Rob Landeros is a computer game

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. Together with Graeme Devine, he co-founded Trilobyte, where he created the highly commercially successful games '' The 7th Guest'' and '' The 11th Hour''. After leaving Trilobyte, he co-founded Aftermath Media, where he released the interactive movies '' Tender Loving Care'' and ''

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Biography

Landeros was born and raised in

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. Prior to becoming involved in the computer gaming industry, he worked as an artist in more traditional media between the late 1960s and early 1980s. Amongst other art forms, he drew underground

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and carved scrimshaw."Haunted Glory: The Rise and Fall of Trilobyte"
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. Landeros began his career in computer games in the late 1980s, first working as the Art Director for Cinemaware, where he worked on games such as '' Defender of the Crown'' and '' S.D.I.''. In 1991 he began working at

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, where he would meet Graeme Devine, with whom he would partner to form Trilobyte.MobyGames Developer Bio: Rob Landeros
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. Landeros and Devine enjoyed success at Trilobyte with their groundbreaking CD-ROM game ''The 7th Guest'', which sold over 2 million copies.

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called ''The 7th Guest'' "the new standard in interactive entertainment."Wolf, Mark J.P. (200
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Greenwood, page 129. . After leaving Trilobyte, Landeros co-founded Aftermath Media. In 1999, the company released the interactive movie ''Tender Loving Care''. It was followed in 2001 by ''P.O.V.: Point of View''. On April 17, 2001 four chapters of ''Point of View'' were streamed over the Internet to promote the DVD. Landeros currently runs his own graphic design business. In 2010 he re-launched Trilobyte who are working on re-releasing versions of its classic games, including ''The 7th Guest'', ''The 11th Hour'', for use on

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. The company is also working on new titles for these devices.

References

External links

Trilobyte Games

Aftermath Media

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