American video game designer
Brent Erickson is an American computer and video game developer.
Career
Erickson has been programming computer games since he was 12.[ 1] At the age of 13 he produced/published a text-based adventure game called "Trek For Riches"[ 1] for the TRS-80 .[ 2]
In 1992, he founded Flashpoint Productions [ 1] which was sold to Bethesda Softworks in 1995.[ 3] [ 4]
Erickson has been credited in over 50 software titles including such products as Martian Memorandum , Mean Streets , and the extremely popular golf simulation program, Links .[ 5]
Personal life
He lived in Steilacoom as a child before his family moved to Salt Lake City .[ 1]
He attended the University of Utah for four years, but never graduated.[ 1]
Credits
References
^ a b c d e Andriesen, David (March 15, 1998). "Gaming guru finds home for company in Olympia" . The Olympian . p. 68. Archived from the original on July 31, 2022. Retrieved October 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ a b Böke, Ingmar (October 14, 2015). "Brent Erickson Noctropolis Interview" . adventuregamers.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2022 .
^ McNamara, Marie (September 7, 1998). "Managing to be creative in the business of fun" . Business Examiner . Archived from the original on June 8, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2022 .
^ "Bethesda Softworks XCAR Bios" . xcar.bethsoft.com . Archived from the original on October 27, 2001. Retrieved October 29, 2022 .
^ "Bethesda Softworks People" . bethsoft.com. Archived from the original on June 5, 1997. Retrieved January 15, 2022 .
^ Brady, Scott (November 12, 1998). "Noctropolis Interview with Shaun Mitchell" . noctrop.tripod.com. Archived from the original on March 2, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2022 .
^ "XCar: Experimental Racing is a Sim Dream!" . xcar.bethsoft.com . June 16, 1997. Archived from the original on April 25, 2001. Retrieved October 8, 2022 .
^ "Erickson Interview" . shra.com . September 22, 1998. Archived from the original on July 9, 2000. Retrieved October 19, 2022 .
^ "Previews" . shra.com . Archived from the original on May 29, 2000. Retrieved October 19, 2022 .
^ "Special Issue-NIRA Revealed!" . shra.com . May 24, 1999. Archived from the original on May 8, 1999. Retrieved October 19, 2022 .
^ Husted, Scott. "Skip Barber Interview with Brent Erickson - Lead Designer" . powersims.com . Archived from the original on February 1, 2001. Retrieved October 8, 2022 .