Michael Berlyn Obituary

Michael Berlyn passed away suddenly at the age of 73 in March 2023. He was diagnosed with cancer in September 2014, after which he underwent chemotherapy and radiation treatment until at least mid-2015.

Michael Berlyn was born on October 21, 1949, in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States of America. Michael Berlyn is 73 years old as of 2023.

As a writer, Michael Berlyn is known for Altered Destiny (1990), Cutthroats (1984), and Bubsy II (1994). Michael Berlyn was married to Muffy McClung.

Michael Berlyn has been designing and coding games since 1979 when he bought his first computer, an Apple.

Michael Berlyn created a “light-jazz” band called Hot Mustard, which consisted entirely of his own music and performances. Michael Berlyn’s first Bubsy development is Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind (1993).

Michael Berlyn started a small game programming company Brainwave Creations in the mid-1980s. He is probably best known for co-creating Tass Times in Tonetown along with Interplay’s Rebecca Heineman.