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Douglas E. Smith: Works & Overview

Douglas Edwin Smith (October 28, 1960 – September 7, 2014), usually credited as Doug Smith, was an American video game designer and programmer, best known as the author of the 8-bit game Lode Runner (1983), considered a seminal work of the 1980s.

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Douglas E. Smith topic overview

The analysis highlights Works and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around Douglas E. Smith.

Related topics
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Source areas
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Connected nodes
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Extracted relationships
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Concept neighborhoods
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Bridge connections
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What this topic covers Research coverage

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Overview · 17 topics

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Key facts & relationships

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Notable work
Lode Runner
Born
(1960-10-28)October 28, 1960
Died
September 7, 2014(2014-09-07) (aged 53)
Occupations
Video game designer Video game programmer Video game producer

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Overview

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How Douglas E. Smith connects Entity context

The extracted context around Douglas E. Smith shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Douglas E. Smith → Douglas, HTML5, IMDbDouglas, MobyGamesLode Runner, Smith Another extracted example is Douglas E. Smith → (1960-10-28)October 28, 1960. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Douglas E. Smith

Top relations

related to External links · 5
Douglas E. Smith → Douglas, HTML5, IMDbDouglas, MobyGamesLode Runner, Smith
Born · 1
Douglas E. Smith → (1960-10-28)October 28, 1960
Died · 1
Douglas E. Smith → September 7, 2014(2014-09-07) (aged 53)
Notable work · 1
Douglas E. Smith → Lode Runner
Occupations · 1
Douglas E. Smith → Video game designer Video game programmer Video game producer

Important terminology

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Important terminology

game smith lode runner video douglas september 2014 1983 wrote assembly personal first include secret designer programmer work producer died

Douglas E. Smith relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 9 structured relationships around Douglas E. Smith. Examples in this analysis include Douglas E. Smith → Born → (1960-10-28)October 28, 1960 and Douglas E. Smith → Died → September 7, 2014(2014-09-07) (aged 53). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Douglas E. SmithBorn(1960-10-28)October 28, 19601.00infobox
Douglas E. SmithDiedSeptember 7, 2014(2014-09-07) (aged 53)1.00infobox
Douglas E. SmithNotable workLode Runner1.00infobox
Douglas E. SmithOccupationsVideo game designer Video game programmer Video game producer1.00infobox
Douglas E. Smithrelated to External linksDouglas0.60section
Douglas E. Smithrelated to External linksSmith0.60section
Douglas E. Smithrelated to External linksIMDbDouglas0.60section
Douglas E. Smithrelated to External linksMobyGamesLode Runner0.60section
Douglas E. Smithrelated to External linksHTML50.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Douglas E. Smith bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Smith, Died and American. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

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Map overview Semantic statistics

Douglas E. Smith

Nodes19
Edges18
Triples9
Avg. degree1.89
Density0.105263
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Douglas E. Smith to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Works & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Douglas E. Smith · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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