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Latest revision as of 02:08, 30 July 2020

Steve Hales
Steve Hales - 03.jpg
Born Unknown
Birth Place Unknown
Nationality American   USA.svg
Website www.igorlabs.com

Steve Hales' first computer experience occurred when he was in high school, a Nova 210 minicomputer manufactured by Data General. Later he worked on a TRS-80 until he bought an Apple II in 1978. He taught himself 6502 assembly by experimenting with other people's code and in 1981 he got his first programming job with the company Starpath creating games for the Atari 2600. Later, Hales left Starpath and got hired at a company called Synapse (nothing but an out-of-apartment company at the time) where his old high school friend worked.

In 1983, Synapse invested a lot of money into business software for the Atari 800 computer. Just then, Atari posted a billion dollar loss and the ownership of Atari went from Warner to Jack Tramiel who kept the software, but refused to pay. Synapse had to sell to Brøderbund in hopes of remaining afloat long enough to get their money from the new Atari, but Brøderbund decided to dump Synapse anyway.

He wrote games for Arcadia Corporation and, in 1987, he ported games for Epyx. In 1988 he started porting Lucasfilm Games software onto the Amiga and Atari ST platforms. In 1989 he began work for Maxis and helped with sound, music, and audio drivers until around 1995. His last known credits are for the Macintosh sound drivers used by Dynamix in 1995-96.

Gameography

Released Title Sample Notes
1988-??-?? California Games (AMI)
1988-??-?? Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (AMI) Sound Driver
1989-01-01 SimCity (AMI) With Will Wright.
1989-??-?? SimCity (DOS) With Will Wright.
1989-??-?? SimCity (MAC) With Will Wright.
1989-??-?? Maniac Mansion (AMI) Sound Driver
1990-09-07 SimCity (PC98)
1990-??-?? SimCity Graphics Set 1: Ancient Cities (DOS) With Will Wright.
1990-??-?? SimEarth: The Living Planet (DOS)
1991-??-?? RoboSport (W16)
1991-??-?? SimAnt (DOS) With Matt Berardo, Chris Schardt, and Jack Thorton.
1991-??-?? SimAnt (MAC) With Jim Nitchals, Matt Berardo, Chris Schardt, and Jack Thorton..
1991-??-?? SimAnt (W16)
With Matt Berardo, Chris Schardt, and Jack Thorton.
1992-??-?? Prince of Persia (MAC) Sound programming with Jim Nitchals.
1992-??-?? SimAnt (AMI) With Matt Berardo, Chris Schardt, and Jack Thorton.
1992-??-?? SimEarth: The Living Planet (AMI)
1992-??-?? SimLife (DOS)
1992-??-?? SimLife (W16)
1993-10-?? Sports Illustrated: Championship Football & Baseball (GB)
1994-??-?? SimCity Classic (W16) Sound Effects
1994-??-?? Wolfenstein 3D (MAC)
Sound Driver with Jim Nitchals.
1995-??-?? Descent (MAC) Quality Assurance: Audio Technology with Jim Nitchals.
1995-??-?? Prince of Persia CD Collection (MAC) Macintosh Version: Sound programming with Jim Nitchals.
1995-??-?? The Incredible Machine 3 (MAC) Macintosh Music Driver
1995-??-?? Zoop (MAC) Macintosh Sound & Music Drivers with Jim Nitchals.
1996-09-23 3-D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night (W16) Macintosh Sound Driver
1996-??-?? 3-D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night (MAC) Sound and Music Driver
1996-??-?? Out of the World (MAC) Sound and music drivers with Jim Nitchals.
1996-??-?? Blackthorne (MAC) Sound & Music System
1996-??-?? TriTryst (MAC) The Cinematronics Team: Sound & Music Drivers with Jim Nitchals.
1999-??-?? 3-D Ultra Pinball: Power! (W16) Macintosh Sound Driver
2010-05-28 Prince of Persia (IOS) Sound programming with Jim Nitchals.

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