Board 8 > How many of these gaming legends do you recognize?

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1. Ralph Baer
2. Nolan Bushnell
3. Warren Robinett
4. Shigeru Miyomoto
5. Peter Molyneax
6. Howard Phillips
7. Sid Meier
8. Will Wright
9. Lucas Barton
10. Yuji Horii
11. Yuji Naka
12. John Carmack
13. Hideo Kojima
14. Ken Kutaragi
15. Gary Gygax
16. James Rolfe
17. Keiji Inafune
18. Richard Garriott
19. Yasumi Matsuno
20. Alexey Pajitnov

Most of these should be rather obvious, though I threw in a few toughies for the hell of it.

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9 and 19 are the only two that don't sound familiar and I can't think of what they've done.

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I only know who 11 of them are, but I recognize almost all the names

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don't recognize:
3
9
10
15
16
18

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I recognize... two names.

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James Rolfe is not a gaming legend

Only recognize #7.


#1 sounds roughly familiar.

All but 1, 9, and 19.

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4. Shigeru Miyomoto - Mario/Zelda/Pikmin/etc.
6. Howard Phillips - I know he's Nintendo-related, but can't think of how
7. Sid Meier - Civilization/Pirates/etc.
8. Will Wright - Sim City
13. Hideo Kojima - MGS
20. Alexey Pajitnov - Tetris


That's all I recognize.

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4. Shigeru Miyomoto
7. Sid Meier
13. Hideo Kojima
16. James Rolfe
17. Keiji Inafune

That's really it :/

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2. John Carmack

For the sake of awesome would've rather that was John Romero.

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4. Shigeru Miyomoto
5. Peter Molyneax
7. Sid Meier
8. Will Wright
13. Hideo Kojima
15. Gary Gygax
17. Keiji Inafune
20. Alexey Pajitnov

Are what I got.

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I know exactly who 7 of them are. All but a few sound really familiar, though.

I actually did a report on Nolan Bushnell in middle school.

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4. Shigeru Miyomoto
5. Peter Molyneax
7. Sid Meier
8. Will Wright
10. Yuji Horii
13. Hideo Kojima
15. Gary Gygax
17. Keiji Inafune
20. Alexey Pajitnov

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From: OmarsComin | #006
James Rolfe is not a gaming legend

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4
5
6
7
8
11
13
16
17
20

10, though James Rolfe, yeahhh....

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Twelve for sure, but I've heard all the names at some point.

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From: Eiladin | #007
Only recognize #7.


#1 sounds roughly familiar.

You should not be on a gaming message board.

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From: PurpleMonkDish | #018
You should not be on a gaming message board.

I'm not sure if I should take that as a compliment.

I'm certain that I've played most of the games that these guys are associated with. I just don't really see how people are expected to recognize the names of game inventors unless their names are blatantly stapled onto every single one of their titles.

I only recognize 4, 7 and 13

I'm a true gamer.

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4. Shigeru Miyomoto
5. Peter Molyneax
7. Sid Meier
8. Will Wright
12. John Carmack
13. Hideo Kojima
17. Keiji Inafune
20. Alexey Pajitnov

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I've never heard of Lucas Barton, but I can name multiple works (or their only notable work) from every other person on this list.

I would expect most gamers to know at least half of this list.

Haha I did a google search for Lucas Barton. Funny but I think his inclusion on this list is just a bit out of place.

1. Ralph Baer (Made Pong... I think)
4. Shigeru Miyomoto (Zelda, Mario, etc)
7. Sid Meier (Civ)
8. Will Wright (Sims)
9. Lucas Barton (The powerglove kid from the wizard, the only reason I know this is because someone here linked an article about him .)
13. Hideo Kojima (MGS)
14. Ken Kutaragi (Former CEO of Sony)
15. Gary Gygax (Creator of Dungeons and Dragons)
16. James Rolfe (AVGN)
20. Alexey Pajitnov (Tetris)

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4. Shigeru Miyomoto
5. Peter Molyneax
7. Sid Meier
8. Will Wright
12. John Carmack
13. Hideo Kojima
14. Ken Kutaragi
17. Keiji Inafune

just these guys

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uhh, Why is James on that list

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James Rolfe a gaming legend? wtf

I mean he's cool and all, I love Cinemassacre, but

anyway:
2. Nolan Bushnell
4. Shigeru Miyomoto
5. Peter Molyneax
7. Sid Meier
8. Will Wright
10. Yuji Horii
11. Yuji Naka
12. John Carmack
13. Hideo Kojima
14. Ken Kutaragi
15. Gary Gygax
16. James Rolfe
17. Keiji Inafune
18. Richard Garriott
19. Yasumi Matsuno
20. Alexey Pajitnov

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Don't really recognize 3 and 9.

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It surprises me more people don't know Garriott, but I guess it makes sense. Not many people would care about the man who created MMORPGs on this board.

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I only recognize 4, 5, and 13. I've probably seen some of the other names, but I don't know anything about them.

I think I've seen one of the Yuji's, though. Something to do with the Persona or SMT series?

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Yuji Naka is Sonic, the other one is... Dragon Quest apparently

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13 of them.

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