- List of video game designers
This is a list of video game designers, past and present, in alphabetical order. The people in this list designed either
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Christian Allen , ofBungie Studios - Creative Director onTom Clancy's Ghost Recon series, Design Lead on new Bungie Game
*Michel Ancel , creator of the "Rayman " series, "Beyond Good & Evil " and ""
*Apostol Apostolov , designer ofEarthrise Sci-Fi MMORPG forMasthead Studios .
*Chris Avellone , of "Fallout 2 ", "Knights of the Old Republic 2 " and most notably ""
*Ed Averett , aMagnavox Odyssey2 developer of titles like "K.C. Munchkin " and 24 other titles in 4 yearsB
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Richard Bartle , co-author of "MUD", the first multi-user dungeon.
*Chris Bateman , designer/writer of "Discworld Noir " and "Ghost Master "
*Chris Beatrice : "Caesar" and "Lords of the Realm ".
*Marc Blank : Co-designer of "Zork ", co-founder ofInfocom
*Cliff Bleszinski : member ofEpic games lead designer of "Gears of War " and level designer of Unreal series.
*Ed Boon : Co-Creator of the Mortal Kombatfighting game series.
*Bill Budge : "Raster Blaster " and "Pinball Construction Set "
* Danielle Bunten (deceased): "M.U.L.E. ", "The Seven Cities of Gold "C
* Tim Cain, main designer of "Fallout" and "", founder of
Troika Games
*Eric Chahi , Developer and Designer of "Another World", and "Heart of Darkness".
*Doug Church : ', ' and "System Shock "
* Chris Crawford: "Eastern Front (1941) ", "Balance of Power", founder of theComputer Game Developers' Conference , pioneer ofinteractive storytelling
*Paul Cross : co-designer of "Burnout " and ', lead designer ', and "Burnout Revenge "
*Ian Cummings : "Madden NFL series", "NCAA Football" series withEA Sports .D
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Don Daglow : designer of "Dungeon",Intellivision "Utopia", "Earl Weaver Baseball ", "Neverwinter Nights "
*Cameron Davis : Lead designer of "TY The Tasmanian Tiger 2 " (Game Boy Advance ), "TY The Tasmanian Tiger 3 " (Game Boy Advance ), ', '
*Dino Dini : designer of "Kick Off ", "Kick Off 2 ", "Player Manager ", "GOAL!", "Dino Dini's Soccer "
*Marko Dieckmann : designer of "Face of Mankind "F
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Brian Fargo : founder ofInterplay Entertainment ,InXile Entertainment and developer of "Bard's Tale " and "Wasteland"
*Kelton Flinn : designer of "Air Warrior " and many other pioneering online games, co-founder ofKesmai G
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Richard Garriott (a.k.a. Lord British): creator of the "Ultima" series and founder ofOrigin Systems
*Ron Gilbert : designer of "Maniac Mansion " and the first two "Monkey Island" games
*Julian Gollop , designer of "Chaos", "Laser Squad " and "".
*Allen Goode , co-designer of "Company of Heroes ", "The Outfit" and ""
*Gupta Ashish , Designer of "Virgin Comic titles Sadhu ", "Devi and Ramayana " and "Garfiled, Power Rangers Game Designer at Indiagames and Jumpgames"H
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Jon Hare : designer/director of "Sensible Soccer " series, "Cannon Fodder " series and "Wizball " series, co-founder ofSensible Software
*Stieg Hedlund : "Diablo", "Diablo II ", "StarCraft "
*Yuji Horii :Square Enix - "Dragon Quest " series, "Chrono Trigger "I
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Koji Igarashi :Konami - current producer of theCastlevania series
*Tomonobu Itagaki :Tecmo Team Ninja - designer of the "Dead or Alive" (DOA) games and "Ninja Gaiden "
*Shigesato Itoi : creator of the "EarthBound "/"Mother" seriesJ
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David Jaffe : creator of "God of War" and designer on the "Twisted Metal" series
*Eugene Jarvis , creator of "Defender", ', ' and "The Fast and The Furious"
*Soren Johnson : co-designer of "Civilization III " and lead designer for "Civilization IV "K
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Mathias Karlson : "World in Conflict "
*Rieko Kodama :Sega - "Phantasy Star " series, "Skies of Arcadia "
*Hideo Kojima :Konami - "Metal Gear Solid " series, "Snatcher " and "Policenauts "
* Andrey Kuzmin:KranX Productions - "Perimeter", "Biprolex+ ", "" and "Spanking Runners "L
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Marc Laidlaw , designer/writer at Valve on the "Half-Life" games
*Ed Logg , creator of "Asteroids", "Centipede" and "Gauntlet "
*Al Lowe , creator of the "Leisure Suit Larry " seriesM
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Gregg Mayles : designer for the "Banjo-Kazooie series " and "Viva Piñata "
*American McGee : "American McGee's Alice ", "Doom", "Quake "
* Stephen Marley: designer/writer of ""
*Colin McComb : designer for ""
*Jordan Mechner : "Prince of Persia " series
*Sid Meier : "Civilization" series, "Railroad Tycoon "
*Steve Meretzky : designer/writer of numerous Infocom titles, including "Planetfall ", "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", "A Mind Forever Voyaging " and "Leather Goddesses of Phobos "
*Shinji Mikami : ofCapcom - the "Resident Evil" series
* Robyn and Rand Miller: the brothers who designed "Myst " and some of its sequels.
