Rick Dyer is an American video game designer and writer best known for creating ''

Dragon's Lair ''Dragon's Lair'' is a video game franchise created by Rick Dyer and Don Bluth. The series is famous for its Western animation-style graphics and complex decades-long history of being ported to many platforms and being remade into television a ...

''. He founded

RDI Video Systems RDI Video Systems (Rick Dyer Industries) was a video game company founded by Rick Dyer originally as Advanced Microcomputer Systems, and was well known for its Laserdisc video games, beginning with the immensely popular ''Dragon's Lair''. The co ...

, the developer of ''

'', ''

Space Ace ''Space Ace'' is a LaserDisc video game produced by Bluth Group, Cinematronics and Advanced Microcomputer Systems (later renamed RDI Video Systems). It was unveiled in October 1983, just four months after the ''Dragon's Lair'' game, followed b ...

'', and also '' Thayer's Quest'', which was a conversion kit for ''Dragon's Lair''. Dyer next designed the video games '' Kingdom: The Far Reaches'' and ''Kingdom II: Shadoan'', the former being a remake of ''Thayer's Quest'' and the latter a new game based on it. Dyer is also known for being the person responsible for RDI Video System's

Halcyon Halcyon is a name originally derived from Alcyone of Greek mythology. Halcyon or Halcyone may refer to: Arts and entertainment Television * ''Halcyon'' (TV series), a Virtual Reality murder mystery on SyFy * '' The Halcyon'', British period ...

gaming console, named after the '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'' AI 'HAL 9000'. He also appeared on multiple news networks for the technological advances the

LaserDisc The LaserDisc (LD) is a home video format and the first commercial optical disc storage medium, initially licensed, sold and marketed as DiscoVision, MCA DiscoVision (also known simply as "DiscoVision") in the United States in 1978. Its diam ...

system offered between 1983 and 1985 as the figurehead for RDI systems. Despite the TV appearances and being branded as 'David' among videogame companies in a

David and Goliath Goliath ( ) ''Goləyāṯ''; ar, جُليات ''Ǧulyāt'' (Christian term) or (Quranic term). is a character in the Book of Samuel, described as a Philistine giant defeated by the young David in single combat. The story signified King Saul's ...

comparison, Rick Dyer Industries (RDI) Systems went out of business in 1985 and the console was never released. In the late 1980s, he designed a line of fitness equipment called ''Powercise.'' One of his last major successes in the gaming industry was the development of '' Time Traveler'' in 1991. Rick Dyer became a

realtor A real estate agent or real estate broker is a person who represents sellers or buyers of real estate or real property. While a broker may work independently, an agent usually works under a licensed broker to represent clients. Brokers and agen ...

for Apple Tree Realty based in

Julian, California Julian is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Diego County, California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,502, down from 1,621 at the time of the 2000 census. Julian is an official California Historical Landmark (No. 412). The Jul ...

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Moby Games

Dragon's Lair Project

Giantbomb.com
Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Dragon's Lair American video game designers Video game writers 20th-century American male writers People from Julian, California {{videogame-bio-stub