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Dave Baggett is a linguist and software engineer who co-founded the IF company Adventions. He also co-created the Crash Bandicoot series for the Sony Playstation. Dave is currently working for ITA Software, Inc., which he co-founded; ITA creates software for the travel industry.

Author Credits

Unnkulian Unventure II: The Secret of Acme (publisher: Adventions; 1991; TADS 2).
GC: A Thrashing Parity Bit of the Mind (with Carl de Marcken and Pearl Tsai; 1994; TADS 2).
+=3: A Logical Adventure (with Carl de Marcken; 1994; TADS 2).
The Legend Lives! (publisher: Adventions; 1994; TADS 2).

Other Credits

Co-founded Adventions with David Leary.
One of the original maintainers of the IF Archive, along with Volker Blasius.
Wrote WorldClass, a replacement library for the TADS 2 authoring system.
Ported Donald Ekman's FORTRAN Adventure code to TADS, under the title Colossal Cave Revisited. Graham Nelson later ported the TADS version to Inform.

Links

Listing for Dave Baggett at Baf's Guide.

Interviews

Interview with SPAG.

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-'''Dave Baggett''' is a linguist and software engineer who co-founded the IF company [[Adventions]] and still works in the information technology industry.
+'''Dave Baggett''' is a linguist and software engineer who co-founded the IF company [[Adventions]]. He also co-created the Crash Bandicoot series for the Sony Playstation. Dave is currently working for ITA Software, Inc., which he co-founded; ITA creates software for the travel industry.
 ==Author Credits==
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 ==Other Credits==
-* Co-founded [[Adventions]], an entertainment software company which specialized in text-adventure games for several years.
+* Co-founded [[Adventions]] with [[David Leary]].
 * One of the original maintainers of the [[IF Archive]], along with [[Volker Blasius]].
 * Wrote WorldClass, a replacement library for the [[TADS 2]] [[authoring system]].
-* Co-ported ''[[Adventure]]'' (with [[Donald Ekman]] and [[Graham Nelson]]) to [[Inform]].
+* Ported [[Donald Ekman]]'s FORTRAN ''[[Adventure]]'' code to TADS, under the title [[Colossal Cave Revisited]]. [[Graham Nelson]] later ported the TADS version to [[Inform]].
 ==Links==