As Gamers we need to thank and enshrine:

Ralph Baer

Shigeru Miyamoto

John Carmack

Koji Kondo

Nobuo Uematsu

Nolan Bushnell

Gary Gygax

Anyone have any other serious additions to this list?

Sid Meier,Peter Molyneux,any list without these two would be a shame.

between turn based strategy,and the "god" game,plus everything else,from Pirates to fable,the industry owes a lot to these two men,and harcore gamers owe them both a thank you at least.

And thread creator,while this is a good idea,you need to add more content to your post and encourage discussion,otherwise it becomes a list thread which is not allowed and will be locked.

Gygax? Either you confused tabletop roleplaying with video game roleplaying, or Gygax with Giygas :P.Video_Game_King

Think of how much Gygax influenced games though.

Without him programmers, such as Carmack, may not have been so gaming inclined.

[QUOTE="Video_Game_King"]Gygax? Either you confused tabletop roleplaying with video game roleplaying, or Gygax with Giygas :P.xZyos

Think of how much Gygax influenced games though.

Without him programmers, such as Carmack, may not have been so gaming inclined.

No, video games would still be what they are today. Sure, we wouldn't have Everquest, but with WoW, I think we can live with that.

Meh...

Agree to disagree?

Good contributions though

Don't forget Satan.:twisted:

LOL, just kidding. I dunno who to thank, but I honestly couldn't care less.

Games would be the same without Gygax? WTF?

Id personally like to add Warren Spector (and his often partner Doug Church) and Tim Schafer. I think Ragnar Tornquist will hopefully be a later addition (though his output isnt very large yet).

Sid Meier and Peter molyneux have already been mentioned but I might as well add my agreement.

Oh and how could anyone forget Richard Garriot?

PS: As a side note to the discussion ... do you think Games Designers will/should start becoming celebrities like film directors/producers? I think games are getting popular enough that this is a distinct possibility. Im not sure this would be such a good thing though. Not sure why ... I just have a feeling, cool as it would be, that it would have a negative impact on games development. (Maybe I should start a seperate thread?)

Ralph Baer

Shigeru Miyamoto

John Carmack

Koji Kondo

Nobuo Uematsu

Nolan Bushnell

Gary Gygax

Anyone have any other serious additions to this list?

xZyos

Wow, outside of Carmack I know none of those names. I would like to add gabe Newell or just valve to that list.

Akira Nishìtani - producer
Yoshiki Okamoto - producer
Yu Suzuki - producer
Noriyuki Iwadare - composer
Keiji Inafune - producer
Victor Ireland - localization pioneer
Dan Forden - composer
Yoko Shimomura - composer
Yuji Naka - producer
Shouji Meguro - composer

More posted as I think of them

PS: As a side note to the discussion ... do you think Games Designers will/should start becoming celebrities like film directors/producers? I think games are getting popular enough that this is a distinct possibility. Im not sure this would be such a good thing though. Not sure why ... I just have a feeling, cool as it would be, that it would have a negative impact on games development. (Maybe I should start a seperate thread?)Genia

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[QUOTE="Video_Game_King"]Gygax? Either you confused tabletop roleplaying with video game roleplaying, or Gygax with Giygas :P.Video_Game_King

Think of how much Gygax influenced games though.

Without him programmers, such as Carmack, may not have been so gaming inclined.

No, video games would still be what they are today. Sure, we wouldn't have Everquest, but with WoW, I think we can live with that.

I'm putting quotes around role-playing because there is no actual video game equivalent of a role-playing game.

Oh yea, Gunpei Yokoi, creator of Metroid. Rekunta

How could I forget Gunpei...

Damn shame what happened to him though.

[QUOTE="Rekunta"]Oh yea, Gunpei Yokoi, creator of Metroid. xZyos

How could I forget Gunpei...

Damn shame what happened to him though.

Yea it was....didn't he die in a car accident?

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[QUOTE="Rekunta"]Oh yea, Gunpei Yokoi, creator of Metroid. Rekunta

How could I forget Gunpei...

Damn shame what happened to him though.

Yea it was....didn't he die in a car accident?

Yeah, if my memory recalls it was soon after he left Nintendo too.

whoever created pong should be on that list if he isn't already.DJ-Lafleur

He is, Ralph Baer.

[QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]whoever created pong should be on that list if he isn't already.xZyos

He is, Ralph Baer.