Michael Berlyn
Michael Berlyn is an American video game designer and writer. He is best known as an Implementor at Infocom, part of the text adventure game design team.[1]
Berlyn joined Marc Blank in founding the game company Eidetic, which later became Sony Bend. In 1998, Berlyn started a new game company, Cascade Mountain Publishing, whose goals were to publish ebooks and interactive fiction. Cascade Mountain Publishing went out of business in 2000.[2]
Berlyn created a "light-jazz" band called Hot Mustard, made up entirely of his own music and performances.[3]
On August 18, 2015, it was announced that Michael is currently battling against cancer.[4] After seven months of chemo and radiation therapy, Berlyn is cancer-free as of 9/15/2015.
Partial gameography
Partial list of gameography:[5]
- Oo-Topos, Sentient Software
- Cyborg, Sentient Software
- Gold Rush (game), Sentient Software
- Congo (game), Sentient Software
- Suspended, Infocom
- Cutthroats, Infocom
- Infidel, Infocom
- Fooblitzky (co-designer), Infocom
- Tass Times in Tonetown, Activision
- Altered Destiny, Accolade
- Snoopy's Game Club (with former Intellivision programmer Gene Smith), Accolade
- Bubsy, Accolade
- Zork: The Undiscovered Underground (with Marc Blank), Activision
- Syphon Filter, Contributor, Producer, SECA
- Bubsy 3D, Accolade
- Dr. Dumont's Wild P.A.R.T.I., Cascade Mountain Publishing
- Zen Ball, Quick Click Software
- The Art of Murder with Muffy Berlyn, iTunes App, Windows 8 App, Macintosh App
- Grok the Monkey (aka Carnival of Death) with Muffy Berlyn, iTunes App, Windows 8 App, Macintosh App
Novels
- The Integrated Man, Bantam Books, (1980) ISBN 978-0-5531-3999-0
- Crystal Phoenix, Bantam Books, (1980) ISBN 978-0-5531-3468-1
- Blight as Mark Sonders, Ace Books, (1981) ISBN 978-0-4410-6709-1
- Eternal Enemy, Wm. Morrow, (1990) ISBN 978-0-8779-5963-2
References
- ↑ Horowitz, Ken (August 1, 2006). "Interview: Mike Berlyn". Sega - 16. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
- ↑ "Michael Berlyn". Infocom. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
- ↑ Bowen, Christopher (February 4, 2011). "Diehard GameFAN Hall of Shame: Bubsy 3D". Diehard GameFAN. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
- ↑ "(August 2015) Mike Berlyn, creator of Infocom & Bubsy games , with Cancer". atariage.com. 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
- ↑ "Michael Berlyn". Moby Games. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
External links
- Michael Berlyn profile at MobyGames
- Interview with Mike Berlyn
- Hot Mustard (virtual jazz band by Berlyn)
- Keeping Warm - A Berlyn Jazz creation (as Hot Mustard)