Suki Lee Explained

Suki Lee
Nationality:	American
Notable Works:	Math Gran Prix (Atari 2600)
Occupation:	Computer programmer Video game designer Project manager

Suki Lee is an American video game designer and computer programmer. She was one of the few female developers at Atari, Inc. in the early 1980s where she wrote the educational game Math Gran Prix for the Atari 2600 (1982) and Obelix (1983) for the same system. Afterward she worked as a project manager at Apple Computer.

Education

Lee received her bachelor's degree at San Jose State University with a major in general engineering.^[1]

Career

Lee was hired by Atari after college in August 1981. She was there until 1984, when she started working for Cadtrak Corporation developing software user interfaces for petroleum plant layout. She also worked for Apple from 1986 to 1997, then later went to work at Palm, eCircle and WebTV until 1997. In late 2002, she resigned and continued working at Apple.^[2]

Games

• Math Gran Prix (Atari 2600, 1982)^[3]
• Obelix (1984)

Unreleased

• Donald Duck's Speedboat (1982)
• Miss Piggy's Wedding (1983)^{[4] [5]}

Cultural impact

The artwork “Suki Lee: The Hidden Past” by Linda Lai, Yifan Lin and Amanda Zhu was inspired by the game Donald Duck's Speedboat.^[6]

External links

• Suki Lee at AtariWomen

Notes and References

1. Web site: Atari Women: Suki Lee . AtariWomen . 26 February 2019 . University of Copenhagen . 13 November 2020.
2. Web site: Bjerre . Signe . MØD GAMING-BRANCHENS USYNLIGE KVINDELIGE PIONERER OG FORSKEREN, DER ER VED AT FÅ KVINDERNE TILBAGE. Meet the invisible female pioneers of the gaming industry and the researcher who is getting the women back. da . Uniavisen. 13 March 2020. 13 November 2020.
3. Web site: Moby Games: Suki Lee . Moby Games . 13 November 2020.
4. Web site: Atari 2600 Programmers – Suki Lee . AtariAge . 13 November 2020.
5. Web site: AtariProtos: Miss Piggy's Wedding . AtariProtos . 13 November 2020.
6. Web site: Suki Lee: The Hidden Past . Atari Women . 13 November 2020.