Jeff was recently interviewed on IGN.com about being the “not-on-purpose” grandfather of the Survival Horror genre. He talks about his work on Project Firestart and beyond:
It wasn’t until 1986 that Jeff Tunnell began the journey that would make him the unwitting father of the modern survival horror game – an achievement that has gone widely overlooked in the years since. As the co-founder of Dynamix, Tunnell is better known for classics like The Incredible Machine and The Adventures of Willy Beamish, but it was Project Firestart on the Commodore 64 that would prove to be one of his most difficult and most significant accomplishments.
Check out the full article, IGN Presents the History of Survival Horror over at IGN, it’s a good read. The interview with Jeff starts at the bottom of the very first page!