Industry Spotlight

Tony Barnes

Gerald D Lawson Lifetime Achievement Award Winner

Currently Chief Principal - RetroNinja

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Tony Barnes has been making video games for over three decades, starting as a solo developer in the 8-bit days on Apple II's, C64's and his favorite; the Atari home computers. He's contributed to and lead teams from a size of one, up to hundreds.

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Specializing in action/arcade games, Tony has provided; art, music, code, production and design leadership across dozens of products and platforms.