Damon Slye

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Damon Slye (born June 15, 1962) is a computer game designer, director, and programmer. In 1984 he founded Dynamix with Jeff Tunnell in Eugene, Oregon. He is best known for creating the historic flight simulations Red Baron , A-10 Tank Killer , and Aces of the Pacific .

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Slye's first product was Stellar 7 , an action game for the Apple II which used 3D wireframe graphics. [1] He followed it up with Arcticfox , the first original title Electronic Arts published for the new Amiga computer. [2]

In 1994 Slye left Dynamix and the game industry, saying that he wanted a "sabbatical" to study math and physics as well as "playing chess, and skiing, and playing basketball, and doing a lot of reading", but expected to be "building products again" in a year. [3] He founded Mad Otter Games in 2007. [4]

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References

  1. "Stellar 7 at MobyGames" . Retrieved 23 July 2008.
  2. DeMaria, Rusel and Wilson, Johnny. High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games, first edition, p.145. 2003: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
  3. Basham, Tom (May 1994). "Ace Over The PC". Computer Gaming World (interview). pp. 72–76.
  4. "Mad Otter Games". Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2008.