Steve Hales

Steve Hales is an American game programmer who became famous in the 1980s for the games Fort Apocalypse and Mindwheel . These games were programmed for the home computers Commodore 64 and Atari 800 . In 1984 Hales and Cathryn Mataga (then still William Mataga) developed the BTZ ("Better Than Zork ") engine , with the help of which the text adventures Mindwheel , Essex , Brimstone and Breakers were developed. In 1991 he started the company Igor's Software Laboratories, which deals with programming sounds.

Ludography (excerpt)

year	title	activity
1982	Fort Apocalypse	Design, Atari programming, Atari graphics, Atari sound
1982	Suicide Mission	programming
1984	Mindwheel	Engine programming
1984	Dimension X	Design, programming, graphics, sound
1985	Brimstone	Engine programming
1985	Essex	Engine programming
1986	Breakers	Engine programming
1987	Maniac Mansion	Amiga and Atari ST programming
1987	California Games	Amiga sound and music
1988	Zak McKracken	Amiga and Atari ST programming
1992	SimLife	Sound programming

Web links

• Igor's Software Laboratories Homepage
• Interview with Steve Hales
• Steve Hales at MobyGames (English)