Ed Logg | |
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![]() Ed Logg at California Extreme 2015 | |
Born | George Edward Logg 1948 (age 76–77) |
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Occupation | Retired video game designer |
Known for | co-creating Asteroids , Centipede , Gauntlet |
George Edward "Ed" Logg (born 1948 in Seattle) [3] is a retired American arcade video game designer, first employed at Atari, Inc. [4] and later at Atari Games. [5] He currently resides in San Jose, California. [6] He was educated at University of California, Berkeley and also attended Stanford University. [1] [2]
Logg was impressed with the Atari 2600 (then known as "Atari Video Computer System") and joined Atari's coin-op division and worked on Dirt Bike, which was never released due to an unsuccessful field test. He co-developed with Ed Rotberg Super Breakout after hearing that Nolan Bushnell, co-founder of Atari, wanted Breakout updated. [3] He co-developed the video game Asteroids with Lyle Rains. [7] Other games designed or co-designed by Logg include Centipede , Millipede , the Gauntlet series (with inspiration from John Palevich's Dandy), Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey and the home versions of the San Francisco Rush series. [8] [9]
In 2011, Logg was awarded a Pioneer Award by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences for being among those who "laid the foundations of the multi-billion dollar videogame industry." [3] [10] Logg was listed at number 43 in IGN's top 100 game creators of all time. [11]