Tōru Iwatani (岩谷 徹, Iwatani Tōru) was born on January 25, 1955. He is a Japanese video game designer who worked for Namco for most of his life. He is most famous for creating the arcade game Pac-Man, which was released in 1980.
Allan Alcorn was born on January 1, 1948. He is an American computer scientist and video game designer. He is best known for creating Pong, which was one of the first video games.
Ralph Henry Baer (born Rudolf Heinrich Baer; March 8, 1922 – December 6, 2014) was a German-born American inventor, game developer, and engineer. Baer’s Jewish family left Germany before World War II began. He helped the United States during the war and became interested in electronics afterward.
Kirby’s Adventure is a 1993 platform game created by HAL Laboratory and released by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It is the second game in the Kirby series, following Kirby’s Dream Land (1992) on the Game Boy. This game introduced the Copy Ability, which lets the main character, Kirby, copy powers from enemies he eats.
Azure Striker Gunvolt, also called Armed Blue: Gunvolt in Japan, is a 2D side-scrolling action-platform game created and published by Inti Creates. It was first released for Nintendo 3DS through the eShop in August 2014. Later versions of the game were released for Windows in 2015, Nintendo Switch in 2017, PlayStation 4 in 2020, and Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S in 2022.
Cyber Shadow is a side-scrolling action and platform game created by the Finnish indie studio Mechanical Head Studios and published by Yacht Club Games. The game uses an 8-bit style and tells the story of a cybernetic ninja named Shadow who tries to save his clan in a world controlled by machines. The game was mainly developed by Aarne Hunziker, who is the only member of Mechanical Head Studios.
Carrion is a supervillain in American comic books from Marvel Comics. He is often shown as an enemy of Spider-Man.
Hotline Miami is a 2012 top-down shooter game created by Dennaton Games and published by Devolver Digital. The game is set in Miami in 1989 and follows an unnamed, silent character known as Jacket by fans. Jacket carries out violent attacks against members of the local Russian mafia.
Hotline Miami is a 2012 video game created by Dennaton Games and released by Devolver Digital. Set in Miami in 1989, the game follows a silent, unnamed main character called Jacket by fans. Jacket carries out violent attacks against a local Russian mafia group.
Neon White is a game that combines shooting and solving puzzles while moving through levels. It was created by Angel Matrix and released by Annapurna Interactive. The game was first available on Microsoft Windows and Nintendo Switch on June 16, 2022.