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Ed Logg

George Edward Logg
Ed Logg at California Extreme 2015
Ed Logg at California Extreme 2015.
Born 1948 (age 68–69)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Nationality American
Occupation Retired video game designer
Known for co-creating Asteroids, Centipede, Gauntlet

George Edward Logg (born 1948 in Seattle) is a retired American arcade video game designer, first employed at Atari and later at Atari Games. He currently resides in Los Altos, California.

Logg was impressed with the Atari 2600 (then known as "Atari Video Computer System") and joined Atari's coin-op division and worked on Dirt Bike, which was never released due to an unsuccessful field test. He developed Super Breakout after hearing that Nolan Bushnell, co-founder of Atari, wanted Breakout updated. He co-developed the video game Asteroids with Lyle Rains. Other games designed or co-designed by Logg include Centipede, Millipede, the Gauntlet series (with inspiration from John Palevich's Dandy), Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey and the home versions of the San Francisco Rush series.

In 2012, Logg was awarded a Pioneer Award by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences for being among those who "laid the foundations of the multi-billion dollar videogame industry." Logg was listed at number 43 in IGN's top 100 game creators of all time.


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