Martin Alper

Martin Alper
Died June, 2015
Known for Video games

Martin Alper was a video game designer and the former President of Virgin Interactive. Alper was the co-founder of Mastertronic,[1] which went on to become Virgin Interactive. Alper was also the person who approached Westwood Studios co-founder Brett Sperry about creating Dune II. Sperry did so, and the game was published by Virgin and went on to be a great success.[2] Martin also provided the voice acting for EVA in the original Command & Conquer Red Alert.[3] Martin Alper died in June, 2015.[4]

References

  1. ↑ IGN - Mastertronic
  2. ↑ The Making of... Dune II (Page 2)
  3. ↑ Red Alert Field Manual(Page 99)
  4. ↑ Former Virgin Interactive Entertainment video game pioneer Martin Alper dies at 72


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