Martin Alper

Martin Alper
Born1942
DiedJune 7, 2015
Known forVideo games
Spouse
Jamie Jensen
(m. 2001)
Children2

Martin Alper (1942 June 7, 2015) was a video game designer and the former President of Virgin Interactive, once one of the largest companies in the field. Alper was a co-founder of Mastertronic, which went on to become Virgin Interactive following its acquisition by Richard Branson. He was involved with the development of Command & Conquer at Westwood Studios and Shiny Entertainment who developed The Matrix and Earthworm Jim. He was also the person who approached Westwood Studios co-founder Brett Sperry about creating Dune II. In an interview he also explained how he fired Rob Landeros and Graeme Devine so they could set-up their own company Trilobyte during the development of The 7th Guest.

Alper also provided the voice acting for EVA in the original Command & Conquer: Red Alert.