| t | Larry Merkel founded <moby company="Atomic Games">Atomic Games</moby> with <moby developer="Keith Zabalaoui">Keith Zabalaoui</moby> and <moby developer="Ed Rains">Ed Rains</moby> in 1989. He co-designed the four games in the <moby gamegroup="V for Victory Series">V for Victory Series</moby>. Merkel later left the company, along with Ed Rains, before development on the first <moby game="Close Combat">Close Combat</moby> game was started. He later did the graphics and AI for the unfinished <i>European Theater of Operations: Normandy</i>, along with Rains and <moby developer="I.L. Holdridge">I.L. Holdridge</moby>. | t | Larry Merkel founded <moby company="Atomic Games">Atomic Games</moby> with <moby developer="Keith Zabalaoui">Keith Zabalaoui</moby> and <moby developer="Ed Rains">Ed Rains</moby> in 1989. He co-designed the four games in the <moby gamegroup="V for Victory Series">V for Victory Series</moby>. Merkel later left the company, along with Ed Rains, before development on the first <moby game="Close Combat">Close Combat</moby> game was started. He later did the graphics and AI for the unfinished *European Theater of Operations: Normandy*, along with Rains and <moby developer="I.L. Holdridge">I.L. Holdridge</moby>. |