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Video game designer and programmer
Bruce Eugene Carver
(May 4, 1948 ? December 28, 2005) was a co-founder of Access Software (later renamed
Indie Built
) in 1982. It began by producing titles for 8-bit computers, including
Beach-Head
,
Beach Head II: The Dictator Strikes Back
,
Raid over Moscow
and many others.
Career
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A mechanical engineer, Carver began programming as a hobby after purchasing a
Commodore 64
in early 1982, and founded
Access Software
.
[1]
After Carver published
Beach Head
and
Raid over Moscow
,
Compute!
in 1985 called him one of "the world's best computer game designers" and a peer of
Chris Crawford
,
Bill Budge
, and
Dan Bunten
.
[2]
With his brother Roger, he created the influential
Links
golf game
series, beginning with
Leader Board
and
World Class Leader Board
. The Links games defined golf video games and simulations. In 1997,
PC Gamer
named him one of the "Gods of Gaming".
[3]
Access was sold to
Microsoft
in 1999 and, as a result, several people were let go. Carver paid generous
golden parachutes
to several of these people out of his own pocket. He continued to work on games until 2003 when he left to create a construction company, Carver Homes, and collaborate with other former Access employees in the golf simulator company TruGolf. Carver was most active with his construction company, which built luxury houses to order.
[3]
The homes were often outfitted with the TruGolf system.
Family and death
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On December 28, 2005, Carver died of
cancer
.
[3]
His
funeral
was held in
Salt Lake City
,
Utah
.
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