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John Garcia is one of the founding members of the modern American computer game industry. Currently CEO of Novalogic, Inc, Garcia originally joined the industry in 1982 as a Vice President at Datasoft[1]. His work has been attributed as being a factor in the industries recovery from the North American video game crash of 1983.
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Born in the Galicia, Spain, Garcia came to the US in ?? when his family was forced to flee the oppressive Franco dictatorship. He is the brother of acclaimed oncologist, Dr. Francisco Garcia-Moreno.
After receiving a degree in Psychology at DePaul Univeristy, Garcia went on to study film at the London Film School[1] with other notable entertainment industry figures such as Michael Mann.
He subsequently co-founded one of the first commercial film production companies in the United Arab Emirates. Realizing the potential of the nascent computer game industry, he abandoned his work in film to dedicate himself to his then hobby, computer programming. In 1982 he was hired by Datasoft, and in 1985 he founded Novalogic, Inc.
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