| Kenneth Allen |
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Ken Allen is an American former video game developer. In April 1989, he joined Sierra Entertainment as a music composer and sound effects designer. There, he wrote the first "mixed-mode" CD-ROM audio for a game with Mixed Up Mother Goose, which he said had never been achieved before in a game. In October 1991, he left Sierra to work for Tsunami Media. There, he had multiple roles including game designer, producer, and audio director. In April 1993, he went freelance as a composer and worked on many different games for various clients. A year later, he started working for Interplay Productions as a producer, primarily on their Star Trek line of games. At the start of 1998, he started working as a producer for Realtime Associates, but left at the end of the year for a job closer to home, and only worked on a single game by the company. In February 1998, he was a producer for Electronic Arts where he worked on the game Nox, as well as localizing the game in several different languages. In May 2000, Allen started working at Midway Games as a Senior Producer. He started out in their coin-op titles, but later started working on their home console games. In February 2002, he joined Atari as a Senior Game Producer and three years later, he became an Executive Producer. While at Atari, he contributed several designs and ideas that strengthened the company. He left Atari in February 2006 and started working for T*HQ in October that same year as a Senior Game Producer. In June 2008, he left T*HQ and started working for Trion Worlds where he held many positions. Over the past decade, Ken has worked for various game development studios, primarily as a producer. These include IGT, Shuffle Master, Petroglyph Games, Konami, and even worked composed music to SpaceVenture.
Today, Ken Allen resides in Las Vegas, Nevada, and works for The New York Times as a Program Manager, among various other roles, which he has held since February 2001.
Audio Development
32X
On Star Trek Starfleet Academy, Ken either used or had his music converted to Brian Schmidt's Genesis sound driver by Schmidt himself.
SNES
On WarpSpeed, Ken used the Accolade sound driver, possibly by Russell Borogove.
On Star Trek Starfleet Academy, he used the SNES Music and Sound Generator sound driver from Visual Concepts programmed by Jason Andersen and John Schappert.
Gameography
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Title
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Sample
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| 1987-??-??
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Space Quest: Chapter I - The Sarien Encounter (AMI)
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| 1988-??-??
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Mixed-Up Mother Goose (AMI)
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Music Arrangements, Sound Effects
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| 1989-11-??
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The Colonel's Bequest: A Laura Bow Mystery (DOS)
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| 1990-??-??
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Fire Hawk: Thexder - The Second Contact (DOS)
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Music / Sound Programming with Rob Atesalp.
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| 1990-??-??
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The Colonel's Bequest: A Laura Bow Mystery (AMI)
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| 1990-??-??
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The Colonel's Bequest: A Laura Bow Mystery (AST)
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| 1990-??-??
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King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder (DOS)
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With Mark Seibert.
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| 1990-??-??
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Mixed-Up Mother Goose VGA (DOS)
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Various audio roles.
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| 1990-??-??
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Oil's Well (DOS)
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| 1990-??-??
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Roberta Williams' King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown (DOS)
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| 1991-??-??
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Castle of Dr. Brain (DOS)
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With Robert Atesalp, Christopher Braymen, Orpheus Hanley, and Mark Seibert.
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| 1991-??-??
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Castle of Dr. Brain (MAC)
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With Mark Seibert, Christopher Braymen, Robert Atesalp, and Orpheus Hanley.
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| 1991-??-??
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King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder (MAC)
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With Mark Seibert.
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| 1991-??-??
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The Legend of Robin Hood: Conquests of the Longbow (DOS)
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With Christopher Braymen, Orpheus Hanley, and Aubrey Hodges.
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| 1991-??-??
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Space Quest I: Roger Wilco in The Sarien Encounter (DOS)
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| 1991-??-??
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Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers (AMI)
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Music/Sound Programming with Rob Atesalp and Mark Seibert.
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| 1991-??-??
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Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers (DOS)
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Music/Sound Programming with Rob Atesalp and Mark Seibert.
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| 1992-01-01
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Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch (DOS)
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| 1992-06-??
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King's Quest V (NES)
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Arranged by Peter Gosztola.
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| 1992-12-12
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WarpSpeed (SNES)
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With Russell Borogove.
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| 1992-??-??
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Castle of Dr. Brain (AMI)
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With Mark Seibert.
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| 1992-??-??
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Jones in the Fast Lane (DOS)
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| 1992-??-??
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King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder (AMI)
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With Mark Seibert.
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| 1992-??-??
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Les Manley in: Lost in L.A. (DOS)
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With Russell Lieblich and Russell Shiffer.
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| 1992-??-??
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Road & Track Presents Grand Prix Unlimited (DOS)
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With Rob Wallace and Russell Shiffer.
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| 1992-??-??
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Wacky Funsters! The Geekwad's Guide to Gaming (DOS)
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| 1993-06-??
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Protostar: War on the Frontier (DOS)
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| 1993-??-??
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Blue Force (DOS)
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| 1993-??-??
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The Geekwad: Games of the Galaxy (DOS)
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Sampled Sound Effects
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| 1993-??-??
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Take a Break! Pinball (W16)
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With Don Latarski, Craig Safan, and Mark Seibert.
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| 1993-??-??
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WarpSpeed (GEN)
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| 1994-11-??
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Return to Ringworld (DOS)
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| 1994-12-??
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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Starship Bridge Simulator (SNES)
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| 1994-??-??
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Descent (DOS)
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With Brian Luzietti, Larry Peacock, Leslie Spitzer, Jim Torres, and Tim Wiles.
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| 1994-??-??
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Man Enough (DOS)
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| 1995-01-??
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C2 - Clay Fighter 2: Judgment Clay (SNES)
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With Gregory Allen.
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| 1995-??-??
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Star Trek Starfleet Academy: Starship Bridge Simulator (32X)
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Arranged by Brian Schmidt?
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| 2001-07-07
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King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown VGA (W32)
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| 2015-11-09
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Cluck Yegger in Escape From The Planet of The Poultroid (W64)
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Intro & Duck Theme
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| 2022-09-16
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SpaceVenture (W64)
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