 Starflight was developed by Binary Systems , a five @-@ man team consisting of Rod McConnell , Greg Johnson ( lead designer ) , Alec <unk> ( programming ) , Tim C. Lee ( graphics and programming ) , and Bob Gonsalves ( sound ) . Then @-@ vice president of Electronic Arts Joe Ybarra was also closely involved , and produced the work . The original idea for making a video game was conceived by McConnell and Ybarra in 1983 . McConnell hired colleague Dave Boulton , who had an idea for using fractals to generate an endless virtual universe , along with <unk> , Gonsalves , Lee , and Johnson , all of whom were first time game designers . Boulton quit the project early on in development , saying it was too ambitious , with Lee replacing him . 
