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David Joiner

b. 1958

American game programmer (born 1958)

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About David Joiner

Born 1958. David Joiner is a software engineer, video game designer and video game programmer, known for Inherit the Earth and The Faery Tale Adventure.

Career as programmer Joiner learned assembler, Fortran, and COBOL programming between 1976 and 1980 at the Strategic Air Command headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska. In his spare time, he coded a space war game on terminals. At the location, he also became familiar with coding on the PET and Apple II. After leaving the military, he joined Datasoft as a programmer programmer. He then became part of IntelliCreations, and then Mindscape, then began working on the Amiga 1000 and with MicroIllusions, which started out from a computer store in San Fernando Valley.

Joiner then began working on The Faery Tale Adventure, which took him seven months. MicroIllusions published it in 1986. Joiner appeared on television of the Computer Chronicles to demonstrate Music-X. He later published under Sylvan Technical Arts. He worked a year on The Sims 2, then left EA. More recently, he worked on the user interface of Google+.

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Important facts

Born
1958
Birth century
Occupation
Software engineer, Video game designer, Video game programmer
Known for
Inherit the Earth, The Faery Tale Adventure
Employers
Electronic Arts, Google, MicroIllusions, The Dreamers Guild

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped David Joiner's

Frequently asked questions

Who is David Joiner?

American game programmer (born 1958)

When was David Joiner born?

David Joiner was born in 1958.

What is David Joiner's occupation?

David Joiner is a software engineer, video game designer and video game programmer.

What is David Joiner known for?

David Joiner is known for Inherit the Earth and The Faery Tale Adventure.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: David Joiner

· Wikidata: Q42211919

· DBpedia: David Joiner

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