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Does anyone know if/when he died? I thought he was still alive, but this says he's dead (see "This game is dedicated to the memory of"). I can't find it anywhere on the Internet, but then I'm not the most proficient Googler either. Of course his birth date would be a boon, too. — Frecklefoot | Talk 18:04, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Then why in the world is the game dedicated to his memory? Could it be a different Bob Whitehead? Strange... — Frecklefoot | Talk 20:39, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
Bob Whitehead is alive and well, living in the Bay Area. You can occasionally catch him at Video Game conferences.
User talk: Doodleq
Still alive. He's one of my best friends dad, and I saw him a few weeks ago at our local grocery store. -- 24.104.131.50 ( talk) 21:00, 16 February 2011 (UTC)ngmcs8203
The section describing the Venetian Blinds technique is wrong. The technique is obsolete now (sprites are long gone, and this was based on a quirk of the 2600 hardware). The Venetian Blinds demo doesn't need to use the Venetian Blinds technique -- that's part of the joke. The demo was intended to annoy Atari, so the Activision guys could show it and ask, "Is this what you were talking about?" This is discussed in some of the Activision Anthology documentation, but I don't have a good online reference. The technique is the one used in Chess' pieces, Space Invaders' scoring, and the horse's legs in Stampede. The thin slats of sprite look a little like venetian blinds. User talk: ts4z —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 00:17, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
It's my understanding that Rob Zdybel was the programmer of Football (a.k.a. RealSports Football) for Atari 2600/VCS, not Bob Whitehead. Mobygames agrees. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.37.167.178 ( talk) 23:31, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
Regarding this edit by Indrian: Can you provide any source that confirms Bob Whitehead was not involved in development of the Atari OS? I am aware of at least 2 important sources that do mention him as a developer:
-- Krótki ( talk) 16:14, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
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Does anyone know if/when he died? I thought he was still alive, but this says he's dead (see "This game is dedicated to the memory of"). I can't find it anywhere on the Internet, but then I'm not the most proficient Googler either. Of course his birth date would be a boon, too. — Frecklefoot | Talk 18:04, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Then why in the world is the game dedicated to his memory? Could it be a different Bob Whitehead? Strange... — Frecklefoot | Talk 20:39, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
Bob Whitehead is alive and well, living in the Bay Area. You can occasionally catch him at Video Game conferences.
User talk: Doodleq
Still alive. He's one of my best friends dad, and I saw him a few weeks ago at our local grocery store. -- 24.104.131.50 ( talk) 21:00, 16 February 2011 (UTC)ngmcs8203
The section describing the Venetian Blinds technique is wrong. The technique is obsolete now (sprites are long gone, and this was based on a quirk of the 2600 hardware). The Venetian Blinds demo doesn't need to use the Venetian Blinds technique -- that's part of the joke. The demo was intended to annoy Atari, so the Activision guys could show it and ask, "Is this what you were talking about?" This is discussed in some of the Activision Anthology documentation, but I don't have a good online reference. The technique is the one used in Chess' pieces, Space Invaders' scoring, and the horse's legs in Stampede. The thin slats of sprite look a little like venetian blinds. User talk: ts4z —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 00:17, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
It's my understanding that Rob Zdybel was the programmer of Football (a.k.a. RealSports Football) for Atari 2600/VCS, not Bob Whitehead. Mobygames agrees. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.37.167.178 ( talk) 23:31, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
Regarding this edit by Indrian: Can you provide any source that confirms Bob Whitehead was not involved in development of the Atari OS? I am aware of at least 2 important sources that do mention him as a developer:
-- Krótki ( talk) 16:14, 16 May 2019 (UTC)