Bob Bates

Bob Bates is an American computer games designer.

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American - Computer games designer

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His first published game designs were the two text adventures ' and ' for Infocom. A third game was never finished because Infocom was closed in 1989. Soon after the end of Infocom, Bates and Mike Verdu founded Legend Entertainment to produce games in the Infocom tradition. Games designed by Bates for Legend include: Timequest, the Gateway series, Eric the Unready, Companions of Xanth, Callahan's Crosstime Saloon and the company's final game '.

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Text adventure - Infocom - 1989 - Mike Verdu - Legend Entertainment - Timequest - Gateway - Eric the Unready - Companions of Xanth - Callahan's Crosstime Saloon

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Bates is also the author of two books on game design and development: Game Design: The Art and Business of Creating Games and The Game Developer's Market Guide.

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