Joe Ybarra
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Joseph Ybarra (born ~1954) is a producer and designer of video games.
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Professional biography
Joe Ybarra worked at Apple Computer before leaving in 1982 to work at Electronic Arts, a startup company founded by his fellow ex-Apple employee, Trip Hawkins.[1][2] There he became one of the original game producers and game designers at Electronic Arts[3] in 1982 (along with Stewart Bonn, Dave Evans (Apple), Susan Lee-Merrow and Pat Marriott), where the concept of a game producer was created by Trip Hawkins. During this time he produced several highly acclaimed computer games, including M.U.L.E.[3] by Dani Bunten and Ozark Softscape, Seven Cities of Gold (also by Bunten), Starflight[3] and Dr. J. and Larry Bird Go One on One by Eric Hammond. Ybarra was also the original producer on the first version of Madden NFL.[4]
He later became president of game publisher Infocom[5][6] and produced MMORPGs for Sierra Online and Monolith Productions.[7]
He had been working with Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment and its subsidiary FireSky on the Stargate Worlds MMO as Senior Vice President of Strategic Operations.[3][8] However, Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment filed for bankruptcy on February 12, 2010[9] and no longer sells or operates Stargate: Resistance.[10]
Currently, Joe Ybarra also teaches classes on video game production at Collins College in Phoenix, Arizona.[citation needed]
On March 11, 2013 Joe Ybarra announced a new kickstart project for a simulation game called Shackleton Crater billed as "is the lunar colonization strategy game based on today's science and tomorrow's dream." [11]
Video games produced or designed by Joe Ybarra
- Alien Legacy
- Earth Orbit Stations
- M.U.L.E.
- John Madden Football
- Dr. J. and Larry Bird Go One on One
- Shadowbane[12]
- Spellcraft: Aspects of Valor
- Starflight
- Stargate Worlds
- The Bard's Tale
- The Matrix Online[7][13]
- Seven Cities of Gold
- The Shadow of Yserbius
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