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  Video Game Guru - Activision's David Crane
Crane lopes through the halls of the research lab carrying a liter beer mug filled to the lip with soda, which fuels his inspiration the way absinthe fueled Oscar Wilde's.
Crane was on his way to a trade show in Chicago when he saw a man trying to run across Lake Shore Drive's rush-hour traffic.
Crane found ways to make the computer draw pictures on a TV screen that no one else can duplicate, but he decided within two years that he had no future at Atari.
www.atarimagazines.com /hi-res/v1n2/davidcrane.php   (5906 words)

  
  David Orville Crane
Crane was born at Easton, Pennsylvania, February 12, 1842, and is a son of Franklin L. and Mary Elizabeth (Howell) Crane.
Crane was a member was established in camp near Springfield, Missouri, where drilling commenced, and, after being put under the command of General Dietzler, the First and Second regiments had their baptism of fire at Forsythe, Missouri, July 22d.
Crane is a republican in politics and a man of high moral and religious principles.
skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/archives/1918ks/bioc/cranedo.html   (1256 words)

  
 David O. Crane - KS-Cyclopedia - 1912
Crane took up his vocation of printer, and in 1868 became associated with his father in the management of the Topeka cemetery until the spring of 1871, when he removed to Osage, Kan., where he resided until the death of his father in 1884.
Crane is an active member of Lincoln Circle, No. 1, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, and of Naomi Rebekah Lodge, No. 95, also of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Crane reside near the Topeka cemetery, in their beautiful modern home, which he recently built and which is often the scene of gracious hospitality.
skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/archives/1912/c3/crane_david_o.html   (2087 words)

  
 Crane Song
Crane Song LTD. Where do you start with a company like Crane Song LTD. David Hill has been a friend of Mercenary Audio's for over a decade.
David struck out on his own building some of what we've found to be the absolute finest in solid state equipment.
They must have been left behind by alien beings...nothing can do that much gain reduction without artifacts [unless you dial them in] with the possible exception of the GML 8900 (which to this day I've never heard but seen a difference in the meters so I know it must be doing something).
www.mercenary.com /cranesong.html   (443 words)

  
 Classic Gaming Expo - David Crane
David Crane is one of the most successful designers of entertainment software in the world.
Crane, a founder of Activision in 1979, has consistently produced superb products, as evidenced by his worldwide sales of over 10 million games and wholesale revenues near 200 million dollars.
Ghostbusters, Crane's 9th release for Activision was lauded by Ahoy!
www.cgexpo.com /bios/dcrane.htm   (631 words)

  
 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: The Mermaid with Diane Webber   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Crane pursues the mermaid for some time, finally gaining her trust by picking some sea flowers for her.
Crane comes to, and for the first time, his head is clear.
David Hedison filmed an extra stunt scene for continuity that was spliced into the stock footage.
www.david-hedison.com /articles/voy_mermaid.html   (1119 words)

  
 David Crane   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
David M. Crane was appointed a distinguished professor of practice at Syracuse University College of Law in the summer 2006.
With the rank of Undersecretary General, Professor Crane’s mandate was to prosecute those who bear the greatest responsibility for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other serious violations of international human rights committed during the civil war in Sierra Leone during the 1990’s.
Professor Crane was the first American since Justice Robert Jackson and Telford Taylor at Nuremberg, in 1945, to be the Chief Prosecutor of an international war crimes tribunal.
www.beloit.edu /~oie/campus_internat/crane.htm   (293 words)

  
 David Crane - Glory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
David plans to continue his art education at the Memphis College of Art.
David was moved to express an image that was close to his heart.
The medium of expression David chose to use is acrylic coated with glossy polyurethane.
www.colin.edu /finearts/david_crane.htm   (122 words)

  
 Advergame.com: David Crane Bio
A founder of Activision in 1979, Crane has consistently produced superb products, as evidenced by his worldwide sales of over 10 million games and wholesale revenues of nearly 200 million dollars.
Crane's Little Computer People was awarded the 1985 award for the most innovative program of the year by the Computer Entertainer.
In addition to a variety of custom development systems, Crane has designed two integrated circuits for video game use - The Display Processor Chip or DPC, which was awarded a patent for its unique video memory system, and a chip which offered the most innovative method of bank selecting in the industry.
www.advergame.com /about/davidcrane.asp   (429 words)

  
 The FBI: A Gathering of Sharks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Crane for a list of all of the people who have visited the home.
It is a common practice on some TV shows to use a reference the actor, such as a previous role, in the context of the episode.
David Hedison also later worked with Jessica Walter on Trapper John M.D., as well as Ford Rainey and Joe DiReda on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
www.david-hedison.com /articles/fbi_sharks.html   (805 words)

