Richard S. Levine
Writer,Software Developer,Educator
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(what's new or relatively new). Fun, an old Imagic TV commercial that includes my game, "Microsurgeon." "You Can Choose Your Parents" is 'best in issue' (The Fifth Di...2012)! Wondrous Web Worlds:Vol 10. |
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"Science Fiction: Time Travel" now has two good reviews on Amazon United Kingdom and has often placed in their top 100 SF e-book anthologies list. E-books based on my short stories have been selling on Smashwords, Kobo, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Sony, Apple's iBookstore, Diesel, and other websites. |
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My first puzzle e-book, Movie Magic Squares: Volume 1, is now available on the same devices as my other e-books. Visit my blog for more (including a solving template) on this new kind of entertainment. |
If you read Spanish or don't mind using Google or Bing translator online, I was interviewed about my video game design career by a Mexican sculptor/artist/game enthusiast (Alonso Cedillo Mata) for his journal of contemporary art and theory. My games inspired him in his youth. It's in 3 parts: here, here, and here
D. B. Weiss, who wrote about
I'm interviewed (by Ivan Penn) -- and my Microsurgeon poster appears -- in the St. Petersburg Times (Florida, August 8, 2011). The article was also picked up by Bloomberg Businessweek. In the St. Petersburg Times (June 9, 2011), I enjoyed reading about Ivan Penn (columnist) and his kids playing “Microsurgeon”.
"Microsurgeon" (Imagic 1982) was one of 240 video games nominated to possibly appear in the Smithsonian Institution exhibit on "The Art of Video Games. (see Era 1 - Intellivision)" "Microsurgeon" lost, but that doesn't mean it didn't get noticed. See "Yes, Video Games are Art...", Game Developer Magazine, April 2011, "The High Art of Games", and news from the Denver art scene. Artnet nicely, but incorrectly, discusses "Microsurgeon" among the games displayed at the exhibit.
The Classic Gaming Expo at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas, July 31, 2010, was terrific! I had fun seeing several classic gaming developer friends for Intellivision and Atari at the show and gave a talk about the games that I worked on. Pictures here.
"This comic made me chuckle.
In the Photo Gallery you can find a 1982 Evening Magazine interview I did while working at Imagic. .
I was a guest speaker at the Games for Health conference in Boston (June 11 & 12, 2009). Ben Sawyer, co-director of the conference, and I discussed "Microsurgeon", considered one of the first video games about/for health. It was great to meet some fans, inspire today's health game designers, and to make new fans of the game. I've added a few pictures in my Photo Gallery.
By the way, you can purchase "Intellivision Rocks" with Microsurgeon here.
Other work activities I currently enjoy are technology research, game design & development, Mathematics/SAT tutoring, and Genealogy research.
Visit IMDB to see that I'm noted for my design and development work on the video game "Kids on Site".
On these pages which I will update from time to time, you'll find out where I've been and where I'm going. You'll also find various classic gaming links related to my games.
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Hello, my name is Richard (Rick) S. Levine. As a classic video game developer, I programmed Mattel Electronics handheld Bowling and designed and developed Microsurgeon (TI 99/4a too), Truckin', & PBA Bowling for Mattel Intellivision.
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