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Bob Bates was one of Infocom's later game designers. After Infocom was shut down by Activision he, Mike Verdu and several other Infocommies formed Legend Entertainment, which specialized in text-adventure games for several years.
Author Credits
- Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels (publisher: Infocom; 1988; Z-code).
- Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur (publisher: Infocom; 1989; Z-code)
- TimeQuest (publisher: Legend Entertainment; 1991; MS-DOS).
- Eric the Unready (publisher: Legend Entertainment; 1993; MS-DOS).
Other Credits
- Founded Legend Entertainment with Mike Verdu.
- "Designing the Puzzle." Game Developers Conference, San Jose, California, April 1997.
- John Saul's Blackstone Chronicles (publisher: Legend Entertainment; 1998) graphic adventure game.
- Co-founder and organizer of the Game Designers Workshop, an annual conference of computer game designers concerned with storytelling.
- Game Design: The Art and Business of Creating Games. Prima Publishing, 2001.
Links
Interviews
- Interview with Adventure Classic Gaming - by Philip Jong, February 2001.