| John W. Ratcliff |
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GAME DEVELOPMENT Ratcliff's began his career as a software developer writing educational software as well as computer programs supporting cardiovascular research at the St. Louis University Hospital. He took a job with Electronic Arts in the 80's, and created the first 256 color VGA game 688 Attack Sub . Several years later, he followed up with a sequel entitled SSN-21 Seawolf , again to critical acclaim, and in 1997 released the game Scarab . Ratcliff's most recent title was as lead engine programmer for (1995). Ratcliff continues to be an active member of the game development community and has been a contributing author to such magazines as Dr. Dobb's Journal . Currently, he works for Ageia Technologies , where his role is to provide Open Source tools and technology to facilitate the integration of physics into games. |
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