Michael Backus
aka:
Mike Backus
Moby ID: 43252
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Michael Backus was born in 1956 in Palos Verdes, California. He graduated from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Ca in 1979 with a BFA in illustration. Mr. Backus started his career creating movie posters and record album covers for most of the major Hollywood studios. In 1995 he began working with Dynamix, a division of Sierra On-Line, as a game graphics developer. Flat art backgrounds for side-scroller games led to full 3D modeled environments and animations. Today Michael also develops the artwork and scripting for interactive animations.
Credited on 6 games
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| 3-D Ultra Pinball: Power! (1999, Windows) | Production Art Backgrounds |
| 3-D Ultra MiniGolf Deluxe (1998, Windows) | Interface Art |
| 3-D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night (1996, Windows) | Production Arts Backgrounds |
| Full Throttle: All-American Racing (1994, SNES) | Illustrator |
| Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing (1993, NES) | Illustration By |
| Kawasaki Caribbean Challenge (1993, SNES) | Illustration |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 3 games with Peter Lewis
- 3 games with Kyle Miller
- 3 games with David Aughenbaugh
- 3 games with Bill Barrett
- 3 games with Anthony Lewis
- 3 games with Lloyd Madden
- 3 games with Ken Embery
- 3 games with Rhett Anderson
- 3 games with Jeffrey Tunnell
- 3 games with Lloyd Brass
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Companies
- 3 games with Dynamix, Inc.
- 3 games with Sierra Entertainment, Inc.
- 3 games with GameTek (FL), Inc.
- 2 games with Griffes Advertising
- 2 games with Loudmouth, Inc.
- 2 games with Infogrames Studios Limited
- 1 game with LA West Productions Inc.
- 1 game with Full Moon Studios
- 1 game with Nintendo of Europe GmbH
- 1 game with Zygote Media Group Inc.
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