Richard S. Levine
Writer, Software Developer, Educator
Welcome
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, Truckin', and PBA Bowling for Mattel Intellivision -- oh yeah, Microsurgeon for the Texas Instruments 99/4a computer too.
The Classic Gaming Expo is coming to Las Vegas at the end of July 2010!
"Light Echo", my 2008 'best in issue' story, can now be found in Samsdotpublishing's "Wondrous Web Worlds Vol. 9" anthology. I recently sold my story "Remorse above Enceladus" to Raygun Revival magazine. It will be published in issue #57 and probably appear in August or September 2010. See my Works page for more about my creative efforts.
Martin Gardner, former Mathematical Games columnist for Scientific American, died recently at age 95. In a 1998 interview with Skeptical Inquirer he said, "I just play all the time and am fortunate enough to get paid for it." I spent many hours of my youth solving Mr. Gardner's puzzles which later inspired me to make video games.
The Columbus State University Math Contest was fun (and I was in the top 10 for the first half of 2010). I'm excited that it will reappear at Ole Miss in September 2010.
I've added a video to my Photo Gallery that I think you might enjoy. It's a 1982 Evening Magazine (San Francisco edition) interview I did while I was working at Imagic. It includes footage of Microsurgeon and Imagic. This plays in IE and Firefox, but may or may not work fully in other browsers.
As of July 20, 2009, my Games for Health 2009 Microsurgeon XM radio interview with ReachMD is available for listening or mp3 download. Just click on the above logo. There are several people interviewed in the segment, and mine is heard around 4 minutes and 35 seconds into the broadcast.
See the Into Tomorrow website to hear my other Microsurgeon-related radio interview from the Games For Health 2009 conference. There are also pictures from the show there. My interview is near the beginning of the third hour of the broadcast.
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 my classic game "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 the Photo Gallery.
Games for Health is the largest gathering of people interested in how videogames and videogame technologies can contribute to health & healthcare. Intellivision Productions mentioned my talk on their website. By the way, you can purchase "Intellivision Rocks" with Microsurgeon here.
I've been a teacher, video game developer, and a software engineer, but lately I have also been trying my hand at writing. Go here to see a list of my published short stories and poetry. I am a member of the excellent online Critters writing workshop.
Other work activities I currently enjoy are technology research, game design & development, Mathematics/SAT tutoring, and Genealogy (U.S., Canada, Ireland, Scotland, U.K., Poland, Ukraine, Moldova, Sweden, Turkey) research.
Visit IMDB and search on "Richard S. Levine". I'm noted for my design and development work on the video game "Kids on Site".
In March 2008, I gave an interview regarding working at Imagic, and a few years ago I attended the Classic Gaming Expo in Las Vegas.
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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