Warren Davis (Actor) (Paperback)


Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Warren Davis is an American actor and video game programmer. He is best known for inventing the arcade classic Q*bert. His other video arcade credits include Joust 2, Lotto Fun, Exterminator, Terminator 2, and Revolution X, which featured Aerosmith; as well as Us. Vs. Them, a laserdisc game.Davis developed the video digitization system that was used in Williams/Midway video games from the late 1980''s thru mid-90''s. This allowed images of live actors videotaped in front of a blue-screen to be placed in games. Games which used this technology include Narc, the Mortal Kombat series, the NBA Jam series, Terminator 2, Revolution X, and others. As with other Williams employees, Warren''s head and name appear as a player character in the arcade version of NBA Jam Tournament Edition, if his initials and birthday are entered.

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Warren Davis is an American actor and video game programmer. He is best known for inventing the arcade classic Q*bert. His other video arcade credits include Joust 2, Lotto Fun, Exterminator, Terminator 2, and Revolution X, which featured Aerosmith; as well as Us. Vs. Them, a laserdisc game.Davis developed the video digitization system that was used in Williams/Midway video games from the late 1980''s thru mid-90''s. This allowed images of live actors videotaped in front of a blue-screen to be placed in games. Games which used this technology include Narc, the Mortal Kombat series, the NBA Jam series, Terminator 2, Revolution X, and others. As with other Williams employees, Warren''s head and name appear as a player character in the arcade version of NBA Jam Tournament Edition, if his initials and birthday are entered.

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Imprint

Betascript Publishing

Country of origin

Germany

Release date

April 2011

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First published

April 2011

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Dimensions

229 x 152 x 9mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

148

ISBN-13

978-6134503105

Barcode

9786134503105

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LSN

613450310X



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