Russ Wetmore | |
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| Born | October 17, 1956 Sagamihara, Japan |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Programmer Video game designer |
| Known for | Preppie! HomePak |
Russ Wetmore is an American programmer and video game designer best known for writing commercial games and applications for Atari 8-bit computers in the early to mid 1980s. His Frogger-inspired Preppie! was published by Adventure International and praised by reviewers for the music and visuals. He also wrote the maze-game sequel, Preppie! II. Wetmore stopped writing games after the video game crash of 1983 and developed the integrated HomePak productivity suite for Batteries Included. He has remained in software development in director and architecture roles.