer he moved
into management, supervising the production of titles for Intellivision,
Colecovision and other game platforms.
After Mattel Electronics sold the Intellivision rights to INTV Corporation in 1984, Keith started his own graphic design firm. That firm designed the package art for INTV's new Intellivision releases until INTV shut down in 1990. In 1997, Keith and fellow Mattel alumnus Stephen Roney founded Intellivision Productions and bought the rights to the Intellivision system and games. In 1998, the company released Intellivision Lives!," a CD-ROM compilation of the original games for play on the PC and Mac.
Keith Robinson is also an award-winning cartoonist. His weekly comic strip, "Making It," has appeared in newspapers nationally since 1985, has been collected into three books, and was the basis of the Sega Genesis game Normy's Beach-Babe-O-Rama. His cartoons and illustrations also appear regularly in many magazines, including Playboy, Cat Fancy and Dog Fancy.