Martin Alper | |
Birth Date: | 1942 |
Birth Place: | Tonbridge, England |
Death Date: | June 7, 2015 |
Death Place: | Laguna Beach, California, U.S. |
Children: | 2 |
Known For: | Video games |
Martin Alper (1942 - June 7, 2015) was a video game designer and the former President of Virgin Interactive, once one of the largest companies in the field.[1] Alper was a co-founder of Mastertronic,[2] which went on to become Virgin Interactive following its acquisition by Richard Branson.[3] He was involved with the development of Command & Conquer at Westwood Studios and Shiny Entertainment who developed The Matrix and Earthworm Jim.[1] He was also the person who approached Westwood Studios co-founder Brett Sperry about creating Dune II. In an interview he also explained how he fired Rob Landeros and Graeme Devine so they could set-up their own company Trilobyte during the development of The 7th Guest.[4]
Alper also provided the voice acting for EVA in the original .[5] [6]