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

[Allen Huffman]

He also worked on a Playstation game, but I don’t recall the name.

He developed the unreleased Sega VR game “Iron Hammer” — video of which is on YouTube these days.

He also showed some kind of shooter game at a CoCoFest — that had never been released. I forget the name of it.

DFIX3 may be his favorite utility I ever used (and the drive Shadow was super cool). Good times.


> On Dec 19, 2023, at 3:21 PM, Eric Canales via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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