  
 Profile - David Crane
Crane started out in video games in 1978 writing games for Atari to run on their VCS.
Crane is also quick to acknowledge the designers of the film.
Crane denies that their will be a Pitfall III but judging from the way his eyes lit up when I put the idea forward I think we can expect to see the continuing adventures of Pitfall Harry continuing for at least one more game.
www.the-commodore-zone.com /articlelive/articles/9/1/Profile---David-Crane/Page1.html   (628 words)

  
 8/2/04 A crowd of dozens packed
Crane worked for Krisher, and it was in Sugar Magnolia's that he met his wife, Brenda.
Crane and his wife were married only three and a half years, but Krisher said the time they had together was extraordinary.
Musician Johnny Townsend said Crane remained strong and upbeat even as he battled the ravaging effects of the cancer.
sugarmagnoliascafe.com /David_crane.htm   (497 words)

  
 David Crane - Bio
Songwriter, singer, guitarist, and producer David Crane was born in Vancouver, B.C., and grew up in Santa Barbara.
David was an organic farmer during the day and over the years had done improv and comedy acting.
As a hyper kid David did a lot of stupid, dangerous and embarrassing things over the years, though he did have a lot of fun doing them.
www.sevensouth.com /recordshop/CraneDav/bio.php   (313 words)

  
 Games of David Crane - Digital Press Online
Most of the neighborhood youths were outside playing baseball or swimming, while indoors, in a dark room powered by an air-conditioner turned all the way up, my best friend Kevin and I – two social misfits – talked trash while reeling a five-point fish past a pesky shark.
Crane was one of the key designers with Activision from the time of its inception to its final days producing software for the system.
And as good as Pitfall was, Crane really outdid himself with Pitfall II in 1984, which is still an amazing game to witness on such limited hardware.
www.digitpress.com /reviews/crane.htm   (608 words)

  
 Crane & Co. Invitations, Stationery, Birth Announcements from Crane and Co.
Crane & Co. Invitations, Stationery, Birth Announcements from Crane and Co.
Holiday Greeting Cards by Crane and Co. - The 2006 Crane and Co. Holiday cards and invitations reflect the beautiful images and feelings associated with the holiday season.
We carry a wide variety of Crane and Co. merchandise in our retail store and we'll be glad to assist you in finding just the right Crane's invitation or Crane's announcement for your special occasion.
www.davidgregoryonline.com /Crane.html   (329 words)

  
 David Crane
David Crane was given the Ghostbusters project and as the lead programmer he went about designing the game.
Activision and David also made the clever decision at the time to use the speech software technology of Electronic Speech Systems Inc, the same company that did the unique speech for the game Impossible Mission (see Speech Box for more information).
The fact is David Crane created a very faithful adaptation of the original film and one of the better computer games of the time.
www.the-commodore-zone.com /articlelive/articles/7/4/David-Crane/Page4.html   (694 words)

  
 California Commission - David Crane
David Crane is Special Advisor to the Governor for Jobs and Economic Growth.
Before joining the Schwarzenegger administration, Crane worked at Babcock and Brown, a financial services firm he joined in 1979 when the company had four employees and one office.
A graduate of the University of Michigan and the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, Crane is a trustee of the San Francisco Day School and an advisory trustee of Environmental Defense, and was a member of Governor Schwarzenegger's transition team.
www.4cajobs.com /commission/honorary/davidcrane   (135 words)

  
 Magician Loch David Crane - Magician - San Diego, CA - , California
Crane also performs as MAGIC SANTA CLAUS during November and December; he grows a real beard and performs his Magic act in character with holiday patter and themes.
Loch David Crane has been an entertainer since the 1960s and for the last five summers he traveled and performed across Europe, donating over a dozen shows to troops and families aboard US bases.
Crane has donated shows to the Superbowl celebrations in San Diego 1988 and 1998, entertained athletes from the 1984 Olympic games, and in 1998 went to sea aboard the USS Kitty Hawk to Saw in Half the executive officer!
www.gigmasters.com /magic/MagicianLochDavidCrane   (685 words)

  
 David Crane, '79, co-creator of 'Friends', comments on why Brandeis alums are all over TV and films
David Crane, '79, co-creator of 'Friends', comments on why Brandeis alums are all over TV and films
Gary David Goldberg, the creator and producer of Spin City, Marta Kaufman and David Crane, the creators and producers of Friends, Marshall Herskovitz, one of the producers of Once and Again and a producer of the Academy award-winning film, Traffic, and Debra Messing, a star of Will and Grace - are all Brandeis University alumni.
Crane remembered not only writing plays at Brandeis, but producing, directing and starring in them.
my.brandeis.edu /profiles/one-profile?profile_id=78   (335 words)

