David Crane

I was unable to find credible evidence that an American businessman named David Crane, born in 1953, is a widely recognized public figure. The searches suggest several individuals named David Crane, but none matching your description exactly:

  • David W. Crane (born 1959) is an American business executive in the energy sector.

  • David Crane (programmer) (born 1954) is a video game designer and co-founder of Activision.

  • David Crane (lawyer) (born 1950) is a U.S. prosecutor and international tribunal figure.

  • David Crane (producer) (born 1957) is a TV writer/producer (co-creator of Friends).

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Another little known fact about Amazing Tennis - the computer opponents are modeled after real people. In an odd turn of events, I joined a division 3 college tennis team at age 38.

David Crane

My background is in hardware design. I found hardware work to be a welcome change from thousands of hours of programming and that led to the designs you mentioned.

David Crane

Looking back, video game design seems a natural fit, although there was no such thing when I was growing up. I built a Tic-Tac-Toe playing machine in my teens which went up in smoke on the night it was scheduled to go to a science fair.

David Crane