Ed Averett

Developer BIO

Formerly an Intel employee, Ed Averett moved to Magnavox six months after the Odyssey 2 production started, as the game designers at Magnavox were out of ideas for new games.

In James Hague's words, "Ed Averett basically was the Odyssey 2, writing the entirely library of games, excepting some early releases: twenty-four games in four years".

As of 2006, Ed worked at Microsoft, as a program manager on the Windows Shell team. He's married to Linda Averett, who worked with him during his Odyssey 2 years, and now also works at Microsoft.

Websites

• shell: revealed -- Home page of the Windows Client team, of which Ed Averett is part of.
• Halcyon Days -- Interview with Ed Averett in Halcyon Days: Interviews with Classic Computer and Video Game Programmers, a 1997 book by James Hague (with an introduction by John Romero).

Games Credited

Power Lords (1983), North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp.
Attack of the Timelord! (1982), North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp.
Freedom Fighters! (1982), North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp.
K.C.'s Krazy Chase! (1982), North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp.
Pick Axe Pete! (1982), North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp.
UFO! (1982), North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp.
K.C. Munchkin! (1981), North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp.
Monkeyshines! (1981), North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp.
The Quest for the Rings (1981), North American Philips Consumer Electronics Corp.
Alien Invaders - Plus! (1980), Magnavox
Blockout! / Breakdown! (1980), Magnavox
Casino Slot Machine! (1980), Magnavox
Electronic Table Soccer! (1980), Magnavox
Pachinko! (1980), Magnavox
Pocket Billiards! (1980), Magnavox
Alpine Skiing! (1979), Magnavox
Dynasty! (1979), Magnavox
Hockey! / Soccer! (1979), Magnavox
Invaders from Hyperspace! (1979), Magnavox
I've Got Your Number! (1979), Magnavox
Showdown in 2100 A.D. (1979), Magnavox
Volleyball! (1979), N.V. Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken
War of Nerves! (1979), Magnavox
Math-A-Magic! / Echo! (1978), Magnavox
Speedway! / Spin-Out! / Crypto-Logic! (1978), Magnavox
Take the Money and Run! (1978), Magnavox