Warren Robinett
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| Born | Joseph Warren Robinett Jr. December 25, 1951 Springfield, Missouri, US |
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| Occupation | Interactive computer graphics software designer |
| Known for | Adventure (Atari 2600) Rocky's Boots (Apple II) |
Joseph Warren Robinett Jr. (born December 25, 1951) is an American video game designer. He is most notable as the developer of the Atari 2600's Adventure and as a founder of The Learning Company, where he designed Rocky's Boots and Robot Odyssey. More recently he has worked on virtual reality projects.
Robinett graduated in 1974 with a B.A. from Rice University, with a major in "Computer Applications to Language and Art". After graduating from Rice University, he was a Fortran programmer for Western Geophysical in Houston, Texas. He received an M.S. from University of California, Berkeley in 1976, and went to work at Atari, Inc. in November 1977.