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Dave Theurer

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Dave Theurer, whose full name is David Theurer, is a game designer and computer programmer. In 1980 he created the arcade games Missile Command and Tempest for Atari, Inc., which are considered two of the major releases of the golden age of arcade games. He also designed I, Robot for Atari, the first commercial video game with three-dimensional filled-polygon graphics. Missile Command is listed here as a work.

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1955 1
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Source Wikipedia: Dave Theurer

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Source Missile Command, Wikipedia
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1. Wikipedia: Dave Theurer
  • Infobox: birth_date
    c. 1955 (age c. 70)
  • Associated With: Video Games, Lead sentence
    is a game designer and computer programmer
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Missile Command, Wikipedia
Works Created: Missile Command, Infobox: designer
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