Roger Keating is an Australian computer game designer. Along with Ian Trout, Keating co-founded of the video game company Strategic Studies Group, which is known for its strategic war and fantasy games with

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. Keating and Trout worked together on the majority of SSG titles.

Early life

Keating was born in

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. He moved to Australia in 1978 and worked as a

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and

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teacher."Strategies of a Man Down Under"
''Softline'', March 1983.

Career in game design

Keating created his first game, ''Conflict'', in 1979. It was published by American software house Strategic Simulations. Keating left his teaching job to program full-time, and published seven games while working with SSI during 1981 and 1982. Keating later worked as a school teacher in New Zealand. In 1983 Keating, along with Ian Trout formed Strategic Studies Group. Gregor Whiley joined the company in 1986 for the development of ''

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''. The company created many strategy games over the following 25 years. After his business partner Ian Trout's death, both Keating and Whiley worked part-time at The Northern Sydney Institute for four years between 2011 and 2014 while developing their games part-time. They both moved to work for the Academy of Interactive Entertainment in 2015, where Keating taught programming.

List of games

*''Computer Conflict'' (1980) *''Operation Apocalypse'' (1981) *''Southern Command (video game), Southern Command'' (1981)"Game Review: Battles in Normandy"
''Australian Apple Review'', page 40, bybb Gene Stephan. *''Germany 1985'' (1983) *''RDF 1985'' (1983) *''Reach for the Stars (video game), Reach for the Stars'' (1983) *''Baltic 1985: Corridor to Berlin'' (1984) *''Carriers at War'' (1984) *''Norway 1985'' (1985) *''Europe Ablaze'' (1985) *''Battlefront (1986 video game), Battlefront'' *''Russia: The Great War in the East 1941-1945'' (1987) *''Halls of Montezuma: A Battle History of the U.S. Marine Corps'' (1987) *''Rommel: Battles for North Africa'' (1988) *''Decisive Battles of the American Civil War Volume 1: Bull Run to Chancellorsville'' (1988) *''Decisive Battles of the American Civil War, Vol. 2, Decisive Battles of the American Civil War Volume 2: Gaines Mill to Chattanooga'' (1988) *''Decisive Battles of the American Civil War, Vol. 3, Decisive Battles of the American Civil War Volume 3: Wilderness to Nashville'' (1988) *''Gold of the Americas'' (1989) *''Panzer Battles'' (1990) *''MacArthur's War: Battles for Korea'' (1990) *''Warlords (1990 video game), Warlords'' (1990) *''Carriers at War (1992 video game), Carriers at War'' (1992) *''Carriers at War (1992 video game), Carriers at War: Construction Kit'' (1993) *''Carriers at War II'' (1993) *''Warlords II'' (1993) *''Warlords II, Warlords II Scenario Builder'' (1994) *''Warlords II, Warlords II Deluxe'' (1995) *''Decisive Battles of WWII: The Ardennes Offensive'' (1997) *''Warlords III, Warlords III: Reign of Heroes'' (1997) *''Warlords III, Warlords III: Darklords Rising'' (1998) *''Warlords Battlecry'' (2000) *''Warlords Battlecry II'' (2002) *''Decisive Battles of WWII: Korsun Pocket'' (2003) *''Decisive Battles of WWII: Battles in Normandy'' (2004) *''Decisive Battles of WWII: Battles in Italy'' (2005) *''Battlefront (2007 video game), Battlefront'' (2007) *''Kharkov: Disaster on the Donets'' (2008)Australian Centre for the Moving Image – http://www.acmi.net.au/global/docs/games_history_australia.pdf

References

External links

SSG Website
last updated in 2010
Roger Keating
at MobyGames {{DEFAULTSORT:Keating, Roger Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Australian video game designers Australian computer programmers New Zealand emigrants to Australia Video game programmers