Video 61 Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 hi everyone, i was informed a good friend of mine back in the atari days passed away in may, a to young 70. not sure if its true, but it seems to be. in case you are wondering, john wore many hats at atari, we called him the lifer. he was the last one left when jack finally pulled the plug and sold to hasbro. John called me the day before hasbro bought it. he hoped to get a bonus from jack for years worked. as far as i know, he never got it. here is some of his work, he started in the 8-bit days, ended with the jaguar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_Returns_(Atari_Lynx_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Soldier_2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-War_(1995_video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempest_2000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybermorph https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakout_2000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Larry:_Renegade_Cop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lightning_(1995_video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile_Command_3D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkered_Flag_(1991_video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defender_2000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lightning_(1989_video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyhammer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FlipOut! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkered_Flag_(1994_video_game) thanks, lance www.atarisales.com Justin and RickR 1 1 Quote VIDEO 61 & ATARI SALESwww.atarisales.com22735 Congo St. NE, Stacy, MN 55079 651-462-2500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 Sorry to learn about this. RIP Justin 1 Quote 🖖 Going to the final frontier, gaming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video 61 Posted July 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 2 hours ago, TrekMD said: Sorry to learn about this. RIP thanks, my son tried to contact him in may about some hardware i bought out of atari, there was no response, then he found a announcement. lance www.atarisales.com Justin 1 Quote VIDEO 61 & ATARI SALESwww.atarisales.com22735 Congo St. NE, Stacy, MN 55079 651-462-2500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 Wow, that's quite a lineup of games to be involved with! R.I.P. Justin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari 5200 Guy Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 Other than Iron Soldier 2 and Skyhammer those games I remember well. They were all solid titles. Some a bit weird but still had a certain charm. They were unique and only on Atari. Cybermorph is a personal favorite. I spent many of my new Jaguar owner days playing that game. I love 2D space shooters so that one was right up my alley. Sorry to hear about the loss of an old friend. My sympathies to his family and friends during this time of morning. May he rest in peace. Justin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video 61 Posted July 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 6 hours ago, RickR said: Wow, that's quite a lineup of games to be involved with! R.I.P. hi rickr, and that was just towards the end. he was in charge of the 8-bit stuff from the mid 1980's. he had to navigate jack, no easy thing to do. he once sent me two letters telling me what games he hoped to bring out, one was california games for the atari 7800. later on i asked about it, i was told a higher up already said no to california games, because it was available on the 2600. you simply can't make this stuff up! lance www.atarisales.com Justin 1 Quote VIDEO 61 & ATARI SALESwww.atarisales.com22735 Congo St. NE, Stacy, MN 55079 651-462-2500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video 61 Posted July 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 12 minutes ago, kamakazi20012 said: Other than Iron Soldier 2 and Skyhammer those games I remember well. They were all solid titles. Some a bit weird but still had a certain charm. They were unique and only on Atari. Cybermorph is a personal favorite. I spent many of my new Jaguar owner days playing that game. I love 2D space shooters so that one was right up my alley. Sorry to hear about the loss of an old friend. My sympathies to his family and friends during this time of morning. May he rest in peace. yes, thanks. he had to navigate jack, no easy thing to do. lance www.atarisales.com Justin 1 Quote VIDEO 61 & ATARI SALESwww.atarisales.com22735 Congo St. NE, Stacy, MN 55079 651-462-2500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Stilphen Posted July 20, 2020 Report Share Posted July 20, 2020 One of the true Atarians 😞 He appeared in the famous Atari Quest article from Ultimate Gamer (January 1996): http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/documents/ultimate_gamer_jan96_atari_quest.pdf Here's the photo of him that appeared in the article, wearing one of the MindLink controller prototypes. Justin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video 61 Posted July 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 On 7/19/2020 at 8:47 PM, Scott Stilphen said: One of the true Atarians 😞 He appeared in the famous Atari Quest article from Ultimate Gamer (January 1996): http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/documents/ultimate_gamer_jan96_atari_quest.pdf Here's the photo of him that appeared in the article, wearing one of the MindLink controller prototypes. hi scott, thanks for the pic, john was the best. lance www.atarisales.com Justin 1 Quote VIDEO 61 & ATARI SALESwww.atarisales.com22735 Congo St. NE, Stacy, MN 55079 651-462-2500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Posted October 13, 2020 Report Share Posted October 13, 2020 Is this the man who played guitar? If it is, then he's the guy that worked at Magnuson Engineers, Inc, San Jose, CA in 80s. John was called Disco. He left MEI with a guy named Lynn something (Crawford maybe). Lynn was R&D engineer at MEI. Atari? Was that the place to which the owner owed a lot of money to sub-contractors . . . and would not pay? Magnuson is doing very well, today (Oct 2020). Now in Colorado. ALL hi tech places quickly vanish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSVITAGAMER2012 Posted November 14, 2020 Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 Sad to hear that John is gone now. 😞😞😞😞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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