Ed Logg

Logg was impressed with the Atari 2600 (then known as "Atari Video Computer System") and joined Atari's coin-op division and worked on Dirt Bike, which was never released due to an unsuccessful field test. He co-developed with Ed Rotberg Super Breakout after hearing that Nolan Bushnell, co-founder of Atari, wanted Breakout updated. He co-developed the video game Asteroids with Lyle Rains.{{cite book|last=Swink|first=Steve|title=Game Feel: A Game Designer's Guide to Virtual Sensation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i9GfunWcB-oC&pg=PA188|access-date=19 August 2011|date=2008-10-13|publisher=Morgan Kaufmann|isbn=978-0-12-374328-2|pages=188–}} Other games designed or co-designed by Logg include Centipede, Millipede, the Gauntlet series (with inspiration from John Palevich's Dandy), Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey and the home versions of the San Francisco Rush series.{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/427450281.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+15%2C+1999&author=Mark+Saltzman&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=The+emulation+craze+%3B+Depending+on+which+side+of+the+fence+you're+on%2C+playing+old+arcade+games+on+a+modern+PC+is+either+a+nightmare+or+nirvana+for+gaming.&pqatl=google|title=The emulation craze|last=Saltzman|first=Mark|date=April 15, 1999|work=Toronto Star|page=1|access-date=19 August 2011|archive-date=25 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725105309/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/427450281.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS%3AFT&type=current&date=Apr+15%2C+1999&author=Mark+Saltzman&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=The+emulation+craze+%3B+Depending+on+which+side+of+the+fence+you%27re+on%2C+playing+old+arcade+games+on+a+modern+PC+is+either+a+nightmare+or+nirvana+for+gaming.&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}}

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In 2011, Logg was awarded a Pioneer Award by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences for being among those who "laid the foundations of the multi-billion dollar videogame industry." Logg was listed at number 43 in IGN{{'s}} top 100 game creators of all time.

• Asteroids (1979)
• Othello (1980)
• Super Breakout (1981)
• Centipede (1981)
• Millipede (1982)
• Gauntlet (1985)
• Gauntlet II (1986)
• Xybots (1987)
• Tetris (Atari Games) (1988)
• Steel Talons (1991)
• Space Lords (1992)
• Gauntlet IV (1993)
• Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey (1996)
• San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing (1997)
• Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA (1998)
• San Francisco Rush 2049 (2000)
• Dr. Muto (2002)

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{{cite magazine| url=https://www.wired.com/gamelife/2011/11/ed-logg-pioneer-award/ | magazine=Wired | first=Chris | last=Kohler | title=Asteroids Designer Ed Logg Honored With Pioneer Award | date=17 November 2011}}

{{cite book|last=Kent|first=Steve L.|authorlink=Steven L. Kent|title=The ultimate history of video games: from Pong to Pokémon and beyond : the story behind the craze that touched our lives and changed the world|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PTrcTeAqeaEC&pg=PT184|access-date=19 August 2011|year=2001|publisher=Random House Digital, Inc.|isbn=978-0-7615-3643-7|pages=184–}}

{{cite book|last=Herman|first=Leonard|title=Phoenix: The Fall & Rise of Videogames|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=duITAQAAIAAJ|access-date=19 August 2011|date=October 1997|publisher=Rolenta Press|isbn=978-0-9643848-2-8|pages=139}}

{{cite book|last1=Rouse|first1=Richard|last2=Ogden|first2=Steve|title=Game design: theory & practice|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tGePP1Nu_P8C&pg=PA87|access-date=19 August 2011|year=2005|publisher=Jones & Bartlett Learning|isbn=978-1-55622-912-1|pages=87–}}

{{cite web | url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/128272/Asteroids_Gauntlet_Designer_Ed_Logg_Honored_With_Pioneer_Award.php | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509015127/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/128272/Asteroids_Gauntlet_Designer_Ed_Logg_Honored_With_Pioneer_Award.php | url-status=dead | archive-date=May 9, 2012 | website=Gamasutra | title=Asteroids, Gauntlet designer Ed Logg honored with Pioneer Award | last=Cifaldi | first=Frank | date=2011-11-17}}

{{cite web| url=http://games.ign.com/top-100-game-creators/43.html | website=IGN | title=Top 100 Game Creators of All Time - 43. Ed Logg | date=2009-03-05 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101024652/http://games.ign.com/top-100-game-creators/43.html | archive-date=2014-01-01}}

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• [http://www.arcade-history.com/index.php?page=person&name=Ed%20Logg Ed Logg] at Arcade History
• {{cite web |url= http://thedoteaters.com/?bitstory=asteroids |publisher= The Dot Eaters |title= Asteroids - Rockin' the Arcade |url-status= live |archive-date= October 23, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131023233640/http://thedoteaters.com/?bitstory=asteroids }}
• {{cite web |url= http://markn.users.netlink.co.uk/Arcade/aster.html |title= Atari Asteroids |website= Net Link |url-status= dead |archive-date= February 12, 2004 |first= Mark |last= N |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040212041905/http://markn.users.netlink.co.uk/Arcade/aster.html }}

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