Mical creates two societies, Prolific and Glassworks, specialized in the development of online games. The company later merge with The 3DO Company and the technology is the base of the 32-bit console 3DO Interactive Multiplayer. He co-design the hardware and designs its multi-tasking operating system, Portfolio. and the Lynx) and Dave Morse (co-founder of Amiga Computer and Crystal Dynamics). He is the co-creator of this new game system with Dave Needle (from Amiga Corp. Mical is one of the co-founder of the New Technologies Group (NTG), a company established to create a new game system. He also produces the six Lynx launch titles, and co-designed several of them, like Blue Lightning (1989).įrom 1990 to 1995, Robert J.
#ROBERT J MICAL SOFTWARE#
He is the co-designer of the hardware and put together a variety of software development tools including runtime libraries, a debugger, art and audio tools.
He develops the first color handheld console, the Lynx (known back then under the name Handy), that was later acquired by Atari Corporation. Mical is vice-president of the technology branch of Epyx. He notably contributes to the development of Defender of the Crown (1986) from Cinemaware.įrom 1987 to 1989, Robert J.
After leaving the company, he becomes a independent contractor, serving the Amiga community by creating development and support tools and games for a number of clients. At the peak of his responsibilities, he is appointed Director of Software. He also contributes to the Amiga hardware design and creates one of first software for the computer: the Amiga Boing Demo. He develops Intuition, the Amiga user interface system software. As software engineer, he creates the development tools and animation system software. Mical works for Amiga Corporation and then Commodore International on the development of the Amiga 1000. He was involved in the development of the game Sinistar and notably coordinated the Star Rider project, a racing game on laserdisc.įrom 1984 to 1986, Robert J. He works on different projects, creating special effects, enemy intelligence, graphics, interface logic and documentation development. Mical is software engineer at Williams Electronics.
#ROBERT J MICAL PLUS#
Mical graduated from the University of Illinois with dual degrees in Computer Science and English in 1979, plus a minor in Philosophy. BiographyĪccording to Mical he built his first computer, a tic-tac-toe player, when he was 14. He recently left his position as a Senior Manager at Sony working on the PlayStation product line. He was the Chief Architect of the Fathammer mobile game engine. He was a central developer of Amiga's Intuition user interface and was well known at early Amiga gatherings. He created video games at Williams Electronics, helped invent the Amiga computer, co-invented the Atari Lynx and the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer with Dave Needle. "RJ" Mical (born 26 January) was a pioneer in the video game industry and still an influential figure. RJ Mical playing the Atari Lynx that he co-designed, at Alternative Party 2002
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