Michael Berlyn
Michael Berlyn is an American video game designer and writer. He is best known as an implementer at Infocom, part of the text adventure game design team.[1]
Berlyn joined Marc Blank in founding the game company Eidetic, which later became Sony Bend. In 1998, Berlyn started Cascade Mountain Publishing, whose goals were to publish ebooks and interactive fiction. Cascade Mountain Publishing went out of business in 2000.[2]
Berlyn created a "light-jazz" band called Hot Mustard, made up entirely of his own music and performances.[3]
Partial gameography
Partial list of gameography:[4]
- Oo-Topos, Sentient Software
- Cyborg, Sentient Software
- Gold Rush (game), Sentient Software
- Congo (game), Sentient Software
- Suspended, Infocom
- Cutthroats, Infocom
- Infidel, Infocom
- Fooblitzky (co-designer), Infocom
- Tass Times in Tonetown, Activision
- Altered Destiny, Accolade
- Snoopy's Game Club (with former Intellivision programmer Gene Smith), Accolade
- Bubsy, Accolade
- Zork: The Undiscovered Underground (with Marc Blank), Activision
- Syphon Filter, Contributor, Producer, SECA
- Bubsy 3D, Accolade
- Dr. Dumont's Wild P.A.R.T.I., Cascade Mountain Publishing
- Zen Ball, Quick Click Software
- The Art of Murder with Muffy Berlyn, iOS, Windows, OS X
- Grok the Monkey (aka Carnival of Death) with Muffy Berlyn, iOS, Windows
- A Taste for Murder with Muffy Berlyn, iOS, Windows
- Reconstructing Remy, an interactive novel with Muffy Berlyn, iOS, Windows
- Ogg!, iOS, OS X
Novels
- The Integrated Man, Bantam Books, (1980) ISBN 978-0-5531-3999-0
- Crystal Phoenix, Bantam Books, (1980) ISBN 978-0-5531-3468-1
- Blight as Mark Sonders, Ace Books, (1981) ISBN 978-0-4410-6709-1
- Eternal Enemy, Wm. Morrow, (1990) ISBN 978-0-8779-5963-2
References
- ↑ Horowitz, Ken (August 1, 2006). "Interview: Mike Berlyn". Sega - 16. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
- ↑ "Michael Berlyn". Infocom. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
- ↑ Bowen, Christopher (February 4, 2011). "Diehard GameFAN Hall of Shame: Bubsy 3D". Diehard GameFAN. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
- ↑ "Michael Berlyn". Moby Games. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
External links
- Michael Berlyn profile at MobyGames
- Interview with Mike Berlyn
- Hot Mustard (virtual jazz band by Berlyn)
- Keeping Warm - A Berlyn Jazz creation (as Hot Mustard)
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