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==Select works== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="border:none; margin:0" |- valign="bottom" ! scope="col"| Year !! scope="col"| Game title !! scope="col"| Role |- | 1978 || ''[[Outlaw (1978 video game)|Outlaw]]'' || Lead designer{{sfn|Bunch|2023|p=148}} |- | 1979 || ''[[Canyon Bomber]]'' || Developer{{sfn|Montfort|Bogost|2009|p=6}}<ref name="1979News">{{cite news|newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-atari-releases-for-1979/141843118/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Brand New! 8 New Cartridges|date=March 22, 1979|accessdate=February 22, 2024|page=115}}</ref> |- | 1979 || ''[[Slot Machine (video game)|Slot Machine]]'' || Developer{{sfn|Montfort|Bogost|2009|p=6}}<ref name="1979News" /> |- | 1980 || ''[[Dragster (video game)|Dragster]]'' || Conceiver, designer<ref name="1980Blast">{{cite magazine|magazine=Activision News Release|title=Activision Announces Two New Game Titles: Tennis and Laser Blast|date=December 12, 1980|quote="Activision's First Four Game Cartridges -- Boxing, Dragster, Checkers and Fishing Derby -- were released last summer and are available at retail now.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Dragster |date=1980 |type=Back cover |publisher=Activision}}</ref> |- | 1980 || ''[[Fishing Derby]]'' || Conceiver, designer<ref name="1980Blast" /><ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Fishing Derby |date=1980 |type=Back cover |publisher=Activision}}</ref> |- | 1981 || ''[[Laser Blast]]'' || Conceiver, designer<ref name="1980Blast" /><ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Laser Blast |date=1981 |type=Back cover |publisher=Activision}}</ref> |- | 1981 || ''[[Freeway (video game)|Freeway]]'' || Conceiver, designer<ref name="1980Blast" /><ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Freeway |date=1981 |type=Back cover |publisher=Activision}}</ref><ref name=" Chi1981">{{cite news |title=Video Etc.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-atari-2600-video-etc/75077116/|via=Newspapers.com|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|page=8|accessdate=February 22, 2024}}</ref> |- | 1981 || ''[[Kaboom! (video game)|Kaboom!]]'' || Graphics code{{sfn|Hunt|2012|p=81}}<ref name=" Chi1981" /> |- | 1982 || ''[[Grand Prix (video game)|Grand Prix]]''|| Conceiver, designer<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Activisions|date=Winter 1982|volume=2|title=Dateline|quote=Barnstorming & Grand Prix. These two exciting new Activision cartridges will reach stores around the country in March.}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Activisions|date=Winter 1982|volume=2|title=Coming Soon|quote=Grand Prix [...] Conceived and designed by David Crane.}}</ref> |- | 1982 || ''[[Pitfall!]]''|| Designer<ref>{{cite book | title=Activision Pitfall! Instructions | publisher=[[Activision]] | year=1982 |id=AX-018-03|quote=Tips from David Crane, designer of Pitfall!}}</ref>{{sfn|Blanchet|1982|p=C6}} |- | 1983 || ''[[The Activision Decathlon]]''||Designer<ref>{{cite book | title=Official Rules The Activision Decathlon | publisher=Activision | year=1983 | id=AZ-030-03|quote=Tips from David Crane, the designer of The Activision Decathlon}}</ref><ref name="Availability Update">{{cite magazine|magazine=The Video Game Update includes Computer Entertainer|volume=2|issue=6|date=September 1983|title=Availability Update|page=96}}</ref> |- | 1984 || ''[[Pitfall II: Lost Caverns]]''||Designer<ref name="Availability Update"/><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Boy's Life|volume=74|issue=9|date=September 1984|title=Hobby Hows|page=23|last=Stuckey|first=Scott}}</ref> |- | 1984 || ''[[Ghostbusters (1984 video game)|Ghostbusters]]''||Developer<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222193251/https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=1&ti=1,1&Search%5FArg=PA0000290824&Search%5FCode=REGS&CNT=25&PID=_WiKQtkkO-wBEu1NNUea2DtUNzKX-162&SEQ=20240222142632&SID=1|work=United States Copyright Office|url=https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=1&ti=1,1&Search%5FArg=PA0000290824&Search%5FCode=REGS&CNT=25&PID=_WiKQtkkO-wBEu1NNUea2DtUNzKX-162&SEQ=20240222142632&SID=1|title=Ghostbusters|accessdate=February 22, 2024|archivedate=February 22, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Retro Gamer|title=The Making of...Ghostbusters|page=57|issue=25}}</ref> |- | 1985 || ''[[Little Computer People]]''||Programming<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Edge|title=The Making of... Little Computer People|pages=105β106|date=March 2005|publisher=Future Publishing|issue=147|issn=1350-1593}}</ref> |- | 1986 || ''[[Transformers: The Battle to Save the Earth]]''||Designer<ref>{{cite video game |title=Transformers: The Battle to Save the Earth |developer=Activision |date=1986 |platform=Commodore 64 |quote=Designed by David Crane}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Computer Entertainer|title=Availability Update|page=14|volume=5|issue=8|date=November 1986}}</ref> |- | 1990 || ''[[A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia]]''||Designer<ref>{{cite video game |title=A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia |developer=Absolute Entertainment |date=1990 |platform=Nintendo Entertainment System |quote=Designed by David Crane}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Official Game Pak Directory Compliments of Nintendo Power|publisher=[[Nintendo Power]]|date=May 1993|page=12}}</ref> |- | 1990 || ''[[The Rescue of Princess Blobette]]''||Designer and program<ref>{{cite video game |title=The Rescue of Princess Blobette |developer=Absolute Entertainment |date=1990 |platform=Game Boy |quote=Game Design and Program David Crane}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422050110/http://www.jalecogames.co.jp/detail.php?gid=139|url=http://www.jalecogames.co.jp/detail.php?gid=139|title=δΈζθ°γͺγγγγΌ -γγͺγ³γ»γΉγ»γγγγζγ!-|publisher=[[Jaleco]]|accessdate=February 22, 2024|archivedate=April 22, 2012|language=Japanese|quote=1990εΉ΄11ζ9ζ₯}}</ref> |- | 1991 || ''[[The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants]]''||Additional programming<ref>{{cite video game |title=The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants |developer=Absolute Entertainment |date=1991 |platform=Nintendo Entertainment System |quote=Additional programming ... David Crane}}</ref><ref name="Nintendo Power">{{cite book|title=The Official Game Pak Directory Compliments of Nintendo Power|publisher=[[Nintendo Power]]|date=May 1993|page=14}}</ref> |- | 1991 || ''[[The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World]]''||Additional programming and design<ref>{{cite video game |title=The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World |developer=Absolute Entertainment |date=1991 |platform=Nintendo Entertainment System |quote=Additional programming and Design David Crane}}</ref><ref name="Nintendo Power"/> |- | 1991 || ''[[Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly]]''||Program and design<ref>{{cite video game |title=Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly|developer=Acclaim |date=1991 |platform=Game Boy |quote=Program and Design David Crane}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Official Game Pak Directory Compliments of Nintendo Power|publisher=[[Nintendo Power]]|date=May 1993|page=6}}</ref> |- | 1992 || ''[[David Crane's Amazing Tennis]]''||Designer, programming<ref>{{cite video game |title=David Crane's Amazing Tennis |developer=Absolute Entertainment |date=1992 |platform=Super Nintendo Entertainment System |quote=Designed and Programming by David Crane}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Official Game Pak Directory Compliments of Nintendo Power|publisher=[[Nintendo Power]]|date=May 1993|page=1}}</ref> |- |}
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