Rick Dyer (video game designer)
| Rick Dyer | |
|---|---|
| Born | United States |
| Residence | Julian, California |
| Occupation | Video game designer, writer, realtor |
| Years active | 1983–present |
Rick Dyer is an American video game designer and writer best known for creating Dragon's Lair.[1][2][3] He founded RDI Video Systems, the developer of Dragon's Lair, Space Ace, and also Thayer's Quest, which was a conversion kit for Dragon's Lair.[4]
Dyer later designed the video games Kingdom: The Far Reaches and Kingdom II: Shadoan,[5] which were based on Thayer's Quest.
Dyer is also known for being the person responsible for RDI Video System's Halcyon gaming console, named after the 2001: A Space Odyssey AI 'HAL 9000'.[6] He also appeared on multiple news networks for the technological advances the LaserDisc system offered between 1983 and 1985 as the figurehead for RDI systems.[7] Despite the TV appearances and being branded as 'David' among videogame companies in a David and Goliath comparison, Rick Dyer Industries (RDI) Systems went out of business in 1985 and the console was never to achieve commercial success.[8][9]
Rick Dyer became a realtor for Apple Tree Realty based in Julian, California.[10][11]
Games
| Year | Name | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | Producer | ||
| 1983 | Dragon's Lair | Yes | Yes | |
| Space Ace | Yes | |||
| 1984 | Thayer's Quest a.k.a Kingdom: The Far Reaches | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 1991 | Time Traveler | Yes | ||
| 1996 | Kingdom II: Shadoan | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Dyer was also the producer for short film Questions (2013).
References
- ↑ CNN
- ↑ Google Books
- ↑ Awn.com Archived August 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Thayer's Quest". Dragon's Lair Project.
- ↑ "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
- ↑ "RDI Halcyon on TV from March 1985".
- ↑ "Rick Dyer and Halcyon - from 1983 1984 - RDI from TV".
- ↑ "Rick Dyer's Polygon Article".
- ↑ "Halcyon Dreams".
- ↑ Apple Tree Realty
- ↑ Rick Dyer , Agent • Julian, CA
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