Sandy Petersen
aka:
Sandy Peterson
Moby ID: 821
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Sandy Petersen is a game designer who has been with Microprose, id Software and Ensemble Studios.
His younger brother Eric Petersen also worked in the game industry.
Petersen originally worked for Chaosium where he worked on several tabletop roleplaying games. He was the principal author of Call of Cthulhu. Petersen also co-designed the Ghostbusters roleplaying game which was released by West End Games. He also contributed (probably paintings) to an illustrated guide entitled, Guide to Cthulhu Monsters - A field observer's handbook of Preternatural entities (published by Chaosium Inc. 1988). This book contains original paintings for all Cthulhu entities of Lovecraft and is a real collectors item.
Petersen has taught courses on game design at The Guildhall at SMU. In 2015 he returned to Chaosium.
Information also contributed by Roger Wilco
Credited on 45 games
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| Doom + Doom II (2024, Windows) | Design |
| Quake (2021, Windows) | Design |
| Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition (2020, Windows) | Design |
| Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (2019, Windows) | Design |
| Doom II (2019, PlayStation 4) | Designer |
| Call of Cthulhu (2018, Windows) | The Great Old One |
| Age of Empires: Definitive Edition (2018, Windows Apps) | Design |
| Halo Wars: Definitive Edition (2017, Windows) | Design |
| Age of Empires II: HD Edition (2013, Windows) | Design |
| Doom II (2010, Xbox 360) | Designer |
| Halo Wars (2009, Xbox 360) | Design |
| Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs (2006, Windows) | Design |
| Age of Empires III (2005, Windows) | Design |
| Age of Empires III (Collector's Edition) (2005, Windows) | The Story of Age of Empires III Movie Designer |
| Age of Mythology: The Titans (2003, Windows) | Additional Playtesting & Help |
| Age of Mythology (Collectors Edition) (2002, Windows) | Additional Playtesting & Help |
| Age of Mythology (2002, Windows) | Additional Playtesting & Help |
| Doom: Collector's Edition (2001, Windows) | Designer |
| Age of Empires II: The Conquerors (2000, Windows) | Design |
| Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (1999, Windows) | Design |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 20 games with John Romero
- 19 games with American McGee
- 18 games with John Carmack
- 18 games with Adrian Carmack
- 18 games with Kevin Cloud
- 17 games with Bruce Campbell Shelley
- 17 games with Donna Jackson
- 17 games with Shawn C. Green
- 16 games with Jay Wilbur
- 15 games with Dave Pottinger
Companies
- 18 games with Microsoft Corporation
- 15 games with id Software, Inc.
- 14 games with Xbox Game Studios
- 10 games with Ensemble Studios Corporation
- 10 games with Atari, Inc.
- 10 games with Valve Corporation
- 10 games with Leader S.p.a.
- 9 games with MicroProse Software, Inc.
- 7 games with GT Interactive Software Europe Ltd.
- 7 games with MicroProse-Spectrum...
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