Background
Smith, Douglas E. was born on July 19, 1960 in Plainfield, New Jersey, United States.
executive producer author video game designer
Smith, Douglas E. was born on July 19, 1960 in Plainfield, New Jersey, United States.
Stanford University (Bachelor of Arts, 1982). University of Oregon (Juris Doctor, 1987). Order of the Coif.
Smith, of Renton, Washington, wrote his most famous game while an architecture student at the University of Washington. He wrote the core game over the course of a single weekend in 6502 assembly language on an Apple II+. He borrowed money to purchase a color monitor and joystick and continued to improve the game.
Around Christmas of 1982, he submitted the game to four publishers and quickly received offers.
He took the deal with Brøderbund and the games was published in 1983. lieutenant was one of the first games to include a level-editors
During the 1990s, he was executive producer of the English-language version of Secret of Mana and contributed to the localization of Chrono Trigger. He was the executive producer of Secret of Evermore.