Dave Theurer

Dave Theurer
Bornc. 1955 (age c. 70)
Alma materWheaton College
OccupationsGame designer
Computer programmer
EmployerAtari
Known forMissile Command
Tempest
I, Robot

David Theurer (born c. 1955)is a game designer and computer programmer. In 1980, he created the Missile Command and Tempest arcade games for Atari, considered some of the major releases from the Golden age of arcade games. Theurer also designed I, Robot for Atari, the first commercial video game with 3D filled-polygonal graphics.