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John Harris (software developer)

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John D. Harris is a well-known computer programmer, hacker, and author of some classical 1980s Atari computer games.

He is featured in Steven Levy's book Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution as one of the young computer hackers working at Sierra On-Line.

Works

Atari 8-bit

Jawbreaker, Sierra On-Line, 1981
Frogger, Sierra On-Line, 1982
Mousekattack
Maneuvering
Bankster
MAE

Atari 2600

Jawbreaker, Tiger Vision

AmigaDE

Gobbler
Solitaire

Employment

Pulsar Interactive Corp., 1997–2003
Tachyon Studios, Inc.
Atari
Synapse
Sierra On-Line

References

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