Martin Alper

Martin Alper (1942 – June 7, 2015) was a video game designer and the former President of Virgin Interactive, once one of the largest companies in the field.^[1] Alper was a co-founder of Mastertronic,^[2] which went on to become Virgin Interactive following its acquisition by Richard Branson.^[3] He was involved with the development of Command & Conquer at Westwood Studios and Shiny Entertainment who developed The Matrix and Earthworm Jim.^[1] He was also the person who approached Westwood Studios co-founder Brett Sperry about creating Dune II.^{[citation needed]} In an interview he also explained how he fired Rob Landeros and Graeme Devine so they could set-up their own company Trilobyte during the development of The 7th Guest.^[4]

Martin Alper
Born	1942 Tonbridge, England
Died	June 7, 2015 Laguna Beach, California, U.S.
Known for	Video games
Spouse	Jamie Jensen ​ (m. 2001)​
Children	2

Alper also provided the voice acting for EVA in the original Command & Conquer: Red Alert.^[5][6]

References

1. Takahashi, Dean (8 June 2015). "Former Virgin Interactive Entertainment video game pioneer Martin Alper dies at 72". VentureBeat. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
2. IGN - Mastertronic
3. "Martin Alper". Laguna Beach Local News. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
4. Mamen, Erik-André Vik; Froholt, Joachim (November 27, 2013). "Interview with Martin Alper of Virgin Interactive". Spillhistorie.no.
5. Red Alert Field Manual(Page 99)
6. "Command & Conquer Remastered brings back original EVA voice actor". PC Invasion. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

External links

• Martin Alper at IMDb