Brian Moriarty
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Brian Moriarty stands beside Infocom's DECSYSTEM-20 mainframe (1984)
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| Born | 1956 (age 67–68) |
| Occupation | Video game designer |
| Known for | Loom, Wishbringer, Trinity |
Brian Moriarty (born 1956) is an American video game developer who authored two of the original Infocom interactive fiction titles, Wishbringer (1985) and Trinity (1986), as well as Loom (1987) for LucasArts.[1]
Prior to joining Infocom, Moriarty was a Technical Editor for the Atari 8-bit computer magazine ANALOG Computing.[2] He wrote two text adventures for ANALOG: Adventure in the 5th Dimension (1983) and Crash Dive! (1984). He also worked on Tachyon (1985), an adaptation of Atari's Quantum arcade game, which was previewed but never published.[2]
His first graphic adventure game was Loom, published in 1990 by Lucasfilm Games.[2] After that, he worked on two sequels, Forge and The Fold, which were never released. The next adventure game he made was The Dig (1994), a game based on an idea from Steven Spielberg.
On occasion, Moriarty delivers public lectures,[3] one of which has been turned into an amateur dramatic production.[4]
Contents
Games
ANALOG Computing
- Adventure in the 5th Dimension (1983)
- Crash Dive! (1984)
- Tachyon (1985, unpublished)
Infocom
- Wishbringer[5] (1985)
- Trinity (1986)
- Beyond Zork (1987)
- Timesink (unpublished)
Lucasfilm Games / LucasArts Entertainment
Rocket Science Games
- Loadstar: The Legend Of Tully Bodine (1994) - Credited for "interactive design."
Other software
- The Black Rabbit (1982, Atari 8-bit)[6] - single-drive disk duplicator
- Snail (1983, Atari 8-bit)[7] - disk drive RPM checker
- mUSE: A BASIC Memory Monitor (1983, Atari 8-bit)[8] - programming utility
References
- ↑ Brian Moriarty's profile at MobyGames
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Brian Moriarty interview from Halcyon Days
- ↑ Brian Moriarty lectures and presentations
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External links
- A biography of Moriarty from infocom-if.org
- Brian Moriarty: Lectures & Presentations
- Brian Moriarty interview at Aventura y CÍA, March 2006
- Brian Moriarty interview at Aventura y CÍA, March 2006 (Spanish)
- Brian Moriarty at La Isla del Mono (Spanish)
- Brian Moriarty's Home Page
- Brian Moriarty on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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