A video game industry veteran with intimate involvement in over 50 published, video game titles over the past 25 years in the Arcade, Console and Mobile. Before founding SHFF Mark was Sr. VP of Product Development at Atari/Midway Games from 1993 to 2000 where he profitably managed a product development staff of over 120 people and oversaw the development of both hit arcade and console products including San Francisco Rush, Area 51 and the rebirth of the Gauntlet franchise. Prior to this, at Atari Games (the REAL Atari), he was lead artist, designer and team leader on many original arcade hits including Road Blasters, Pitfighter, Road Riot 4WD and Klax. He was cofounder of Macromedia (purchased by Adobe) and one of the 3 original designers of VideoWorks (now known as Director). His two original Mac games, Dark Castle and Beyond Dark Castle, were much loved and played Apple Macintosh-hits. |