*Jeff Minter : founder ofLlamasoft .
*Shigeru Miyamoto :Nintendo EAD - "Donkey Kong", "Mario ", "Legend of Zelda" & many others
*Tetsuya Mizuguchi :Q Entertainment (formally withSega UGA) - "Lumines ", "Rez ", "Space Channel 5 " & others
*Peter Molyneux : Created "Populous ", "Syndicate " and "Black and White", "Fable ", foundedBullfrog Software andLionhead Studios
*Brian Moriarty : designer/writer of "Trinity" and "Loom"
*David Mullich : "The Prisoner", "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream", director or producer of many othersN
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Yuji Naka : (Sega Sonic Team ) - "Sonic the Hedgehog", "Phantasy Star Online ", "Nights into Dreams... " & others
*Toshihiro Nishikado : "Space Invaders "
*Tetsuya Nomura :Square Enix - "Final Fantasy ", "Kingdom Hearts "O
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Yoshiki Okamoto :Game Republic ,Capcom ,Konami -Street Fighter (series) & others
*Henrique Olifiers : designer of media convergence games such as "My Big Brother ", "Herois e vampiros " and "Conquista de Titã ". Also co-founder ofFinalboss.com , a Latin American gaming news portal.
*Scott Orr : Designer of original version of "Madden NFL ", many other design creditsP
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Alexey Pajitnov : "Tetris "
*David Perry : "MDK", "Earthworm Jim " and more
*Steven Pederson : "Space", "Terrorist" and moreR
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Rick Raymer : "Clue", "" and others
*Brian Reynolds : "Civilization II ", "Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri " and "Rise of Nations "
* Scott Rogers: "God of War ", "Pac-Man World " andMaximo series
*Ken Rolston : "The Elder Scrolls "
*John Romero : "Doom" and "Quake " lead designer and level designer, "Daikatana " producer, co-founder ofid Software ,Ion Storm andMonkeystone Games
*Richard Rouse III : designer/writer of "The Suffering" games and author of the book ""*
Hironobu Sakaguchi :Mistwalker (formally withSquare Co. ) "Final Fantasy " series and "Chrono Trigger "
*Masahiro Sakurai :Q Entertainment HAL Laboratory - Kirby,Super Smash Bros.
*Chris Sawyer , creator of the "Transport Tycoon " and "Rollercoaster Tycoon" series.
*Josh Sawyer : "Neverwinter Nights 2 ", "Icewind Dale " series, "" series
*Tim Schafer , designer of "Grim Fandango " and "Psychonauts ".
*Brent Silby , pioneering the use ofDHTML /javascript for development of arcade styled action games.
*Warren Spector : "System Shock ", "Thief" series, "Deus Ex "
*Goichi Suda : designer of "Killer7 "
*Yu Suzuki ,Sega-AM2 designer of many classics that became genres, such as "Afterburner", "Hang On ", "Virtua Racing ", "Virtua Fighter " series, "Ferrari F355 Challenge " and the "Shenmue " series.T
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Satoshi Tajiri : creator of "Pokémon " games
*Toru Iwatani :Namco -Pac-Man
*Toshiro Tsuchida :Front Mission series
*John Tobias : Co-Creator of the Mortal Kombatfighting game series.
*Michael Toy : co-designer of Rogue
* Chris Taylor, pioneered the use of both 3D units and terrain in the RTS gameTotal Annihilation .U
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Fumito Ueda : creator of "Ico " and "Shadow of the Colossus "V
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Jon Van Caneghem : "Might and Magic " and "Heroes of Might and Magic " seriesW
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Jordan Weisman : Founder ofFASA , co-creator of "BattleTech " and "MechWarrior "
*Richard Vander Wende : co-designer/director of "Riven "
*Glenn Wichman : co-designer of "Rogue", designer of "Mombasa" and "Toxic Ravine "
*Roberta Williams : Designer of "King's Quest " and other series, pioneered graphic adventure game genre, co-foundedSierra Entertainment
*Tim Willits : Designer on "id software " titles "The Ultimate Doom ", "Quake ", "Quake II ", "Quake III Arena ", "" and "Doom 3 "
* Will Wright:game designer of "SimCity " series and "The Sims " series, co-founder ofMaxis Y
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Kazunori Yamauchi :Polyphony Digital - "Gran Turismo"
*Gunpei Yokoi (deceased): inventor of handheld gaming (Game Boy and other handhelds) and severalarcade game see also
*List of video game industry people
External links
* [http://dadgum.com/giantlist/ Giant List of Classic Game Programmers] which concentrates on 8-bit era game programmers who were usually also the game's designer
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