Martin Alper (1942 – June 7, 2015) was a

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and the former President of

Virgin Interactive Virgin Interactive Entertainment (later renamed Avalon Interactive) was the video game publishing division of British conglomerate the Virgin Group. It developed and published games for major platforms and employed developers, including Westwo ...

, once one of the largest companies in the field. Alper was a co-founder of

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, which went on to become Virgin Interactive following its acquisition by

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. He was involved with the development of ''Command & Conquer'' at

Westwood Studios Westwood Studios, Inc. was an American video game developer, based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was founded by Brett Sperry and Louis Castle in 1985 as Brelous Software, but got changed after 2 months into Westwood Associates and was renamed to Westw ...

and

Shiny Entertainment Shiny Entertainment, Inc. was an American video game developer based in Laguna Beach, California. Founded in October 1993 by David Perry (game developer), David Perry, Shiny was the creator of video games such as ''Earthworm Jim (video game), E ...

who developed ''The Matrix'' and ''Earthworm Jim''. He was also the person who approached Westwood Studios co-founder

Brett Sperry Brett Sperry is an American video game designer, a fine arts gallerist, and a professional photographer. He is also a leading developer of the Las Vegas arts community where he's made significant investments in property and infrastructure, primari ...

about creating ''

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''. Alper also provided the voice acting for EVA in the original '' Command & Conquer: Red Alert''.Red Alert Field Manual
Page 99)

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