David Maynard
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David Maynard is a computer programmer and game programmer
who has spent his career working at various companies in the San Francisco Bay Area
. Early in his career, he worked on many historic projects, including the Xerox Star
while at Xerox PARC and on Doug Englebart's team that produced The Mother of All Demos
while at SRI. He went on to become a founding member of Electronic Arts
. His first game for EA was Worms?
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Game programmer
A game programmer is a software engineer, programmer, or computer scientist who primarily develops codebase for video games or related software, such as game development tools. Game programming has many specialized disciplines all of which fall under the umbrella term of "game programmer"...
who has spent his career working at various companies in the San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
. Early in his career, he worked on many historic projects, including the Xerox Star
Xerox Star
The Star workstation, officially known as the Xerox 8010 Information System, was introduced by Xerox Corporation in 1981. It was the first commercial system to incorporate various technologies that today have become commonplace in personal computers, including a bitmapped display, a window-based...
while at Xerox PARC and on Doug Englebart's team that produced The Mother of All Demos
The Mother of All Demos
The Mother of All Demos is a name given to Douglas Engelbart's December 9, 1968, demonstration of experimental computer technologies that are now commonplace...
while at SRI. He went on to become a founding member of Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers...
. His first game for EA was Worms?
Worms?
Worms? is a 1983 computer game written by David Maynard for Electronic Arts, released for the Atari 800 and Commodore 64. It was one of the original six games that launched the company....
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