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MICHAEL THOMASSON
Meet the man that makes this mess!

Michael Thomasson is one of the most widely respected videogame historians in the videogame field today. He currently teaches college level videogame history, design, and graphics courses. For television, Michael conducted research for MTV's videogame related program Video MODS. With much fanfare, Michael contributed to the Inventor of Home Videogames' publication, Videogames in the Beginning by Ralph Baer, as well as several other historical videogame texts. Michael has written several business plans for several videogame vendors and managed almost a dozen game-related retail stores spanning two decades. His historical columns have been distributed worldwide in newspapers and magazines. He has also contributed towards or published dozens of games for several consoles, such as the Atari VCS, Sega CD, Colecovision, Atari Jaguar, 3DO, CD-i and Vectrex.

Michael Thomasson
All-Around-Good-Guy!

Michael Thomasson is an All-Around-Good-Guy! He started programming games when he began to read at the young age of 5 on the Commodore PET -- later branching into the TRS-80, Vic-20, TI-99, and eventually the Atari line of computers. Michael was previously a full-time 3D Animator, so videogames are as much a form of research, as they are entertainment. Dissecting the newer 3D games through their technology, and examining the classic games he thinks such things as, "How did they do THAT w/ only 2K of memory!"

VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY ASSOCIATES

Ralph Baer - Father of the Home Video Game Industry!


Al Alcorn Creator of PONG	Nolan Bushnell Founder of Atari	Billy Mitchell World Record Holder King of Kong Documentary

Charles Martinet The Voice of Mario and other Nintendo characters	David Crane Atari Programmer Activision Founder	Electronic Games Magazine Staff First Game Journalists

Howard Scott Warshaw Atari Programmer	Adam Sessler TV Host of X-Play	Cindy Morgan Tron Actress (Yori)

Tommy Tallarico Game Musician / TV Host Dave Perry Game Programmer	Leonard Herman Video Game Historian Ken Jong Video Game Writer	John Sohl David Warhol Intellivision Programmers

Walter Day Twin Galaxies Referee	Garry Kitchen Atari Programmer	Bill Kunkel Game Journalist

Steve Woita Atari & Sega Programmer	Penn Jillette Comedian Magician	Raymond Teller Comedian Magician

Keith Robinson Intellivision Programmer w/ JoAnn Thomasson	Classic Gamer Magazine Staff	Manci Games Magazine Staff
	Tim Snider Atari Programmer

VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT

• Historical writer for both volumes of the Encyclopedia of Videogames college texts
• Historical writer and Art Director for Video Game Trader Magazine
• Historical writer for Game Room Magazine
• Historical writer for Hardcore Gamer Magazine
• Contributed to the publication Confessions of the Game Doctor by Bill Kunkle
• Historian for MTV's VideoMods television program
• Co-authored Gyruss based military sci-fi novel From Neptune to Earth
• Contributed to the publication Videogames: In the Beginning by Ralph Baer
• Historical writer for Video Game Collector Magazine
• Management for GameStop, Inc, the largest videogame retailer in the world
• Publisher of the Arcade Ambiance audio CD set.
• Syndicated writer and historian for the Knight-Ridder REZN-8 Gaming column
• Owner, web designer, content director of www.GoodDealGames.com
• Published dozens of games for the VCS, Colecovision, Sega CD, Philips CD-i, Vectrex +
• Contributed to the publication ABC to the VCS 2nd Ed.
• Book cover designer & co-editor for Phoenix: The Fall and Rise of Videogames 4th Ed.
• Historical writer for Manci Games Magazine with own column
• Pixel artist and 3D modeler for Songbird Productions (Atari Lynx & Atari Jaguar)
• Artist and Cover Designer for Classic Gamer Magazine
• Station Manager of WGDG Videogame Radio
• Contributed to the publication Video Game Bible, The.
• Committee member and contributor of the CinciClassic Videogame Expo
• Sponsor of dozens of classic gaming tradeshows including the Classic Gaming Expo, CinciClassic, The Videogame Summit, Philly Classic and more
• Beta-Tester and Cover Designer for Classic Game Creations' Vectrex Gravitrex
• Cover artist of Ralph 'Father of Videogames' Baer's autobiography
• Logo designer and artist for Syzygy Videogame Magazine
• Cover Designer for Classic Game Creations' Vectrex Vectopia!
• Previous chain manager of Let's Play and L.A. Videogame stores
• Volunteer for Bluegrass Electronics Center
(service organization that reprogrammed games for disabled players)
• E3 Software Analyst for videogame rental chain stores
• Consumer Electronic Show (CES) Software Analyst for videogame rental chain stores

and more that I can't seem pull out of my head at the moment…

If you have a gaming project and need consultation
Contact Michael