  
 AGH Library -- David Crane
The path that led David Crane to Silicon Valley began in childhood.
"David was the kid who was always up in the attic fiddling with a chemistry experiment," says Activision's Levy.
As Crane remembers it, he was always a terrificly smart kid.
www.atarihq.com /othersec/library/dcrane.html   (5851 words)

  
 Gamasutra - Playing Catch-Up: 'A Boy And His Job: Activision's David Crane'
Crane was part of a group of four Atari programmers who, with the help of music industry executive Jim Levy, left the then-dominant global force in 1979 to form Activision.
At Atari, Crane and his peers were often left uncredited in the games they designed and coded, but at Activision, the games took on a more novel approach - in both senses of the word.
Among the titles Crane had a hand in at Absolute were Super Skateboardin', a number of early games based around the Simpsons license, and two of his own creations: A Boy and his Blob and David Crane's Amazing Tennis.
www.gamasutra.com /php-bin/news_index.php?story=7412   (1565 words)

  
 Alumni Success Stories: Vicky and David Crane
Above, UW-Eau Claire alumni Vicky and David Crane recently led their 19th humanitarian and educational trip to Cochabamba, Bolivia.
UW-Eau Claire alumni Dr. David and Vicky Crane recently returned from leading their 19th annual humanitarian and educational expedition to Cochabamba, Bolivia.
(David completed his pre-dental studies at UW-Eau Claire in 1963 and completed dental school at the University of Minnesota.
www.uwec.edu /alumni/crane.htm   (319 words)

  
 David Crane (programmer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Crane as he appeared in an Activision catalog in 1982.
David Crane (born in Nappanee, Indiana) is a successful video game designer and programmer.
After meeting up with Alan Miller in a tennis game, Alan Miller had a plan to leave and found a company that would give game designers more recognition.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Crane_(programmer)   (221 words)

  
 Good Deal Games - Classic Videogame Games INTERVIEW - David Crane
David Crane is one of the most talented and successful software and hardware designers of all time!
But the quote you mention has been referred to as "Crane's Law", and I firmly believe it.
Good Deal Games salutes David Crane for his many contributions to gaming.
www.gooddealgames.com /interviews/int_David_Crane.html   (2468 words)

  
 David Crane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
David Crane (comic strip), created by Win Mortimer.
David Crane (talent agent), job-finder, talent coach for TV news talent.
This human name article is a disambiguation page – a list of pages that might otherwise share the same title, which is a person's or persons' name.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Crane   (147 words)

  
 The Dr.Niles Crane Page (David Hyde Pierce)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
David Hyde Pierce better known for his role as Niles Crane in Frasier is admired and loved by many.
A contact address will also be include for those of you who have always wanted to write to him but didn't know where to look.
An associate of the Frasier casting director came across his photo and suggested to the producers that if they were ever thinking of giving Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) a brother, they should consider David, because he's a dead ringer for the younger Kelsey Grammer.
lavender.fortunecity.com /brasco/328/nilescranepage.html   (606 words)

  
 G4 - Feature - David Crane, Videogame Pioneer
David Crane's career started at National Semiconductor, where he worked as a chip designer.
Crane took the position even though he had more schooling as a hardware and software designer.
But Crane took the position to broaden his experience in analogy circuitry.
www.g4tv.com /screensavers/features/3012/David_Crane_Videogame_Pioneer_pg2.html   (179 words)

  
 David Crane (I)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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Find where David Crane is credited alongside another name
www.imdb.com /name/nm0186331   (226 words)

  
 David Crane
High were surprised at how different I was, one friend said, “Crane, you are different, you got Religion.” I was acting a lot different, I was no longer cussing and I enjoyed being involved in Bible Studies at school during lunch breaks.
Back when I was still in High School a friend, Brett, asked me, “David, are you saved?” I answered, “Well, I was blessed as a baby, I’ve been baptized, I had my Patriarchal Blessing....
I’m a Deacon!” Brett again asked me, “David are you saved?” I told him, “Well, I’ll know for sure when I breathe my last breath.” “David, you are Not saved!” he replied.
www.help4rlds.com /david_crane.htm   (2481 words)

  
 David Crane - playwright   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
To search for published plays by David Crane click on one of the bookstore links above.
You will be shown all Plays in print by David Crane.
Set in the 1930s, EPIC PROPORTIONS tells the story of two brothers, Benny and Phil, who go to the Arizona desert to be extras in the huge Biblical epic Exeunt Omnes.
www.doollee.com /PlaywrightsC/CraneDavid.htm   (212 words)

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