Since 1998, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) has annually inducted into its Hall of Fame video game developers that have made revolutionary and innovative achievements in the computer and video game industry. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) is a non-profit organization that promotes entertainment software, such as video and computer games, with its Interactive Achievement Awards ceremony held annually since 1998. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... Pac-Man is one of the most recognizable video games ever created. ...

Inductees

• 2007 — Dan Bunten, founder of Ozark Softscape
• 2006 — Richard Garriott, founder of Origin Systems, currently at NCsoft
• 2005 — Trip Hawkins, founder of Electronic Arts, 3DO, and currently at Digital Chocolate
• 2004 — Peter Molyneux of Lionhead Studios and Bullfrog Productions
• 2003 — Yu Suzuki of SEGA
• 2002 — Will Wright of Maxis
• 2001 — John Carmack of id Software
• 2000 — Hironobu Sakaguchi of Square (Square Enix as of 2003), and currently at Mistwalker
• 1999 — Sid Meier of Firaxis Games and MicroProse
• 1998 — Shigeru Miyamoto of Nintendo

Danielle Bunten Berry (February 19, 1949 - July 3, 1998), a. ... Richard Garriott in Lord British attire Richard Allen Garriott (born July 4, 1961; nickname Lord British) is a significant figure in the video game industry. ... Origin Systems, Inc. ... NCsoft (KSE: 036570) is a South Korean based online computer game company. ... William M. Trip Hawkins III (born 1953) is a Silicon Valley American entrepreneur and co-founder of Electronic Arts, The 3DO Company and Digital Chocolate. ... EA redirects here. ... The 3DO Company (formerly THDO on the NASDAQ stock exchange), also known as 3DO, was founded in 1991 under the name SMSG, Inc. ... Digital Chocolate is a video game development company founded in 2003 by Trip Hawkins, the entrepreneur and founder of the video game publishing giant Electronic Arts and the ill-fated video game console developer 3DO. The company focusses on developing games for mobile phones. ... Peter Molyneux OBE (born 1960 in Guildford, Surrey, UK) is a computer game designer and game programmer, responsible for well known God games Populous and Black & White, among others, as well as Business Strategy games such as Theme Park and most recently, The Movies. ... Lionhead Studios is a United Kingdom-based computer game development company led by industry veteran Peter Molyneux, and taken over by Microsoft Game Studios in April 2006. ... Bullfrog Productions was a UK computer game developer that was founded in 1987 by Peter Molyneux and Les Edgar. ... Yu Suzuki (Japanese: , , born May 10, 1958) is a Japanese game designer and producer who has spent his entire career with Sega Enterprises. ... Sega Corporation ) is an international video game software and hardware developing company, and a former home computer and console manufacturer. ... Publicity photo of Will Wright and a character from The Sims William R. Wright (born January 20, 1960) is an American computer game designer and co-founder of the game development company, Maxis. ... A color version of the Maxis logo, used since 1992 Maxis Software was founded as a video game developer and is now a brand name of Electronic Arts (EA). ... John D. Carmack II (born August 20, 1970) is a widely recognized figure in the video game industry. ... id Software (IPA: officially, though originally ) is an American computer game developer based in Mesquite, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. ... Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of Final Fantasy series Hironobu Sakaguchi (坂口 博信, born 1962) was the Director of Planning and Development for Square Co. ... Square Co. ... SQUARE ENIX (Japanese: スクウェア・エニックス) is a Japanese producer of popular video games and manga. ... Mistwalker logo Mistwalker (Japanese: ミストウォーカー) is a Japanese video game development studio started by Hironobu Sakaguchi (the creator of the popular Final Fantasy series) in 2004. ... Sid Meier (born Sidney K. Meier in 1954, in Detroit, USA) is a renowned American programmer and designer of some of the most commercially and critically successful computer strategy games of all time. ... Firaxis Games is a computer game developer. ... MicroProse Software, Inc. ... Shigeru Miyamoto , born November 16, 1952) is a Japanese electronic game designer. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ...

External links

• AIAS Hall of Fame Inductees