Tony Van

Developer BIO

Producer and Designer.

Started programming games on the Commodore Pet, TI 994A+, Atari 800, Apple IIe, then IBM 8088.

Since the late 1980s, he has produced, designed or supervised over 60 games of different genres for the IBM (floppy, CD and Online), NES, Sega (Genesis, Sega CD, 32X, GameGear), Sony (PSX & PS2), Xbox, GameCube and GBA.

He has also was a key member in creating two Internet gaming networks: Heat.Net at SegaSoft, and EA.com at Electronic Arts.

He is most proud of:

-- BatttleTech: The Crescent Hawks' Revenge PC (one of the first games to define the RTS genre, and use linked missions campaigns with persistent damaged units)

-- Shadowrun Genesis (the game he gets the most THAT GAME ROCKED responses from awed fans. All the coolness of the paper RPG, in real time with many sub-missions)

-- Star Wars: Rebel Assault PC-CD-ROM (the first FMV PC game, used my ideas of a "dynamic video background/streaming threads" design/technology, and the best selling franchise for LucasArts before KOTR & Battlefront came along)

-- Multiplayer BattleTech: 3025 PC Online (a very cool 3D 'Mech combat MMO that never officially launched.)

-- the CSI Franchise for PC, Mac, Xbox (where he got to re-invent the crime adventure game, and hob-nob with the stars and crew of the show a number of times.)

Check his website for the inside stories on making all of these games.

Websites

• Goodspear - A place for Rhonda and Tony -- Personal Homepage

Games Credited

CSI: NY - The Game (2008), Ubisoft, Inc.
My Chinese Coach (2008), Ubisoft, Inc.
My Japanese Coach (2008), Ubisoft, Inc.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Hard Evidence (2007), Ubisoft, Inc.
CSI: Dark Motives (2007), Ubisoft Entertainment SA
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - 3 Dimensions of Murder (2006), Ubisoft, Inc.
Over G Fighters (2006), Taito Corporation
Paradise (2006), Easy Computing B.V.
Chessmaster Challenge (2005), PlayFirst, Inc.
Heroes of the Pacific (2005), Codemasters Software Company Limited, The
Myst V: End of Ages (2005), Ubisoft, Inc.
Silent Hunter III (2005), Ubisoft, Inc.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Dark Motives (2004), Ubisoft, Inc.
CSI: Miami (2004), Ubisoft, Inc.
The Political Machine (2004), Ubisoft, Inc.
Bratz (2003), Ubisoft Entertainment SA
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2003), Ubisoft Entertainment SA
Lock On: Modern Air Combat (2003), Ubisoft Entertainment SA
Myst: 10th Anniversary DVD Edition (2003), Ubisoft Entertainment SA
WWE Crush Hour (2003), THQ Inc.
Monster Jam: Maximum Destruction (2002), Ubi Soft Entertainment Software
Triple Play 2001 (2000), Electronic Arts, Inc.
Net Fighter (1998), SegaSoft, Inc.
Populous: The Beginning (1998), Electronic Arts, Inc.
Grossology (1997), SegaSoft, Inc.
HEAT Game Network (1997), SegaSoft, Inc.
Scud: Industrial Evolution (1997), SegaSoft, Inc.
Emperor of the Fading Suns (1996), SegaSoft, Inc.
Desert Demolition Starring Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote (1995), SEGA of America, Inc.
Fahrenheit (1995), SEGA of America, Inc.
Surgical Strike (1995), SEGA of America, Inc.
Wild Woody (1995), SEGA of America, Inc.
Wirehead (1995), SEGA of America, Inc.
X-Perts (1995), Deep Water
Beyond Oasis (1994), SEGA Enterprises Ltd.
The Masked Rider: Kamen Rider ZO (1994), SEGA of America, Inc.
Motocross Championship (1994), SEGA of America, Inc.
Shadowrun (1994), SEGA of America, Inc.
Star Wars: Rebel Assault (1993), Softgold Computerspiele GmbH
Sub-Terrania (1993), SEGA Enterprises Ltd.
Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed (1992), Strategic Simulations, Inc.
Home Alone (1992), SEGA Enterprises Ltd.
Indiana Jones and The Fate of Atlantis: The Action Game (1992), LucasArts, U.S. Gold Ltd.
Ultimate Air Combat (1992), Activision, Inc.
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday (1991), Electronic Arts, Inc.
Die Hard (1991), Activision Publishing, Inc.
Tombs & Treasure (1991), Infocom, Inc.
BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks' Revenge (1990), Infocom, Inc.
Circuit's Edge (1990), Infocom, Inc.
Ghostbusters II (1990), Activision, Inc.
Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye (1990), Activision, Inc.
Ghostbusters II (1989), Activision, Inc.