Ken Lobb

Kenneth Alan Lobb (also credited as Ken Lobb, KAL, and K. Lobb, born December 10, 1960) is an American video game designer formerly employed by Taxan USA Corp., Namco Hometek, and Nintendo of America, and currently employed by Microsoft Studios as Creative Director. He is best known as a designer of the Killer Instinct series.

Contents

• How Did You Get Into The Games Industry Ken Lobb
• Works
• References

Lobb was employed as Product Manager of Taxan USA between 1989 and 1991, where he worked on games for the Nintendo Entertainment System such as Burai Fighter, Low G Man, and G.I. Joe. After Taxan closed down, Lobb was then briefly employed by Namco Hometek, where he worked on the localization of the Genesis versions of Rolling Thunder 2 and Splatterhouse 2. Afterward, Lobb was employed by Nintendo of America, where he worked on several games, including GoldenEye 007, from 1994 until 2001. Lobb has been employed by Microsoft Game Studios since 2001.

The "Klobb" gun in GoldenEye 007 on the Nintendo 64 was named after Lobb.

Works

Burai Fighter (NES, 1990)

Low G Man (NES, 1990)

G.I. Joe (NES, 1990)

Rolling Thunder 2 (Genesis, 1991) - Hometek Team

Kick Master (NES, 1992)

Splatterhouse 2 (Genesis, 1992) - Special Thanks

Wings 2: Aces High (SNES, 1992) - Producer

Splatterhouse 3 (Genesis, 1993) - Special Thanks

Super Punch-Out!! (SNES, 1994) - Special Thanks

Donkey Kong Country (SNES, 1994) - Special Thanks

Killer Instinct (Arcade, 1994) - Game Design, Character Voices

Killer Instinct 2 (Arcade, 1996) - Character Voices, Additional Design, Special Thanks

Cruis'n USA (N64, 1996) - Special Thanks

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (SNES, 1996) - Special Thanks

Tetrisphere (N64, 1997) - Product Coordinator

Donkey Kong Land III (GB, 1997) - Special Thanks

GoldenEye 007 (N64, 1997) - NOA Treehouse Staff

Diddy Kong Racing (N64, 1997) - NOA Thanks To

Cruis'n World (N64, 1997) - NOA Producer

Blast Corps (N64, 1997) - NOA Staff

Banjo-Kazooie (N64, 1998) - NOA Big Thanks

Star Wars Episode I: Racer (N64/GBC) - Thanks to Nintendo of America

R-Type DX (GBC, 1999) - Special Thanks

The New Tetris (N64, 1999) - Special Thanks

NBA 3 on 3 Featuring Kobe Bryant (N64, 1999) - Special Thanks

Mickey's Racing Adventure (GBC, 1999) - Thanks

Ken Griffey Jr.'s Slugfest (N64/GBC, 1999) - Special Thanks

Jet Force Gemini (N64, 1999) - NOA Thanks To

Duke Nukem: Zero Hour (N64, 1999) - Special Thanks

Donkey Kong 64 (N64, 1999) - Special Thanks

Conker's Pocket Tales (GBC, 1999) - NOA Special Thanks

Command & Conquer (N64, 1999) - Executive Producer

Perfect Dark (N64, 2000) - NOA Staff

Killer Instinct (Xbox One, 2013) - Supervisor, voice of Chief Thunder

Ori and the Blind Forest (Xbox One/Xbox 360/Windows, 2015) - Special Thanks