Paul Reiche III
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Paul Reiche III is a computer game designer.
Reiche is best known for being the co-creator, together with Fred Ford, of the Star Control universe. While Reiche did the game design and fiction, Ford was responsible for the programming.
A childhood friend of early Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) artist Erol Otus, Reiche became interested in gaming as a teen. He and Otus played role-playing games together and released a few small games in the genre. Eventually, both wound up at TSR (the then publisher of D&D). They made contributions to the evolving game and other games by TSR, Otus with artwork, Reiche with game design. Eventually Reiche left TSR to work on computer games with Electronic Arts (EA). After his stint at EA, Reiche went to work for Accolade where he and Ford created the Star Control games.
Before Star Control, Reiche worked on Mail Order Monsters, the Archon series and the Starflight series of computer games. Reiche was one of the co-founders of Free Fall Associates, the developer of the Archon series of games.
Reiche is currently the CEO and Director of Development of the video game development company Toys for Bob.
External links
- MobyGames' rap sheet on Reiche (http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId=243/)
- Extensive bio for Reiche (and Ford) (http://home.att.ne.jp/wave/rainbow/Toys_for_Bob/biography_E.htm)
- Interview by GameSpot with Reiche (http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/greatestgames/starcon22.html)
- Toys for Bob's Homepage (http://www.toysforbob.com/)
- Yukkis Toys For Bob fansite (http://home.att.ne.jp/wave/rainbow/Toys_for_Bob/)
- The Pages of Now and Forever (http://www.Star-Control.com/) - Star Control fan page