David Crane (programmer)
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David Crane is an American video game designer and programmer. He is the co-founder of Activision, which he formed with former Atari co-workers in 1979.
David Crane at the first edition of VCF LATAM 2026
Crane assisted with building the operating system for the Atari 8-bit computers (Atari 800 pictured).
Garry Kitchen in 2013. Crane worked with Kitchen at several companies including Absolute Entertainment, AppStar, and Audacity Games.
Ghostbusters is a licensed game by Activision based on the film of the same name. It was designed by David Crane and released for several home computer platforms in 1984, and later for video game cons
David Crane (programmer)
…effect drivers. He summarized it as "imagine, in whatever your job might be, that every two years or so, everything changes." The first game he made, Ghostbusters (1984) which was finished in six weeks using work Crane had been developing for a game called Car Wars. The game went on to become the Activision title…
Gb box cover