Ed Logg | |
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 Ed Logg at California Extreme 2015 | |
| Born | George Edward Logg 1948 (age 75–76) |
| Nationality | American |
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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 Los Altos, 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]
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