Mataga designed the game Shamus in 1982,[2] credited under the name William for the Atari 8-bit computers.[1] Much of the game's appeal was said to come from Mataga's sense of humor, such as creating a "grand rendition" of the Alfred Hitchcock theme song in the game's introduction.[6] Mataga followed it with a sequel Shamus: Case II and scrolling shooter Zeppelin.
Mataga developed an interactive fiction programming language known as BtZ (Better than Zork) for Broderbund, in the early 1980s.[3] Mataga worked with Hales and poet Robert Pinsky on the interactive fiction game Mindwheel (1984).[3]
Mataga was one of the programmers working at Stormfront Studios on the original Neverwinter Nights MMORPG.[8]Don Daglow credits Mataga as one of the programmers who proved Daglow's assertion that he could make Neverwinter Nights a success.[9]
↑"Game Designers Just Wanna Be Girls: Interview with Jamie Faye Fenton". Next Generation. June 21, 1999. Archived from the original on May 26, 2014. Then there was the designer of the great 8-bit classic, Shamus, William Mataga. He recently wrapped-up work on a Color Game Boy version of that game and is looking for a publisher. Only he now goes by Cathryn.
↑David Small, Sandy Small and George Blank, ed. (1983). "Shamus". The Creative Atari. Creative Computing Press. p.189. ISBN978-0916688349.
