| Rick Dyer | |
| Birth Place: | United States |
| Occupation: | Video game designer, writer, realtor |
| Years Active: | 1982–present |
| Known For: | Dragon's Lair |
Rick Dyer is an American video game designer and writer best known for creating Dragon's Lair.[1] [2] [3] He founded RDI Video Systems, the developer of Dragon's Lair, Space Ace, and also Thayer's Quest, which was a conversion kit for Dragon's Lair.[4]
Dyer next designed the video games and Kingdom II: Shadoan,[5] 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 gaming console, named after the 2001: A Space Odyssey AI 'HAL 9000'.[6] He also appeared on multiple news networks for the technological advances the LaserDisc system offered between 1983 and 1985 as the figurehead for RDI systems.[7] Despite the TV appearances and being branded as 'David' among videogame companies in a David and Goliath comparison, Rick Dyer Industries (RDI) Systems went out of business in 1985 and the console was never released.[8] 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 for Apple Tree Realty based in Julian, California.[9] [10]
| Year | Name | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | Producer | ||
| 1983 | Dragon's Lair | |||
| 1984 | Space Ace | |||
| Thayer's Quest a.k.a. Kingdom: The Far Reaches | ||||
| 1991 | Time Traveler | |||
| 1996 | Kingdom II: Shadoan | |||