Cathryn Mataga

Cathryn Mataga
Known forShamus
Founder of Junglevision

Cathryn Mataga (born William Mataga)[1][2][3] is a game programmer and founder of independent video game company Junglevision.[4] Under the name William, she wrote Atari 8-bit computer games for Synapse Software in the early to mid 1980s, including Shamus, a flip-screen shooter.[5]

  1. ^ Shamus Manual (PDF). 1983.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference jv-shamus was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference computer85 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Junglevision: Company". Junglevision.
  5. ^ "Game Designers Just Wanna Be Girls: Interview with Jamie Faye Fenton". Next Generation. June 21, 1999. Then there was the designer of the great 8-bit classic, Shamus, William Mataga. He recently wrapped-up work on a Color Game Boy version of that game and is looking for a publisher. Only he now goes by Cathryn.