Martin Alper

Martin Alper (1942 June 7, 2015) was a video game designer and the former President of Virgin Interactive. Alper was the co-founder of Mastertronic,[1] which went on to become Virgin Interactive. He was also the person who approached Westwood Studios co-founder Brett Sperry about creating Dune II. Sperry did so, and the game was published by Virgin and went on to be a great success.[2] Alper also provided the voice acting for EVA in the original Command & Conquer: Red Alert.[3]

Martin Alper
Born1942
DiedJune 7, 2015
Known forVideo games
Spouse(s)
Jamie Jensen
(m. 2001)
Children2

Alper died on Sunday, June 7, 2015, at his home in Laguna Beach. He was survived by his brother Barry and sister-in-law Angela, his wife Jamie, his daughters Samantha and Mila and son-in-law Mark, and four grandchildren.[4][5]

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