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'''Marvin Glass & Associates''' was a Chicago, Illinois, United States-based firm started in 1941 that designed and engineered toys  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Glass_and_Associates] and sold them to major toy manufacturers like Milton Bradley. [http://www.journey-tribute.com/journey/resources/arcade/journey_ballymidway_faq.html] The company entered the video game industry in the early 1980s, making games under contract with Bally Midway. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Glass_and_Associates] It eventually broke up, giving rise to new companies such as Big Monster Toys and Meyer/Glass Design. [http://www.journey-tribute.com/journey/resources/arcade/journey_ballymidway_faq.html]
  
'''Marvin Glass & Associates''' was a Chicago, Illinois, United States-based firm started in 1941 that designed and engineered toys  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Glass_and_Associates] and sold them to major toy manufacturers like Milton Bradley. [http://www.journey-tribute.com/journey/resources/arcade/journey_ballymidway_faq.html] The company entered the video game industry in the early 1980s, making games under contract with Bally Midway. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Glass_and_Associates] It broke up late that decade [http://www.design-engine.com/stories/games.html], giving rise to new companies such as Breslow, Morrison, Terzian & Associates and Meyer/Glass Design. [http://www.journey-tribute.com/journey/resources/arcade/journey_ballymidway_faq.html]
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'''[[About:Research Methods|Research Methods]]:''' Interviews, online resources, shared staff
 
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===Arcade===
 
===Arcade===
 
*''Domino Man'' (Bally Midway)
 
*''Domino Man'' (Bally Midway)
 
*''Journey'' (Bally Midway)
 
*''Journey'' (Bally Midway)
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*''Kozmik Krooz'r'' (Bally Midway)
 
*''Tapper'' (Bally Midway)
 
*''Tapper'' (Bally Midway)
 
*''Timber'' (Bally Midway)
 
*''Timber'' (Bally Midway)
*''Turbo Tag'' (unreleased) (Bally Midway/Simon & Schuster)
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*''Turbo Tag'' (unreleased) (Simon & Schuster)
:<small>Co-developed and produced with [http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Category:Sega Sega].</small>
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:<small>Co-developed with [[Sega Electronics]]</small>
 
*''Wacko'' (Bally Midway)
 
*''Wacko'' (Bally Midway)
  
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==Links==
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*[http://www.edge-online.com/features/making-tapper Edge Online - "The Making Of: Tapper"]
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=zS8EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PA36#v=onepage&q=&f=false InfoWorld article "Artists move into computer world via video design"]
  
Was Marvin Glass involved with this game?
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*<div style="color:red">''Star Guards'' (Bally Midway)</div>
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==Links==
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*[http://www.next-gen.biz/magazine/the-making-of-tapper Edge Online - "The Making Of: Tapper"]
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=zS8EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PA36#v=onepage&q=&f=false June 13, 1983 InfoWorld article "Artists move into computer world via video design"]
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Latest revision as of 21:41, 7 August 2019

Marvin Glass & Associates was a Chicago, Illinois, United States-based firm started in 1941 that designed and engineered toys [1] and sold them to major toy manufacturers like Milton Bradley. [2] The company entered the video game industry in the early 1980s, making games under contract with Bally Midway. [3] It eventually broke up, giving rise to new companies such as Big Monster Toys and Meyer/Glass Design. [4]

Research Methods: Interviews, online resources, shared staff

Arcade

  • Domino Man (Bally Midway)
  • Journey (Bally Midway)
  • Kozmik Krooz'r (Bally Midway)
  • Tapper (Bally Midway)
  • Timber (Bally Midway)
  • Turbo Tag (unreleased) (Simon & Schuster)
Co-developed with Sega Electronics
  • Wacko (Bally Midway)

Links