Chris Roberts
Also Known As
- C. Roberts
Game Credits
Production | ||||
| Conquest: Frontier Wars (2001) | (Producers) | |||
| Starlancer (2000) | (Executive Producer) | |||
| Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom (1996) | (Executive Producer) | |||
| Dangerous Streets / Wing Commander (1994) | (Produced by) | |||
| Super Wing Commander (1994) | (Producers) | |||
| Wing Commander: Armada (1994) | (Producer) | |||
| Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger (1994) | (Producers) | |||
| Wing Commander / Wing Commander II (Special CD-ROM... (1994) | (Producer) | |||
| Strike Commander (1993) | (Producer) | |||
| Strike Commander: Tactical Operations (1993) | (Producer) | |||
| Wing Commander: Privateer (1993) | (Executive Producer) | |||
| Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi (1991) | (Producer) | |||
| Wing Commander: The Secret Missions 2 - Crusade (1991) | (Producer) | |||
| Wing Commander (1990) | (Producer) | |||
| Wing Commander: The Secret Missions (1990) | (Producers) | |||
| Times of Lore (1988) | (Directed by) | |||
Design | ||||
| Freelancer (2003) | (Freelancer Original Concept) | |||
| Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom (1996) | (Director) | |||
| Dangerous Streets / Wing Commander (1994) | (Design by) | |||
| Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger (1994) | (Directed by) | |||
| Wing Commander / Wing Commander II (Special CD-ROM... (1994) | (Lead Design) | |||
| Strike Commander (1993) | (Director) | |||
| Wing Commander: Privateer (1993) | (Original Design) | |||
| Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi - Spe... (1992) | (Creative Director) | |||
| Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi - Spe... (1991) | (Creative Director) | |||
| Bad Blood (1990) | (Design) | |||
| Wing Commander (1990) | (Design by) | |||
| Wing Commander: The Secret Missions (1990) | (Director) | |||
| Times of Lore (1988) | (Directed by) | |||
| Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny (1988) | (Design) | |||
| Strykers Run (1986) | (Game design and original ideas by) | |||
Programming/Engineering | ||||
| Dangerous Streets / Wing Commander (1994) | (Software Engineers) | |||
| Super Wing Commander (1994) | (Lead Programmer) | |||
| Wing Commander / Wing Commander II (Special CD-ROM... (1994) | (Programming) | |||
| Strike Commander (1993) | (RealSpace System Programming) | |||
| Wing Commander: The Secret Missions 2 - Crusade (1991) | (Programming) | |||
| Bad Blood (1990) | (Additional Programming) | |||
| Wing Commander (1990) | (Software Engineers) | |||
| Wing Commander: The Secret Missions (1990) | (Programmers) | |||
| Times of Lore (1988) | (Coding) | |||
| Strykers Run (1986) | (Coding by) | |||
| Match Day (1985) | (Programming) | |||
| Wizadore (1985) | (Written by) | |||
Writers | ||||
| Conquest: Frontier Wars (2001) | (Story and Scripts) | |||
| Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger (1994) | (Story) | |||
| Times of Lore (1988) | (Storyline) | |||
Art/Graphics | ||||
| Wing Commander / Wing Commander II (Special CD-ROM... (1994) | (3D System) | |||
| Strykers Run (1986) | (Graphics designed by) | |||
Video/Cinematics | ||||
| The Need for Speed: Special Edition (1996) | (Special Thanks) | |||
| Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger (1994) | (Directed by) | |||
Audio | ||||
| Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger (1994) | (Cast) | |||
Quality Assurance | ||||
| Times of Lore (1988) | (Playtesting) | |||
Creative Services | ||||
| Strike Commander: CD-ROM Edition (1993) | (Chief of Correspondents) | |||
Thanks | ||||
| Shadowrun Returns (2013) | (Special Thanks) | |||
| Wing Commander Saga: The Darkest Dawn (2012) | (Very Very Special Thanks) | |||
| Brute Force (2003) | (DB'3 Fallen 23rd Division Special Thanks (Those who left us before the end, but made a big contribution)) | |||
| Freelancer (2003) | (Special Thanks) | |||
| Wing Commander: Prophecy (1997) | (The Producers want to thank the following persons) | |||
| Wing Commander: Prophecy (Deluxe) (1997) | (The producers gratefully acknowledge the contributions of the following individuals) | |||
| The Need for Speed (1994) | (Special Thanks) | |||
| Knights of Legend (1989) | (Thanks to) | |||
Developer Biography
Chris Roberts (b. 27th May 1968) is a game developer and film director best known for creating the Wing Commander series while employed at ORIGIN Systems. He was born in California (USA), but grew up in Manchester (England). He returned to the country in 1986 and found a job at ORIGIN. There he worked on games such as Times of Lore (1988) and Bad Blood (1990). Wing Commander was also released in 1990.
He left the company in 1996 and founded his own studio, Digital Anvil.
In 2011 he founded the studio Cloud Imperium Games Corporation to work on a successor to Wing Commander and Freelancer. A crowd funding campaign was launched on 10th October 2012 for the game Star Citizen. By August 2013 the project achieved backing funds exceeding $15 million.
Last updated: Dec 26, 2013
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Portrait
On the set of Wing Commander
Related Sites
- "Wing Commander" creator takes the Director's Chair -- Salon.com interview from 1999 regarding the designer/director's film version of Wing Commander
- IMDb -- The IMDb profile for Chris Roberts
- Chris Roberts - LinkedIn -- professional profile at the LinkedIn website
