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warren robinett wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 atari inc 2 the learning company and later 3 references 4 further reading 5 external links toggle the table of contents warren robinett 9 languages deutsch español français italiano malagasy русский svenska українська 中文 edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia american video game designer born 1951 warren robinett robinett in 2015 born joseph warren robinett jr 1951 12 25 december 25 1951 age 74 springfield missouri us education rice university b a university of california berkeley m s occupation interactive computer graphics software designer known for adventure atari 2600 rocky s boots apple ii joseph warren robinett jr born december 25 1951 1 is an american video game designer he is most notable as the developer of the atari 2600 s adventure and as a founder of the learning company 1 where he designed rocky s boots 2 and robot odyssey more recently he has worked on virtual reality projects robinett graduated in 1974 with a b a from rice university 1 with a major in computer applications to language and art 1 3 after graduating from rice university he was a fortran programmer for western geophysical in houston texas 3 he received an m s from university of california berkeley in 1976 and went to work at atari inc in november 1977 1 3 atari inc edit his first effort at atari was slot racers for the atari 2600 4 while he was working on it he had discovered and played crowther and woods colossal cave adventure at the stanford artificial intelligence laboratory and decided that a graphical video game version would be really cool 3 however with 128 bytes of ram and 4096 bytes of rom atari s adventure was a much simpler program and with only a joystick for input the set of commands was necessarily brief 3 adventure was a hit upon its 1979 release and it eventually sold a million copies 2 the adventure easter egg created by warren robinett atari designers at the time were not given credit for their games because atari feared having to bargain with well known designers 2 in response to this robinett placed a hidden object in the game that would allow the player to reach a hidden screen which displayed the words created by warren robinett hence creating one of the earliest known easter eggs in a video game and the first to which the name easter egg was applied 2 3 robinett then wrote the basic programming cartridge finishing both basic programming and adventure in june 1979 and quit atari 3 the learning company and later edit he founded the learning company 1 in 1980 and he worked on several educational games there including rocky s boots and robot odyssey for the apple ii 2 the learning company was acquired by softkey in 1995 for us 606 million 5 he has since worked on virtual reality projects for nasa 3 and the university of north carolina 1 in 2016 robinett announced the annotated adventure a book describing the design and implementation of adventure for the atari 2600 6 in 2018 robinett stated that the initial book was being split into two books the annotated adventure focusing on the technical aspect of the game and making the dragon focusing on the political story as of december 2022 only the table of contents has been made public robinett s adventure easter egg is a plot element in the 2011 novel and 2018 film ready player one 7 references edit 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 robinett warren 1998 warren robinett interview a merrill s talks to the programmer of adventure for the atari 2600 authur s hall interview transcript interviewed by a merrill archived from the original on november 22 2010 retrieved october 28 2008 in the a merrill interview robinett says he was 26 in november 1977 1 2 3 4 5 robinett warren may 13 2003 of dragons and easter eggs a chat with warren robinett interview interviewed by joey connelly the jaded gamer archived from the original on november 12 2024 retrieved march 2 2014 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 hague james ed june 2002 march 1997 warren robinett halcyon days interviews with classic computer and video games programmers free web ed dadgum games retrieved september 15 2025 machkovech sam march 14 2015 atari devs dissect yars revenge adventure atari s woes ars technica retrieved august 24 2025 fisher lawrence m december 8 1995 softkey reaches agreement to buy learning company the new york times retrieved january 19 2017 robinett warren book the annotated adventure table of contents warrenrobinett com plante corey march 28 2018 that atari adventure easter egg in ready player one exists irl inverse retrieved december 4 2018 further reading edit larsen jim february 7 1983 making a name for himself secret room identifies creator of atari game he s from springfield springfield leader and press c1 via newspapers com norris margaret november 21 1982 computers are wave of students future springfield leader and press 1d 5d via newspapers com external links edit warren robinett s homepage warren robinett at mobygames warren robinett on the history of adventure speaking at the classic gaming expo 2002 v t e atari 2600 games launch air sea battle basic math blackjack combat indy 500 star ship street racer surround video olympics bestselling pac man pitfall asteroids missile command space invaders demon attack e t atlantis adventure river raid kaboom publishers atari inc activision imagic coleco commavid data age fox video games games by apollo m network mystique parker brothers sega spectravideo telesys tigervision u s games xonox zimag programmers steve cartwright david crane tod frye rob fulop larry kaplan garry kitchen suki lee david lubar carla meninsky alan miller laura nikolich warren robinett carol shaw howard scott warshaw bob whitehead hardware atari 2600 hardware television interface adaptor atari joystick port cx40 joystick xg 1 light gun starpath supercharger coleco gemini compumate gameline atari 2700 atari 7800 emulation and ports stella atari anthology atari flashback atari greatest hits atari vault atari 2600 related articles homebrew games atari age atari video game burial racing the beam sears category authority control databases international isni viaf other snac retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title warren_robinett oldid 1376844316 categories 1951 births living 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