Mark Allen (software developer)

Mark Allen is an American software engineer, game programmer and game designer. As a student at the University of California, San Diego, Allen used UCSD Pascal to develop a 6502 interpreter for the Pascal language in 1978, along with Richard Gleaves. This work later became the basis for Apple Pascal in 1979.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Later, Allen developed a number of well-received video games for the Apple II, including Stellar Invaders,^[4] Sabotage ,^{[5] [6]} and Pest Patrol.^{[7] [8]} Sabotage, in particular, became a classic Apple II game and sparked numerous clones such as Paratrooper . One such clone, Parachute , was preloaded software on early iPods that had displays.

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• University of California, San Diego alumni

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