Bob Bishop
Robert James "Bob" Bishop is an American software developer .
In 1977 he wrote the first four computer games for the Apple II home computer :
- ROCKET PILOT,
- STARWARS,
- SAUCER INVASION and
- SPACE MAZE
Some of the demo programs that were astonishing at the time, such as APPLE-VISION (a figure dances to a melody) came from him; he also used the tape recorder interface of the Apple II to output speech (APPLE-TALKER) and even to recognize speech (APPLE -LISTENER), for which this was certainly not intended.
His game DUNG BEETLES became known, later also published as TUMBLE BUGS.
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| SURNAME | Bishop, Bob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bishop, Robert James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American software developer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |