Doug Bell
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Douglas Andrew Bell
is a computer game developer
active in the industry from the mid-1980s to mid-1990s.
He is best known for his role as the lead designer and programmer
for the classic Dungeon Master series of computer games from San Diego studio FTL Games
. He was the lead developer
and technical director
of FTL from 1984 until the company ceased operations in 1996.
is a computer game developer
Video game developer
A video game developer is a software developer that creates video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game console, such as Nintendo's Wii, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3, or may develop for a variety of systems, including personal computers.Most developers also...
active in the industry from the mid-1980s to mid-1990s.
He is best known for his role as the lead designer and programmer
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"...
for the classic Dungeon Master series of computer games from San Diego studio FTL Games
FTL Games
FTL Games was the video game development division of Software Heaven Inc. FTL created several popular video games in the 1980s and early 1990s. Despite the company's small size, FTL products were consistently number-one sellers and received the highest critical acclaim and industry awards.FTL was...
. He was the lead developer
Lead programmer
A lead programmer is a software engineer in charge of one or more software projects. Alternative titles include Development Lead, Technical Lead, Senior Software Engineer, Software Design Engineer Lead , Software Manager, or Senior Applications Developer...
and technical director
Technical director
The Technical Director or Technical Manager is usually a senior technical person within a software company, film studio, theatrical company or television studio...
of FTL from 1984 until the company ceased operations in 1996.
Game credits
- Lead programmer for the Atari STAtari STThe Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was released by Atari Corporation in 1985 and commercially available from that summer into the early 1990s. The "ST" officially stands for "Sixteen/Thirty-two", which referred to the Motorola 68000's 16-bit external bus and 32-bit internals...
version of SunDog: Frozen LegacySunDog: Frozen LegacySunDog: Frozen Legacy is a 1984 space trading and combat simulator video game. It was the first game produced by FTL Games. SunDog was first developed for the Apple II. Version 1.0 was released in March, 1984, with Version 1.1 released three weeks later. Version 2.0, which included enhancements...
(1985) - Lead developer for Dungeon Master (1987) (also did the X68000 portPortingIn computer science, porting is the process of adapting software so that an executable program can be created for a computing environment that is different from the one for which it was originally designed...
of Dungeon Master) - Project managerGame producerA video game producer is the person in charge of overseeing development of a video game.The earliest documented use of the term producer in games was by Trip Hawkins, who established the position when he founded Electronic Arts in 1982...
and developer for Chaos Strikes BackChaos Strikes BackChaos Strikes Back is an expansion to Dungeon Master, the first 3D real-time action computer role-playing game. Chaos Strikes Back was released in 1989 and is also available on several platforms...
(1989) - Lead developer for Dungeon Master II: The Legend of Skullkeep (1993)
Other commercial software
- Developed the Research Assistant module for the Encyclopædia Britannica CD (2000, 2001)