Suki Lee
{{short description|American video game designer and computer programmer}}
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Suki Lee is an American video game designer and computer programmer. She was one of the few female developers at Atari, Inc. in the early 1980s where she wrote the educational game Math Gran Prix for the Atari 2600 (1982) and Obelix (1983) for the same system. Afterward she worked as a project manager at Apple Computer.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}
Education
Lee received her bachelor's degree at San Jose State University with a major in general engineering.{{cite web |title=Atari Women: Suki Lee |url=http://www.atariwomen.org/stories/suki-lee/ |website=AtariWomen |date=26 February 2019 |publisher=University of Copenhagen |accessdate=13 November 2020}}
Career
Lee was hired by Atari after college in August 1981. She was there until 1984, when she started working for Cadtrak Corporation developing software user interfaces for petroleum plant layout. She also worked for Apple from 1986 to 1997, then later went to work at Palm, eCircle and WebTV until 1997. In late 2002, she resigned and continued working at Apple.{{cite web |last=Bjerre |first=Signe |title=MØD GAMING-BRANCHENS USYNLIGE KVINDELIGE PIONERER OG FORSKEREN, DER ER VED AT FÅ KVINDERNE TILBAGE|trans-title=Meet the invisible female pioneers of the gaming industry and the researcher who is getting the women back|language=da |url=https://uniavisen.dk/moed-tech-branchens-kvindelige-pionerer-der-forsvandt-og-ku-forskeren-der-er-i-gang-med-at-faa-kvinderne-tilbage/ |website=Uniavisen|date=13 March 2020|accessdate=13 November 2020}}
Games
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- Donald Duck's Speedboat (1982)
- Miss Piggy's Wedding (1983){{cite web |title=Atari 2600 Programmers – Suki Lee |url=https://atariage.com/programmer_page.php?ProgrammerID=146 |website=AtariAge |accessdate=13 November 2020}}{{cite web |title=AtariProtos: Miss Piggy's Wedding |url=http://www.atariprotos.com/2600/software/misspiggy/misspiggy.htm |website=AtariProtos |accessdate=13 November 2020}}
Cultural impact
The artwork “Suki Lee: The Hidden Past” by Linda Lai, Yifan Lin and Amanda Zhu was inspired by the game Donald Duck's Speedboat.{{cite news |title=Suki Lee: The Hidden Past |url=http://www.atariwomen.org/gallery/suki-lee-the-hidden-past%EF%BB%BF/ |newspaper=Atariwomen |date=13 May 2019 |accessdate=13 November 2020}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.atariwomen.org/stories/suki-lee/// Suki Lee] at AtariWomen
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