21 Facts About Rebecca Heineman

Rebecca Ann Heineman is an American video game designer and programmer.

Rebecca Heineman has been chief executive officer for Olde Skuul since 2013.

Rebecca Ann Heineman was born William Salvador Heineman on October 30,1963, and raised in Whittier, California.

Rebecca Heineman is hence considered to be the first national video game tournament champion.

At Avalon Hill, Rebecca Heineman created a manual for the company's programming team, the studio's game engine, and the base code for several software projects, including her own first game, London Blitz, before leaving the company.

Rebecca Heineman returned to California to work for another developer, Boone Corporation.

Boone ceased operations in 1983, so Rebecca Heineman got together with Brian Fargo, Jay Patel and Troy Worrell, and the four founded Interplay Productions.

Rebecca Heineman acted as lead programmer for the company, working on Wasteland, The Bard's Tale, various ports of Out of This World, and the Mac OS and 3DO ports of Wolfenstein 3D.

Rebecca Heineman went on to design The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate, Dragon Wars, Tass Times in Tonetown, Borrowed Time, Mindshadow, The Tracer Sanction, and programmed various ports of Battle Chess, among others, for Interplay.

In 1999, Rebecca Heineman founded Contraband Entertainment, operating as its chief executive officer.

Rebecca Heineman developed several original games alongside ports to various platforms for other developers.

Projects led by Rebecca Heineman include Myth III: The Wolf Age and Activision Anthology, and Mac OS ports for Aliens vs Predator, Baldur's Gate II and Heroes of Might and Magic IV.

Contraband was wound down in 2013, and Rebecca Heineman founded a new company, Olde Skuul, together with Jennell Jaquays, Maurine Starkey, and Susan Manley.

Rebecca Heineman acted as lead programmer for the Battle Chess: Game of Kings.

Around 2003, Rebecca Heineman was diagnosed with gender dysphoria and began transitioning to live as a woman.

Rebecca Heineman formally changed her given name to Rebecca Ann.

Since the transition, Rebecca Heineman has been living as a lesbian.

Rebecca Heineman has five children and was married to Jennell Jaquays until the death of the latter.

Rebecca Heineman has been part of the advisory board of the Videogame History Museum since 2011, and was part of the board of directors of LGBTQ+ organization GLAAD.

Rebecca Heineman is recognized as the first national video game tournament champion for winning the 1980 National Space Invaders Championship.

Sailor Ranko, a Sailor Moon-based fanfiction comic by Rebecca Heineman based on an earlier work written by Duncan Zillman, has won multiple awards.