# Lyle Rains

> Lyle Rains was a senior executive at the arcade game company Atari and conceptualized the original idea for Asteroids, which was then developed and implemented by Ed Logg.
Rains reportedly called Logg into his office and said "Well, why don’t we have a game where you shoot the rocks and blow them up?"

*Video game designer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/lyle-rains

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Developer ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5482740))
- **Category:** Developers
- **Country:** United States
- **Status:** unknown
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Lyle Rains was a senior executive at the arcade game company Atari and conceptualized the original idea for Asteroids, which was then developed and implemented by Ed Logg.
Rains reportedly called Logg into his office and said "Well, why don’t we have a game where you shoot the rocks and blow them up?"

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 39.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 16.3 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 3.1 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 90.9 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 20.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 53.0 / 100

## Sources
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3841002)

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