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Atari's Mike Jang

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Re: Atari's Mike Jang

#11
I never played any of the arcade games he designed, but the photos of them making nice physical objects for people to enjoy are inspiring.

Stuff like this always tempts me into thinking about picking up making furniture or something, but man the space and equipment requirements don't seem workable without moving to a way bigger house.

Re: Atari's Mike Jang

#12
I had never heard his name until today. But boy, I just read a bit about him and visited his Facebook page. Such a talented individual!

Re: Atari's Mike Jang

#13

The design of the Star Wars cabinet stands out as the single most immersive game experience in my life. It fired my imagination. I was always bad at that game but while playingit I was a Starship Pilot! But I could clock Missile Command so I learned to play it with my feet sitting on a stool. It's not sad news for me that Mike has died, we all do, and seemed to have lived a full life. Thanks for giving some insight i…

> It fired my imagination. I was always bad at that game but while playingit I was a Starship Pilot!

"Greetings, Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada."

Yeah, he designed THAT cabinet too.

Re: Atari's Mike Jang

#15
Oh man. The picture of that Starship-1 cabinet took me back to 1979? 1980? at the amazing arcade at the Forum 303 Mall. I didn't know Mike Jang and just assumed that each cabinet was designed by whichever team members they could scrounge up at the time. In retrospect, it seems the Atari Coin-op "style" existed because of Mike's consistent, cohesive team. He will be sorely missed.

Re: Atari's Mike Jang

#16

The design of the Star Wars cabinet stands out as the single most immersive game experience in my life. It fired my imagination. I was always bad at that game but while playingit I was a Starship Pilot! But I could clock Missile Command so I learned to play it with my feet sitting on a stool. It's not sad news for me that Mike has died, we all do, and seemed to have lived a full life. Thanks for giving some insight i…

Pure genius. Tonight I am very sad.
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