Tony was Director of Development and Acquisitions for Nintendo of America from 1989 to 1996. During his tenure his departments developed some of the most successful Nintendo titles including the Donkey Kong and Killer Instinct franchises.
Tony left Nintendo in 1996 to join Dave Jones’ company DMA Design as President of DMA Design, Inc. Tony then co-founded Devil’s Thumb Entertainment with Dave and after three profitable years they sold the company to VR1 Entertainment. Tony served as Executive VP, COO, and then president of VR1 as it continued to grow and eventually reached 240 developers in four countries (US, Japan, Canada, Russia). Tony left VR1 in 2002 to co-found Realtime Worlds with Dave Jones.
