high voltage Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 All the female programmers working on VCS Rebecca Heineman London Blitz, Out of Control Carol Shaw River Raid, Checkers, 3D Tic Tac Toe Suki Lee Math Gran prix, Obelix Marilyn Churchill Submarine Commander Laura Nikolich Spider-Man Carla Meninsky Dodge em, Warlords, Star Raiders Donna Baily Centipede (coin-op) Susan McBride ? Jean Baer Out of Control, London Blitz, Death Trap Ava-Robin Cohen Jr Pac-Man Sylvia Day Gopher, Mouse Trap, Name this Game Connie Goldman Masters of the Universe Patrica Lewis DuLong Bump n Jump, Masters of the Universe, Star Strike Mimi Nyden Gremlins Shirley Ann Russell Boing Barbara Utis Arkyology Betty Ryan Tylko Pole Position Jane Terjung Kool Aid Man 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifthPlayer Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 (edited) This is a great list. I see Carol Shaw often mentioned amongst the great female game programmers (especially due to River Raid), and to a lesser extent Carla Meninsky. But I didn't know about the other names on this list. Thanks. Edited September 7, 2016 by FifthPlayer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Thanks for the list. Don't know how many times I've played Boing! and never really looked at the two signatures on the cart. Then again, my label is not one of the clearest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Are there any photos of the faces to go with the names? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 All the female programmers working on VCS Rebecca Heineman London Blitz, Out of Control Carol Shaw River Raid, Checkers, 3D Tic Tac Toe Suki Lee Math Gran prix, Obelix Marilyn Churchill Submarine Commander Laura Nikolich Spider-Man Carla Meninsky Dodge em, Warlords, Star Raiders Donna Baily Centipede (coin-op) Susan McBride ? Jean Baer Out of Control, London Blitz, Death Trap Ava-Robin Cohen Jr Pac-Man Sylvia Day Gopher, Mouse Trap, Name this Game Connie Goldman Masters of the Universe Patrica Lewis DuLong Bump n Jump, Masters of the Universe, Star Strike Mimi Nyden Gremlins Shirley Ann Russell Boing Barbara Utis Arkyology Betty Ryan Tylko Pole Position Jane Terjung Kool Aid Man IFAIK Matt Hubbard programmed Submarine Commander. Never heard of Marylin Churchill before. What's the info source? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted September 7, 2016 Author Share Posted September 7, 2016 (edited) DP interview page http://www.digitpress.com/library/interviews/interview_marilyn_churchill.html But I cannot find anything about Susan McBride now, I must have gotten that name from some site..... Edited September 7, 2016 by high voltage 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Thanks! Marylin was mentioned in my ROM collection, but for some reason not in our database. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted September 8, 2016 Author Share Posted September 8, 2016 You know of any more I might have missed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Psionic Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 You know of any more I might have missed? Off the top of my head... Wabbit by Apollo was designed and programmed by a Vietnamese woman named Ban Tran. She may have worked on other titles at Apollo as well. She later joined MGI and worked on a version of Solar Fox for the Atari 400/800 & 5200 that was not released. There was a female programmer at CBS Electronics named Judy Eckert, but at the moment I don't remember what games she may have worked on. Might've been Domino Man or one of the other unreleased titles. Heineman wasn't female nor claimed to be when those games were developed. Jean Baer was an artist at AH who worked on the graphics for the instruction manuals and possibly the games themselves. As far as I know, she was not a game designer or programmer of any sort. Shirley Ann Leavens (née Russell) was Alex's other half and may have helped him with game design, but I doubt she did any actual programming. Dutchman2000 may know, as I believe he spoke with her at one point. With some time I may think of more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted February 12, 2017 Author Share Posted February 12, 2017 (edited) Yeah sorry, I forgot about Heineman at the time she was he. Edited February 12, 2017 by high voltage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 According to AA, Carol Shaw programmed the Polo prototype. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pioneer4x4 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 According to AA, Carol Shaw programmed the Polo prototype. Correct, as far as is documented on the first Stella Gets a New Brain CD. I believe they spoke with her and she gave it to them to be included. That is probably my prize item in my collection (not money wise, but importance to me), it is what really got me into collecting back when it first came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emulator Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Laura Nikolich - Care Bears (prototype) Suki Lee - Miss Piggy's Wedding Carol Shaw - Othello Dawn Stockbridge - Strawberry Shortcake Musical Match-Ups and Tutankham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share Posted February 25, 2017 Off the top of my head... Wabbit by Apollo was designed and programmed by a Vietnamese woman named Ban Tran. She may have worked on other titles at Apollo as well. She later joined MGI and worked on a version of Solar Fox for the Atari 400/800 & 5200 that was not released. That's cool, first female video game character (Billy Sue) designed by a female 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangia-Boy Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Carol Shaw is the "mother" of Zenji and Happy Trails, too. These are two of my absolute favourites. She did a phantastic job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Psionic Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Dawn Stockbridge - Strawberry Shortcake Musical Match-Ups and Tutankham She may have helped out with graphics or something on Tutankham, but Dave Engman was the main programmer and it's his name that appears in the code. Carol Shaw is the "mother" of Zenji and Happy Trails, too. Zenji was designed by Matthew Hubbard. I've never heard of her being involved in any way, and I'm pretty sure she had actually left Activision by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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