Licensed video games
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Activision and Lightspan Partnership hard drive backup [Macintosh disk image], 1988–1994
Series
Identifier: VOLK-1
Scope and Contents
This hard drive (titled "nonnetwork backups-1" when recovered) contains files from William Volk's work at Activision from 1988–1994, as well as some files and videos related to Volk's work at Lightspan Partnership.
Dates:
1988–1994
CD 105, assorted game art from Zip disks, disc created March 3, 1998, artwork dated May 1997 – February 1998
Item
Identifier: GAMEPRO-CDS.105
Scope and Contents
This disc includes assets for the following games (in order of their appearance on the disc):
Battlezone (1998)
Gex: Enter the Gecko
Harley-Davidson & L.A. Riders
NCAA March Madness 98
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
Pitfall 3D: Beyond the Jungle
...
Dates:
Issued: disc created March 3, 1998; artwork dated May 1997 – February 1998
CD 114, assorted game art from Zip disks, disc created March 16, 1998, bulk: artwork dated September 1997 – March 1998
Item
Identifier: GAMEPRO-CDS.114
Scope and Contents
This disc includes assets for the following games and companies (in order of their appearance on the disc):
9: The Last Resort (misorganized as "WAR HAMMER")
1080° Snowboarding
Battlezone (1998)
Colony Wars
Diablo
Gex 64: Enter the Gecko
...
Dates:
Issued: disc created March 16, 1998; Majority of material found within artwork dated September 1997 – March 1998
CD 124, assorted game art, disc created May 1998, bulk: artwork dated July 1997 – April 1998
Item
Identifier: GAMEPRO-CDS.124
Scope and Contents
This disc includes assets for the following games (in order of appearance on the disc):
Alien: Resurrection
Aliens Versus Predator (1999)
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
Die Hard Trilogy
Fox Sports Golf '99
Fox Sports Hockey '99 (unreleased)
Fox Sports...
Dates:
Issued: disc created May 1998; Majority of material found within artwork dated July 1997 – April 1998
CD 131, assorted game art, disc created July 1998, bulk: artwork dated April 1997 – July 1998
Item
Identifier: GAMEPRO-CDS.131
Scope and Contents
This disc includes assets for the following games (in order of appearance on the disc):
Big Air
Brunswick Circuit Pro Bowling
Buck Bumble
C: The Contra Adventure
Cool Boarders 3
Crime Killer
Darkstalkers 3
DBZ: Dead...
Dates:
Issued: disc created July 1998; Majority of material found within artwork dated April 1997 – July 1998
CD 165, assorted game art, disc created September 1998, artwork dated May 1997 – September 1998
Item
Identifier: GAMEPRO-CDS.165
Scope and Contents
This disc includes assets for the following games, hardware, and services (in order of appearance on the disc):
Apocalypse
Breath of Fire III
Castlevania (Nintendo 64)
Colony Wars: Vengeance
Crime Killer
Dragonseeds
Knockout...
Dates:
Issued: disc created September 1998; artwork dated May 1997 – September 1998
William Volk papers
Collection
Identifier: VOLK
Abstract
William Volk was the Vice President of Technology at Activision from 1988–1994. As VP of technology, Volk was involved with high-level production and technology decisions throughout Activision at a transitional moment for video game and computer hardware. He served as technical lead for Activision's efforts to produce multimedia titles and oversaw the company's adoption of new platforms including multimedia-compatible computers, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, PlayStation, 3DO, and...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1988–1994; Existence: backup created October 26, 1994
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library