Rick Dyer is an American video game designer and writer best known for creating Dragon's Lair.
Dyer is also known for being the person responsible for RDI Video System's Halcyon gaming console, named after the 2001: A Space Odyssey AI 'HAL 9000'.
[7] Despite the TV appearances and being branded as 'David' among videogame companies in a David and Goliath comparison, Rick Dyer Industries (RDI) Systems went out of business in 1985 and the console was never released.
One of his last major successes in the gaming industry was the development of Time Traveler in 1991.
Rick Dyer became a realtor for Apple Tree Realty based in Julian, California.