Mike Berlyn

Name: Michael "Mike" Berlyn

Born: 1949

Computer-related contributions

• American video game designer and writer.
• Co-founder of game company Eidetic, which became Sony Bend.
• Founder of Cascade Mountain Publishing, an ebooks and interactive fiction publisher.
• Helped design Grok the Monkey (aka Carnival of Death), The Art of Murder, Zen Ball, Dr. Dumont's Wild P.A.R.T.I., and Zork: The Undiscovered Underground video games.

Significant publications

• Eternal Enemy (1990).
• Blight as Mark Sonders (1981).
• Crystal Phoenix (1980).
• The Integrated Man (1980).

Quotes

"Programming a game is infinitely simpler than writing a book. With a game, you see the results. With a book, it travels alone through time."

Websites

• Mike Berlyn on X
• Mike Berlyn profile at MobyGames