Bob Polaro
aka:
Robert C. Polaro
Moby ID: 102373
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Bob Polaro started his career in the industry programming for Adam Systems, developing accounting package in the seventies for the Data General Nova II computer. Next, he joined Commodore where he created programs for the Commodore Pet, such as Blackjack, Stock Portfolio and Baseball.
Later, he went to work for Atari, developing games such as Mugwump, Stand and Hangman, for the 400/800 systems, as well as reference titles such as Biorhythm and States and Capitals.
His most notable games are those for the Atari 2600. He is most known for Defender, but was also responsible for Desert Falcon, Road Runner, RealSports Volleyball and Sprintmaster. He had a short stint at Activision, in the mid-1980's, and he developed the 2600 version of Rampage for the company.
Soon thereafter he founded BOBCO, initially programming geography software pieces for the Commodore 64 and Apple II.
He returned to videogames in the early 1990's. At THQ, he was the lead designed on Bass Masters Classic (SNES) and assisted in the Genesis translation as well. He designed Arcade Video redemption and online games for Arcade Planet.
Later he worked at Santa Cruz Games to develop a plug and play joystick game for Spider-Man 2. He then moved on to web page design with BOBCO and Websitesforyou.net.
Credited on 22 games
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| Activision Hits Remixed (2006, PSP) | An Incredibly Huge Thanks To |
| Activision Anthology: Remix Edition (2003, Windows) | Incredibly Huge Thanks |
| Activision Anthology (2002, PlayStation 2) | An Incredibly Huge Thanks to |
| Holey Moley (2002, Atari 2600) | By |
| Bugs Bunny (2002, Atari 2600) | By |
| Bass Masters Classic: Pro Edition (1996, SNES) | Programming and Design |
| Bass Masters Classic (1995, SNES) | Technical Design |
| The Mask (1995, SNES) | Additional Programming |
| Rampage (1989, Atari 2600) | Reprogrammed for the Atari 2600 by |
| Sprint Master (1989, Atari 2600) | Programmed by |
| Road Runner (1989, Atari 2600) | Programmer |
| Desert Falcon (1987, Atari 2600) | Programmed by |
| RealSports Volleyball (1982, Atari 2600) | Program |
| Dice Poker (1982, Atari 8-bit) | By |
| Defender (1982, Atari 2600) | Program |
| Space Trek (1981, Atari 8-bit) | By |
| Preschool Games (1981, Atari 8-bit) | By |
| Reversi (1981, Atari 8-bit) | By |
| Lemonade (1981, Atari 8-bit) | By |
| Mugwump (1981, Atari 8-bit) | By |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 4 games with Tom Sloper
- 3 games with Larry Miller
- 3 games with David Crane
- 3 games with Mike Lorenzen
- 3 games with Dan Burke
- 3 games with Jon Osborn
- 3 games with Alan Miller
- 3 games with Larry Zwick
- 3 games with Jim Levy
- 3 games with Phil Crescenzo
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Companies
- 8 games with Atari Holdings, Inc.
- 6 games with Atari Program Exchange
- 3 games with Black Pearl Software
- 3 games with Bitmasters, Inc.
- 3 games with Atari Corporation
- 3 games with Activision Publishing, Inc.
- 2 games with Barking Lizards Technologies L.L.C.
- 2 games with Atari2600.com
- 1 game with Digital Eclipse Software, Inc.
- 1 game with WMS Industries Inc.
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