Carol Shaw

Shaw was born in 1955 and was raised in Palo Alto, California. Shaw first used a computer in high school and discovered she could play text-based games on the system. Shaw attended the University of California, Berkeley and graduated with a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in 1977. She later completed a master's degree in computer science at Berkeley. ==Career==

Atari, Inc. Immediately after earning her master's degree in 1978, Shaw was hired at Atari, Inc. to work on games for the Atari VCS (later called the 2600) with the title of Microprocessor Software Engineer. Co-worker Mike Albaugh later put her on a list of Atari's "less publicized superstars": Shaw worked on several projects for the Atari 8-bit computers. With Keith Brewster, she wrote the Atari BASIC Reference Manual. She developed the programmable Calculator application, published by Atari on floppy disk in 1981. then joining Activision in 1982. In the same year, she donated her gaming memorabilia, including games, boxes, source code, and designs, to the Strong National Museum of Play. ==Personal life==

Shaw lives in California and has been married to Ralph Merkle, a researcher in cryptography and nanotechnology, since 1983. ==Works==

Atari 2600 • 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe (Atari, 1978) • Othello (Atari, 1978) with Ed Logg • Video Checkers (Atari, 1980) • Super Breakout (Atari, 1981) with Nick Turner • River Raid (Activision, 1982) Intellivision • Happy Trails (Activision, 1983) Atari 8-bit computers • Atari BASIC (Atari, 1979-1981) technical writing • Atari Calculator (Atari, 1979-1981) • River Raid (Activision, 1983) port from 2600 to Atari 8-bit and 5200 Unreleased • Polo, Atari 2600 (Atari, 1978) == Publications ==