Difference between revisions of "Rick Hicaro"
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'''''Rick Hicaro''''' is a game designer who worked for [[Marvin Glass and Associates]]. While working there, he composed the music for a couple arcade games they developed. | '''''Rick Hicaro''''' is a game designer who worked for [[Marvin Glass and Associates]]. While working there, he composed the music for a couple arcade games they developed. | ||
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Rick said this about composing the soundtrack to Tapper: | Rick said this about composing the soundtrack to Tapper: | ||
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| − | |We used a Synclavier II music synthesizer as the input device that I used to create the sounds and music for the video game. It ran off a custom 16-bit computer. Rich Ditton created the software that allowed that computer to create the sound software for the Bally/Midway Z80 game system. It was quite incredible. Took him a weekend to program the system. It allowed me to use the Synclavier's complex sound and music functions (waveforms, envelopes, attack & decay, and more), and port them to the Z80 game system's game software. He was brilliant. He was married to Elaine at the time. The two of them left MGA to create their own video game company, Incredible Technologies in 1985.}} | + | |We used a Synclavier II music synthesizer as the input device that I used to create the sounds and music for the video game. It ran off a custom 16-bit computer. [[Richard Ditton|Rich Ditton]] created the software that allowed that computer to create the sound software for the Bally/Midway Z80 game system. It was quite incredible. Took him a weekend to program the system. It allowed me to use the Synclavier's complex sound and music functions (waveforms, envelopes, attack & decay, and more), and port them to the Z80 game system's game software. He was brilliant. He was married to Elaine at the time. The two of them left MGA to create their own video game company, Incredible Technologies in 1985.}} |
Rick also stated that for the game's variant, Root Beer Tapper, some of the songs have been changed, and said that either [[Elaine Hodgson]] or [[Steve Meyer]] may have worked on said music. | Rick also stated that for the game's variant, Root Beer Tapper, some of the songs have been changed, and said that either [[Elaine Hodgson]] or [[Steve Meyer]] may have worked on said music. | ||
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Rick Hicaro is a game designer who worked for Marvin Glass and Associates. While working there, he composed the music for a couple arcade games they developed.
Audio Development
Rick said this about composing the soundtrack to Tapper:
Rick also stated that for the game's variant, Root Beer Tapper, some of the songs have been changed, and said that either Elaine Hodgson or Steve Meyer may have worked on said music.
Gameography
| Released | Title | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| 1983-??-?? | Tapper (ARC) | |
| 1984-??-?? | Root Beer Tapper (ARC) |
Links
- facebook.com/rick.hicaro - Facebook.
- linkedin.com/in/rhicaro - LinkedIn.
- twitter.com/rhicaro - Twitter.
