Richard A. Ditton
Moby ID: 66446
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Richard A. Ditton, Executive Vice President of Incredible Technologies, Inc., has an extensive technical development background and many years of business experience to lead internal project teams and vendor relationships.
He has been the key developer of hardware and software tools, including a proprietary operating system used in a wide range of products. Ditton has designed and programmed a number of successful coin-op and consumer games and was the initial designer of the ITS, the first commercially successful online tournament system. Dittonās commitment to the coin-operated amusement industry is exemplified by his membership on the board of directors of the American Amusement Machine Association.
He earned a B.S. in mathematics and a M.S. in computer science from Purdue University. Early in his career he worked for IBM as a designer of launch software for the Space Shuttle.
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Credited on 18 games
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| The Three Stooges: Digitally Remastered Edition (2002, Windows) | Video Compression |
| Peter Jacobsen's Golden Tee Golf (2000, PlayStation) | Special Thanks |
| World Class Bowling (1997, Arcade) | Game Design |
| Street Fighter: The Movie (1995, Arcade) | Programming |
| BloodStorm (1994, Arcade) | Programming |
| Time Killers (1992, Arcade) | The Time Killers Staff |
| American Gladiators (1991, NES) | Thanks To |
| Ninja Clowns (1991, Arcade) | Writers |
| Hot Shots Tennis (1990, Arcade) | Thanks to |
| Strata Bowling (1990, Arcade) | Software |
| Capcom Bowling (1988, Arcade) | High Scores |
| Winter Games (1986, Atari ST) | Winter Games |
| Championship Wrestling (1986, Commodore 64) | FRS Inc. |
| Tapper (1984, PC Booter) | Programmer |
| Timber (1984, Arcade) | Sound Programmer (uncredited) |
| Journey (1983, Arcade) | Programmers |
| Domino Man (1983, Arcade) | Programmers |
| Wacko (1983, Arcade) | Programming by |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 16 games with Elaine Hodgson
- 12 games with R. Scott Morrison
- 8 games with Scott Allie
- 8 games with Steve Jaskowiak
- 7 games with David Thiel
- 7 games with Kyle Johnson
- 7 games with Leif Marwede
- 6 games with Jim Zielinski
- 6 games with Michael Hanson
- 6 games with Terry Little
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Companies
- 12 games with Incredible Technologies, Inc.
- 5 games with Bally Data Systems, Inc.
- 4 games with Strata Group, Inc
- 2 games with Epyx, Inc.
- 2 games with Capcom Co., Ltd.
- 1 game with U.S. Gold Ltd.
- 1 game with Oxygen Media
- 1 game with Cinemaware Corporation
- 1 game with Action Graphics, Inc.
- 1 game with SEGA Enterprises, Inc.
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