Age, Biography and Wiki
Garry Kitchen was born on 18 August, 1958 in Washington, D.C., United States, is an American video game designer. Discover Garry Kitchen's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 65 years old?
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Video game designer |
| Age |
65 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Leo |
| Born |
18 August, 1958 |
| Birthday |
18 August |
| Birthplace |
Washington, D.C., United States |
| Nationality |
United States
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He is a member of famous game designer with the age 65 years old group.
Garry Kitchen Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Garry Kitchen Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Garry Kitchen worth at the age of 65 years old? Garry Kitchen’s income source is mostly from being a successful game designer. He is from United States. We have estimated Garry Kitchen's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Pending |
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Under Review |
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game designer |
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Timeline
Garry Kitchen (born August 18, 1955, in Washington, D.C., United States) is a video game designer, programmer, and executive best known for his work at Activision during the early years of the company's history.
He has developed games for the Atari 2600, Commodore 64, Nintendo Entertainment System, and Super Nintendo Entertainment System, as well as co-founded Absolute Entertainment with ex-Activision developers.
His port of Donkey Kong for the Atari 2600 was a major hit for Coleco, selling over 4 million copies.
His other 2600 work includes Keystone Kapers and Pressure Cooker for Activision and Space Jockey for U.S. Games.
He also wrote Garry Kitchen's GameMaker and The Designer's Pencil for the Commodore 64.
In 1979, Kitchen was an engineer on Wildfire, a handheld electronic game distributed by Parker Brothers.
Kitchen received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey in 1980.
Before his video game career, Kitchen developed electronic toys at Wickstead Design Associates, in Cedar Knolls, New Jersey.
Bank Shot was named one of the Ten Best Toys of 1980 by OMNI magazine.
Kitchen was awarded U.S. Patent #4,346,982 "Electronic Pool Game", for Bank Shot.
After Wildfire, in 1982, Kitchen co-invented the handheld electronic game Bank Shot, a pool simulation also distributed by Parker Brothers.
Kitchen was president and CEO of Absolute Entertainment from 1986 to 1995.
In 1995, Kitchen and his longtime business partner David Crane founded Skyworks Technologies, an early internet game company which created Candystand.com and pioneered the category of online advergames.
Kitchen and Crane sold the controlling interest in Skyworks in 2007 and left the company in September 2009.
From 2010 to 2012, Kitchen was the Vice President of Game Publishing for Viacom Media Networks, working in the Nickelodeon Kids and Family Games Group.
In that role he was responsible for game content on AddictingGames.com and Shockwave.com, at the time two of the largest U.S.-based online game sites.
In 2012, Kitchen and his team at Viacom launched the AddictingGames Mobile App for the Apple iPhone, which went to #1 in the Apple App store in 72 hours.
The AddictingGames Mobile App was nominated for a 2012 Webby Award in the category of Games (Handheld Devices).
Garry Kitchen currently (2012–present) works as an independent technical expert in legal matters concerning video game and mobile app design and development, patent infringement & invalidity, copyright infringement, general software development, video game industry history and business issues.
Kitchen has performed Expert Witness consulting for clients such as Nintendo, Sony Interactive Entertainment and Ubisoft.
Garry Kitchen, along with his brother Dan Kitchen and David Crane, founded Audacity Games in November 2020 to develop Atari 2600 games to be played on retro consoles.
They plan to release these games as both physical copies alongside digital versions that are emulator-friendly.
The first title, Circus Convoy, a collaboration between Kitchen and David Crane, went on sale March 13, 2021.
Kitchen is on the Board of Advisors of the National Video Game Museum as well as Fairleigh Dickinson University's FDUArts Advisory Board.
