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Carol Shaw (born 1955) is one of the first female game designers and programmers in the video game industry. [citation needed] . She is best known for creating the Atari 2600 vertically scrolling shooter game River Raid (1982) for Activision.
Dec 10, 2022 · Carol Shaw's River Raid sold millions and paved the way for female game devs everywhere.
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Mar 8, 2018 · We take a quick look at Carol Shaw and how her work at Atari and Activision shaped the future of female game developers.
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Carol Shaw is believed to be the first professional female video game designer. She first used a computer while at high school in Palo Alto where she excelled at Maths and enjoyed playing text-based games.
Jul 19, 2017 · As the earliest recognized female game programmer and designer, Carol Shaw occupies a unique place in video game history. Her materials, particularly the source code, serve as tangible evidence that women were involved in the creation of home video games from their inception.
Carol Shaw is widely recognized as the first woman who design video games professionally.
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During her time at Activision, Carol Shaw created River Raid, a title almost universally regarded as a masterpiece of game design for the Atari 2600 console. For decades, Shaw downplayed her role in video game history.
