Michael Cranford
aka:
Mike Cranford
Moby ID: 11314
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Michael Cranford has been a game programmer and game designer before he pursued other interests. He started his career in Berkeley, California, and programmed the Apple version of the classic Donkey Kong arcade game, the Commodore 64 version of Super Zaxxon, as well as Maze Master, a kind of predecessor of his own game The Bard’s Tale.
In the game industry he is probably best-known for two titles he designed for Interplay Productions. The first title, Tales of the Unknown, Volume I: The Bard's Tale became a great success and sold around 300.000 copies. He also designed the sequel The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight, but he didn’t want to get involved in the completion of the trilogy, because his interests had changed. After these games he created Centauri Alliance, and his last contribution to the game industry was co-designing Dark Seed (1992).
Credited on 12 games
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| The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep (2018, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| The Bard's Tale Trilogy (2018, Windows) | Original game concept and design |
| Dark Seed (1992, Amiga) | Designers |
| Centauri Alliance (1990, Apple II) | Created by |
| The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight (1988, Amiga) | Game Concept, Design, and Program Design |
| Tales of the Unknown: Volume I - The Bard's Tale (1986, Amiga) | Original game concept and design |
| Borrowed Time (1986, Amiga) | Plot Design |
| Donkey Kong (1984, Apple II) | Programmer |
| Super Zaxxon (1984, Commodore 64) | By |
| Maze Master (1983, Commodore 64) | By |
| Story Machine (1983, VIC-20) | VIC 20 version by |
| The Demon's Forge (1981, Apple II) | - |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 6 games with Brian Fargo
- 4 games with Troy P. Worrell
- 4 games with Tom Norwood
- 3 games with Michael LaBash
- 3 games with David Warhol
- 3 games with Rebecca Ann Heineman
- 3 games with Joe Ybarra
- 3 games with Jay Patel
- 3 games with Don Carson
- 3 games with Caren Edelstein
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Companies
- 4 games with Interplay Entertainment Corp.
- 3 games with HesWare
- 2 games with Electronic Arts, Inc.
- 2 games with Electronic Arts Ltd.
- 2 games with Grapplegroup Ltd.
- 2 games with inXile Entertainment, Inc.
- 2 games with Valve Corporation
- 2 games with Pony Canyon, Inc.
- 2 games with Atelier Double Co. Ltd.
- 1 game with Cyberdreams, Inc.
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