But second to Miyamoto for me would be Peter (dont make me spewll his last name,the fable guy),mainly because he's british and knows his stuff,even if his games arn't exactly revolutionary
To be honest, I think Ralph Baers contribution is overstated. I don't think that without him there wouldn't be consoles.
Computer Space beat the Odyssey to claim the title of the worlds first commercially produced video game. Nolan Bushnell might have witnessed a display of the Odyssey, but it was Al Alcorn who created Pong, initially as a practice run for the driving game Bushnell wanted to make. However, Alcorn managed to outdo Bushnells expectations, and came up with the simple, fun game that would succeed where Computer Space failed.
I'm gonna have to agree with the topic creator, Shigeru miyamoto is definitely the most influencial person in gaming history. He has created some of the most recognised faces in gaming, I mean Mario is probably more recognised then Mickey Mouse !
To be honest, I think Ralph Baers contribution is overstated. I don't think that without him there wouldn't be consoles.
Computer Space beat the Odyssey to claim the title of the worlds first commercially produced video game. Nolan Bushnell might have witnessed a display of the Odyssey, but it was Al Alcorn who created Pong, initially as a practice run for the driving game Bushnell wanted to make. However, Alcorn managed to outdo Bushnells expectations, and came up with the simple, fun game that would succeed where Computer Space failed. DilutedDante
But if it wasn't for Ralph Bear making a Pre Pong-like game before, Al Alcorn wouldn't have had the idea for PONG in the first place. Infact, PONG is a simplified version of Bears game and Magnavox sued them for patent infringement.
[QUOTE="gamernaz"]This is good topic to expand to more historic figures.
When people think of the most historic videogame characters usually a good number of them will be ninendo characters. Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, DK, Samus ect.
Then comes the more present characters. Solid Snake, Master Chief, Marcus Fenix, Kratos, Joanna Dark, ect.
The bad thing is that some gamers dont even know the creators or at least where they came from.
Miyomato, Hideo Kojima are two of this industries recognized names.
Even people we hate or create controversy have changed the gaming world.
Ken Kutaragi.
Making 3d gaming sucessful and a industries standard.
Microsoft, showing the blue print on online gaming for consoles.
All game creators deserve credit for what they have done.
Without them, where would the industry be? V_Zarnold_N
WOOT THIS IS FTW!!!!!!!!!! but you forgot Cliffy B cause that guy is awesome My bad. I love gears of war though i havent played it in months(broken xbox). how could i forget cliffy b and David Jaffe. Funny though, i was playing mario on my ds last night. That plummer dude is still rollin
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