Warren Davis
Moby ID: 3331
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Warren Davis was hired by D. Gottlieb & Co. in Chicago in 1982, where he designed and programmed the original Q*bert arcade game. He followed up that success with a laserdisc game titled Us vs. Them, which blended arcade action with live action filmed story scenes.
At Williams Entertainment Inc., he programmed Joust 2 and later developed the video digitization system which allowed video footage of live actors to be integrated into a game. This was used on all of Williams/Midway's arcade games of the late 1980's and 1990's (including Narc, High Impact Football, Mortal Kombat, NBA Jam, and Terminator 2 among others). He was a co-designer and programmer of the Terminator 2 arcade game, as well as Revolution X featuring Aerosmith.
In 1996, Warren moved to California and worked for Disney Interactive and later Disney Imagineering, in their VR Studio. He was the project leader for the PS2 / Game Cube console game, Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly, and worked on a prototype for an unreleased console game before joining VirtueArts, Inc. in 2004.
Credited on 21 games
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| Lunar Explorer (2006, Windows) | Project Manager |
| Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly (2002, PlayStation 2) | Project Coordinator/Senior Engineer |
| Black Penguin (2001, Windows) | Thanks to the inventors of Q*Bert for giving the author the inspiration for this game |
| Q*bert (2000, Windows) | Very Special Thanks |
| Disney's Activity Centre: Tarzan (1999, Windows) | Title Engineers |
| Disney's Animated Storybook: Mulan (1998, Windows) | Title Engineers |
| Cruis'n World (1996, Arcade) | Art Tools |
| NBA Hangtime (1996, Genesis) | Special Thanks |
| Revolution X (1996, PlayStation) | Design |
| NHL Open Ice: 2 On 2 Challenge (1995, Arcade) | Software Support |
| Mortal Kombat 3 (1995, Arcade) | Many Thanks Go to |
| WWF WrestleMania (1995, Arcade) | Artwork Tools |
| Cruis'n USA (1994, Arcade) | Art Tools |
| NBA Jam Tournament Edition (1994, Arcade) | Special Thanks |
| Mortal Kombat II (1993, Arcade) | Special Thanks to |
| Mortal Kombat (1993, DOS) | Special Thanks To |
| NBA Jam (1993, Arcade) | Special Thanks |
| Q*bert 3 (1992, SNES) | Hats off to the original Q*Bert Arcade Design Team |
| Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991, Arcade) | Program |
| Joust 2: Survival Of The Fittest (1986, Arcade) | Programmed by |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 12 games with Pat Cox
- 12 games with Cary Mednick
- 12 games with Sheridan Oursler
- 11 games with Neil Nicastro
- 11 games with Kenneth J. Fedesna
- 11 games with Roger Sharpe
- 11 games with Al Lasko
- 10 games with Ed Boon
- 10 games with Sal DiVita
- 10 games with Matthew V. Booty
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Companies
- 12 games with Midway Games, Inc.
- 3 games with Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
- 3 games with NBA Properties, Inc.
- 2 games with Acclaim Studios Limited
- 2 games with Epic Games Tools LLC
- 2 games with Disney Interactive Victoria
- 2 games with Disney Interactive Studios, Inc.
- 2 games with Creative Capers Entertainment, Inc.
- 2 games with Acclaim Japan, Ltd.
- 1 game with Software Creations Ltd.
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