Video game designer Jim Walls.png

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Description	A color headshot of video game designer Jim Walls against a gray backdrop in 1989.
Author or copyright owner	Sierra On-Line
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: Sierra News Magazine Immediate source: https://archive.org/details/006_Sierra_News_Magazine_Volume_2_Number_2_Autumn_1989/page/n5/mode/
Date of publication	1989
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Jim Walls
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	Portrait will identify subject at top of article.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Subject is retired, out of public life, and no free images can be found.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	Photo will be used solely at top of Wikipedia article to identify subject.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	Subject is retired and the company which produced the photograph has been defunct since 2008.
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