About Tim Stryker
Lived 1954 – 1996 (aged 41). Tim Stryker was an engineer and computer programmer, known for Fazuul, Flash Attack and Kyrandia (Major BBS).
Timothy J. Stryker, better known as Tim Stryker or Stryker (9 December 1954 – 6 August 1996) was a computer programmer who created MajorBBS, a computer bulletin board software package. With Ken Wasserman he wrote the 1980 game Flash Attack for the Commodore PET, then he created the color vector arcade video game Aztarac for Centuri.
Education Stryker graduated from Northfield Mount Hermon School in 1972, and received his bachelor's degree in physics from Brown University in 1977.
Game development Stryker and Ken Wasserman wrote the real-time strategy game Flash Attack (1980) for the Commodore PET personal computer. It is written in a custom Forth-derived programming language called RPL.
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Who was Tim Stryker?
American computer programmer (1954–1996)
When was Tim Stryker born?
Tim Stryker was born on 9 December 1954.
When did Tim Stryker die?
Tim Stryker died on 6 August 1996 in Colorado.
What was Tim Stryker's occupation?
Tim Stryker was an engineer and computer programmer.
What was Tim Stryker known for?
Tim Stryker was known for Fazuul, Flash Attack, Kyrandia (Major BBS), MajorBBS and Scott Brinker.
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