Missile Command [SEP] designer
hours on end.
Development.
When the game was originally designed, the six cities were meant to represent six cities in California: Eureka, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, and San Diego. Later in development the names of the cities varied depending on the game level being played, but eventually city names were removed completely.
While programming "Missile Command", the lead programmer, Dave Theurer, suffered from nightmares of these cities being destroyed by a nuclear blast.
) on 20 Dec 1950
- Re-designated the 68th Strategic Missile Squadron on 19 Mar 1962
Lineage Assignments.
- 44th Bombardment Group, 15 Jan 1941 – 12 Jul 1946; 1 Jul 1947-6 Sep 1948; 2 Jan 1951
- 44th Bombardment Wing, 16 Jun 1952
- Department of the Air Force, 15 Jun 1960
- Strategic Air Command, 19 Mar 1962
- 44th Strategic Missile Wing, 1 Sep 1962
- 44th Operations Group, 1 Sep 1991 – 5 Jul 1994