[Coco] Passing of Steve Bjork, Computer Gaming Pioneer and CoCo Developer

eric at canales.me eric at canales.me
Tue Dec 19 16:20:49 EST 2023


I came up with this game timeline from multiple sources while writing his memorial. I'm sure it's incomplete too!

Steve Bjork’s Abridged Timeline:
~2007 - Steve Bjork demonstrated a prototype of The Last Ninja
1996 - Bass Masters Classic: Pro Edition (Genesis, SNES)
1995 - Bass Masters Classic (SNES)
1995 - The Mask (SNES)
1992 - The Rocketeer (SNES)
1992 - Captain Planet and the Planeteers (Genesis)
1991 - Crystal Quest (Game Boy)
1990 - Marty's Nightmare (TRS-80 CoCo, SRB Software)
1989 - Rampage (TRS-80 CoCo, Activision)
1989 - Arkanoid (TRS-80 CoCo)
1989 - Snake Pit (TRS-80 CoCo, SRB Software and Game Point Software)
1988 - Z-89 (TRS-80 CoCo, Game Point Software and SRB Software)
1988 - Super Pitfall (TRS-80 CoCo, SRB Software)
1989 - Bash! (TRS-80 CoCo)
1988 - Mine Rescue (TRS-80 CoCo, SRB Software)
~1988 - Started work on The Last Ninja taking over from Rick Adams
1987 – The Shadow (TRS-80 CoCo, SRB Software)
1987 - Warp Fighter 3-D (TRS-80 CoCo, SRB Software)
~1987 - Assisted in the design of the Hi Res joystick interface
1986 - Color File II (TRS-80 CoCo)
1986 - Color Computer Artist (TRS-80 CoCo, SRB Software)
1985 - One-on-One (TRS-80 CoCo, SRB Software, Datasoft)
1985 - Pitfall II: Lost Caverns (TRS-80 CoCo, SRB Software, Activision)
1984 - Ghana Bwana (TRS-80 CoCo, SRB Software, Initial design by Mark Siegel)
1984 - Desert Rider (TRS-80 CoCo, Color America User Group & SRB Software)
1984 - Bjork Blocks (TRS-80 CoCo, SRB Software)
1983 - Stellar Life Line (TRS-80 CoCo, SRB Software)
1983 - Zaxxon (TRS-80 CoCo)
1982 - Clowns & Balloons (TRS-80 CoCo, Datasoft)
1982 - Mega-Bug (TRS-80 CoCo, Datasoft)
1982 - Canyon Climber (TRS-80 CoCo)
1982 - The Sands of Egypt (TRS-80 CoCo, Datasoft)
1981 - Popcorn! (TRS-80 CoCo, Datasoft)
1981 - Audio Spectrum Analyzer (TRS-80 CoCo, Datasoft)
1980 - Soft Music (TRS-80)
1980 - Galactic Fighter (TRS-80)
1980 - Space Ball (TRS-80)
~1980 - Pen Basic (TRS-80)
?? - SECS, Screen Editor Control System (TRS-80 CoCo)



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