Roger E. Pedersen
Moby ID: 83739
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Roger E. Pedersen has been designing, producing, and programming games since the early 1980s for companies such as CBS Software, Gametek, Hi-Tech Expressions, Villa Crespo Software, Acclaim Entertainment, Phantom EFX, Walker Boy Studio, 3D Open Motion, Hypnotics, Merit Industries, Slingo, GameTrust, Digital Embryo, Cellfun. His cumulative title sales have surpassed 50 million copies on over 75 titles for multiple platforms including the personal computer, video consoles, location-based, Internet, arcade, and hand-held. He is also the author of award-winning articles for Gamasutra.com, GameDev.net, and Gignews.com and the best selling book "Game Design Foundations' First (2002) and Second Editions (2009).
Mr. Pedersen is an adjunct professor at NYU, Bloomfield College and Thinnox teaching game design, a senior faculty member at Gameversity teaching Game Design and his articles are mandatory reading for several University's master programs.
Mr. Pedersen has a Masters degree from University of Advancing Technology in Videogame Production and a BS degree in Technical Management/ Game & Simulation Programming from DeVry University.
He is a member of several IGDA chapters and a keynote speaker at VGXpo, Xtreme Gaming Conference, Texas Independent Game Conference and NJ Filmmakers’ Conference.
Credited on 11 games
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| Psychic Force (1996, PlayStation) | Producer |
| Dr. Wong's Jacks+ Video Poker for Windows (1993, Windows 3.x) | DOS Programming |
| Combination Lock (1992, DOS) | Programmer |
| Amarillo Slim's 7 Card Stud (1992, DOS) | Sound Routines |
| Dr. Wong's Jacks+ Video Poker (1992, DOS) | Programming Director |
| Amarillo Slim Dealer's Choice (1991, DOS) | Sound Routines |
| All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989, DOS) | Program Design |
| Fisher-Price I Can Remember (1988, Commodore 64) | Program Designers |
| Press Your Luck (1988, DOS) | Game design by |
| Chutes and Ladders (1988, Commodore 64) | Designers |
| Go to the Head of the Class (1988, Commodore 64) | Game Design |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 9 games with Michael Robert Hausman
- 2 games with John Comeau
- 2 games with Sharon Goodman
- 2 games with Vito Ramanauskas
- 2 games with Gabi Ladowski
- 2 games with Stanford Wong
- 1 game with Steve Greene
- 1 game with Karlene Francis
- 1 game with Takashi Kurosawa
- 1 game with Alumii Sateaux
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Companies
- 5 games with Villa Crespo Software, Inc.
- 4 games with GameTek (FL), Inc.
- 2 games with Pedersen Systems, Inc. (PSI)
- 2 games with IJE, Inc.
- 1 game with Zuntata
- 1 game with Taito Corporation
- 1 game with Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
- 1 game with West Olive
- 1 game with Polarware
- 1 game with Merit Software
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