Robert Morgan
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| Robert Morgan |
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| Place of birth: United States |
| Date of birth: 1974 (age 51–52) |
| Employment history: Interactive Designs[1] (1990 – 1992)
Sega of America (1992 – 1993) Divisions:
Sega of America[1] (1995-02 – 1996-10) Divisions:
Point of View (1996 – 200x)
Captivation Digital Laboratories[1] (1996-10 – 2001-07)
Shaba Games[1] (2004-07 – 2009-12)
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| Role(s): Director[1], Lead Programmer[1] |
| Education: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (BS Computer Science; 1988-1992)[1], Notre Dame de Namur University (M.Ed Education Technology; 2001-2006)[1] |
Robert Morgan is an American software engineer and former Sega Technical Institute technology director and lead programmer.[1] Hired by Rod Nakamoto at the California-based Interactive Designs in 1990, he was later brought into Sega after the studio was purchased by Sega of America in 1992. After a roughly two-year stint at Accolade, Morgan returned to the company as the technology direction of Sega Technical Institute, where he would contribute to a number of titles in the mid 1990's - particularly the infamously-cancelled Sonic X-treme.
Morgan was married to freelance illustrator and fellow Sega Technical Institute member Betty Cunningham.[2]
Career
Robert Morgan began his career in the video game industry in 1988, where he spent about two years as a freelance programmer on a number of Apple II computer games. Following this, he was hired at Interactive Designs in 1990, and would spend roughly the next two decades as a technical director for numerous game development companies in Southern California. After a couple of years spent at Accolade, Morgan accepted a role as technology director for Sega Technical Institute in February 1995.[1]
In early 1996, Morgan co-founded two game development studios: Point of View and Captivation Digital Laboratories. The former specialized in game design and development, while the latter focused on the technologies used to build and run games.
Production history
- Greendog: The Beached Surfer Dude! (Mega Drive; 1992) — Programmers [3] [4]
- TaleSpin (Mega Drive; 1992) — Programmers [5]
- Dinosaurs for Hire (Mega Drive; 1993) — LOBSTER Engine Programming (as Robert 'Elvis is King' Morgan) [6]
- Eternal Champions (Mega Drive; 1993) — Special Thanks to [7]
- Seven Cities of Gold: Commemorative Edition (IBM PC; 1993) — Map Software Concept (as Robert "Bos" Morgan)
- Comix Zone (Mega Drive, Windows PC; 1995) — A.I. Scripting [8]
- The Ooze (Mega Drive; 1995) — Boss Programming [9]
- Die Hard Arcade
- Unknown role — Sega Titan Video (1996)
- Special Thanks [10] — Saturn (1997)
- Sega Smash Pack (Game Boy Advance; 2002) — Special Thanks
- Sonic X-treme (Saturn; unreleased) — Unknown role
- KRAD (Dreamcast; unreleased) — Programmer
External links
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 https://www.linkedin.com/in/ro-mo/details/experience/
- ↑ File:BettyCunningham memorial.pdf
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 File:Greendog MD credits.pdf
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 File:Greendog MD US Manual.pdf, page 9
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 File:TaleSpin MD credits.pdf
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 File:Dinosaurs for Hire MD credits.pdf
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 File:Eternal Champions MD credits.pdf
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 File:Comix Zone MD credits.pdf
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 File:Ooze MD credits.pdf
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 File:Die Hard Arcade Saturn credits.pdf