• Source: Cathryn Mataga

    • Cathryn Mataga (born William Mataga) is a game programmer and founder of independent video game company Junglevision. Under the name William, she wrote Atari 8-bit computer games for Synapse Software in the early to mid 1980s, including Shamus, a flip-screen shooter.


    Career


    Mataga designed the game Shamus in 1982, credited under the name William for the Atari 8-bit computers. Much of the game's appeal was said to come from Mataga's sense of humor, such as creating a "grand rendition" of the Alfred Hitchcock theme song in the game's introduction. Mataga followed it with a sequel Shamus: Case II and scrolling shooter Zeppelin.
    Steve Hales of Synapse Software, in an interview for the book Halcyon Days, states that he and Mataga convinced company founder Ihor Wolosenko to get the company into interactive fiction.
    Mataga developed an interactive fiction programming language known as BtZ (Better than Zork) for Broderbund, in the early 1980s. Mataga worked with Hales and poet Robert Pinsky on the interactive fiction game Mindwheel (1984).
    Mataga was one of the programmers working at Stormfront Studios on the original Neverwinter Nights MMORPG. Don Daglow credits Mataga as one of the programmers who proved Daglow's assertion that he could make Neverwinter Nights a success.


    Games


    Shamus (1982), Synapse Software
    Shamus: Case II (1983), Synapse Software
    Zeppelin (1983), Synapse Software
    Mindwheel (1984), Broderbund Software
    Essex (1985), Broderbund
    Brimstone (1985), Broderbund
    Breakers (1986), Broderbund
    Neverwinter Nights (1991), Strategic Simulations
    Gateway to the Savage Frontier (1991), Strategic Simulations
    Treasures of the Savage Frontier (1992), Strategic Simulations
    Stronghold (1993), Strategic Simulations
    Dark Sun Online: Crimson Sands (1996), Strategic Simulations
    Rampage 2: Universal Tour (1999), Midway Games
    X-Men: Reign of Apocalypse (2001), Activision
    Spyro: Season of Ice (2001), Universal Interactive
    Rayman (2001), Ubi Soft
    Dragon's Lair (2001), Capcom
    Grand Theft Auto Advance (2004), Rockstar Games
    Spider-Man 2 (2004), Activision
    Rayman: 10th Anniversary (2005), Ubisoft


    References




    External links


    Jungle Vision
    Cathryn Mataga profile on MobyGames

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