Notable Names
From Styleguide
Al Alcorn: Designer of PONG.
Robert "Robbie" Bach: President of the Entertainment & Devices division at Microsoft, where he is in charge of the Xbox/Xbox 360 product line.
Ralph Baer: Creator of the first home gaming console, the Magnavox Odyssey.
Clifford "CliffyB" Bleszinski: Energetic designer for Epic Games, known for his work on the Unreal series and Gears of War.
Bruno Bonnell: Founder of Infogrames, and former chairman and chief creative officer of Atari.
Ed Boon: Creative director at Midway; responsible for the Mortal Kombat series.
Nolan Bushnell: Creator of Computer Space, the first coin-operated arcade game, and founder of Atari.
John Carmack: Lead programmer and technical visionary on Doom and Quake. Responsible for creation of id Software, along with John Romero and others.
Louis Castle: Responsible for the Dune and Command and Conquer series.
Reginald "Reggie" Fils-Aime: Popular and outspoken president of Nintendo of America.
Richard "Lord British" Garriott: Creator of the Ultima series.
Ron Gilbert: Computer game designer and programmer; creator of the Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion (SCUMM) toolset, which was used to create iconic adventure games Maniac Mansion and The Secret of Monkey Island. Also known for his groundbreaking work on the Putt-Putt series.
Trip Hawkins: Founder of Electronic Arts, 3DO and Digital Chocolate.
Kaz Hirai: President and group chief operating officer, Sony Computer Entertainment Interactive.
Yuji Hori: Developer at Square Enix responsible for the Dragon Quest series.
Sam Houser: President of Rockstar Games; the creative force behind Grand Theft Auto series.
Koji Igarashi: Producer for the Castlevania series.
Keiji Inafune: Producer at Capcom who created Mega Man.
Tomonobu Itagaki: Producer at Tecmo's Team NINJA; Creator of the Dead or Alive series.
Satoru Iwata: President and CEO, Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Toru Iwatani: Creator of Pac-Man.
David Jaffe: Game designer and producer known for his work on God of War and outspoken game industry critic.
Eugene Jarvis: Creator of Defender and Robotron 2084.
Hideo Kojima: Creator of the Metal Gear Solid franchise.
Koji Kondo: Nintendo composer, best known for his work on the Mario and Zelda series.
Ken Kutaragi: Chairman and group chief executive officer, Sony Computer Entertainment Interactive. Father of the PlayStation.
Lorne Lanning: Creator, with Sherry McKenna, of the Oddworld series.
Sid Meier: Lead designer of Civilization and Pirates! series
Steve Meretzky: Designer noted for his work on classic text-based games such as The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Planetfall.
Shinji Mikami: Creator of the Resident Evil series.
Rand and Robin Miller: Brothers responsible for the Myst series.
Shigeru Miyamoto: Designer responsible for the creation of Donkey Kong, Mario, Star Fox, The Legend of Zelda and other popular Nintendo franchises.
Tetsuya Mizuguchi: Game designer for Q Entertainment, formerly of Sega; responsible for such critically acclaimed titles as Rez, Lumines and Space Channel 5.
Peter Molyneux: Founder of Lionhead Studios; known for his work on Populous, Black & White and The Movies.
Peter Moore: Corporate vice president of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business, Entertainment and Devices Division.
Dr. Ray Muzyka and Dr. Greg Zeschuk: Founders and joint CEOs of BioWare; famed for their work on Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
Yuji Naka: Designer at Sega; responsible for Sonic the Hedgehog.
Gabe Newell: Co-founder of Valve software; creator of Half-Life.
Alexey Pajitnov: Creator of Tetris.
Dave Perry: Founder of Shiny Entertainment and creator of Earthworm Jim.
Ted Price: President and CEO of Insomniac Games, creators of the Ratchet & Clank and Spyro series.
John Riccitiello: Chief executive officer for Electronic Arts.
John Romero: Co-founder of id Software; co-creator of Doom.
Hironobu Sakaguchi: Creator of the Final Fantasy series.
Tim Schafer: Inventive game designer who has worked on titles such as Full Throttle, Psychonauts and Grim Fandango.
Warren Spector: Iconic game designer; oversaw franchises such as Deus Ex, System Shock and Thief.
Yu Suzuki: Noted game designer credited with the arcade classics Out Run, Virtua Fighter and Shenmue.
Roberta and Ken Williams: Husband and wife founders of On-Line Entertainment, which later became Sierra Online; creators of the King's Quest series as well as many other popular adventure games.
Will Wright: Designer of SimCity, The Sims and the upcoming Spore.
Hiroshi Yamauchi: President of Nintendo from 1949 - 2002; oversaw transformation of Nintendo from a playing card manufacturer to a videogame giant.
Kazunori Yamauchi: Producer of Gran Turismo franchise.
Gunpei Yokoi: Inventor of the Game and Watch and Game Boy product lines; designer of the Nintendo Entertainment System; creator of Metroid. Killed in a car accident in 1997.
