David S. Maynard
aka:
Dave Maynard,
David Maynard
Moby ID: 183
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David started his computer career working with Doug Engelbart at SRI International at the Augmentation Research Center. He was systems programmer for the NLS system, which pioneered the use of the mouse (invented by Doug Engelbart and Bill English), hypertext, electronic mail, and graphical user interfaces long before Microsoft, before Apple and before Xerox PARC. (Google "The Mother of all Demos"). SRI and UCLA were the first two computers connected by the Arpanet and are therefore the birthplace of the Internet. As a member of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, he helped developed the first WYSIWYG word processor in Japanese. He was a founding member of Electronic Arts, creating one of the original EA titles "Worms?", appeared in the We See Farther Ad from EA and served as the company’s Senior Technical Director. Additionally, David co-founded 3DO, and served in senior technical roles at Silicon Graphics and Multitude, Inc. Currently David is Chief Scientist at Digital Chocolate Inc, developing tools and technologies for mobile games. David holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Southern California.
Credited on 23 games
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| Gates of Troy (2004, Windows) | QA |
| Spartan (2004, Windows) | QA |
| High Heat Major League Baseball 2004 (2003, Windows) | VP Technology |
| Heroes of Might and Magic IV (2002, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| High Heat Baseball 2000 (1999, Windows) | Additional Programming |
| Requiem: Avenging Angel (1999, Windows) | Programmers |
| Army Men (1998, Windows) | Engineering |
| Snow Job (1995, 3DO) | Thanks from 3DO to |
| Jurassic Park Interactive (1994, 3DO) | Special Acting Thanks to |
| PaTaank (1994, 3DO) | Special Taanks to 3DO, especially |
| 688 Attack Sub (1990, Amiga) | Technical Direction by |
| Modem Wars (1989, DOS) | Producers |
| Ferrari Formula One (1989, DOS) | Special Thanks to |
| Starflight (1989, Amiga) | Technical Consultant |
| Jordan vs Bird: One on One (1988, DOS) | Technical Direction |
| Skate or Die (1987, Commodore 64) | Technical Support |
| Earl Weaver Baseball (1987, DOS) | Technical Director |
| Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Simulator (1987, DOS) | Technical Director |
| Earth Orbit Stations (1987, Commodore 64) | Additional Thanks to |
| The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight (1986, Commodore 64) | Technical Support |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 6 games with Michael Kosaka
- 6 games with Don Traeger
- 5 games with Nancy L. Fong
- 4 games with Richard Hilleman
- 3 games with Frank Wing
- 3 games with Joe Ybarra
- 3 games with Trip Hawkins
- 3 games with Francine Huss Schneider
- 3 games with Barry Blum
- 3 games with Alex Werner
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Companies
- 13 games with Electronic Arts, Inc.
- 6 games with Electronic Arts Ltd.
- 5 games with 3DO Company, The
- 3 games with Mastertronic Games Ltd.
- 3 games with Ubisoft Entertainment SA
- 3 games with Brasoft Produtos de...
- 2 games with Epic Games Tools LLC
- 2 games with TiVo Corporation
- 2 games with Slitherine Ltd.
- 2 games with Studio 3DO
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