RJ Mical

Robert J. "RJ" Mical is an American programmer and hardware designer whose software gave the Amiga much of its distinctive personality. After early work in arcade games at Williams Electronics, he joined Amiga in 1984 as the Lorraine project was becoming a complete personal computer.

Mical created Intuition, the Amiga’s graphical user-interface system. Intuition managed screens, windows, menus, gadgets and user input, allowing applications to share the display while the operating system continued to multitask. He also produced development tools and animation software and worked closely with Dale Luck on the famous Boing Ball demonstration that showcased the prototype’s graphics.
After Amiga, Mical reunited with Dave Needle and Dave Morse on other influential machines. He co-designed the Epyx Handy, released by Atari as the Lynx, and later helped create the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer. His career has continued across game hardware, development tools and platform technology.