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 is 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 video or computer games. ... The computer and video game industry is the economic sector involved with the development, marketing and sale of video and computer games. ...

Inductees

• 2005 — Trip Hawkins founder of Electronic Arts, 3DO, and currently at Digital Chocolate
• 2004 — Peter Molyneux of Lionhead Studios
• 2003 — Yu Suzuki of SEGA
• 2002 — Will Wright of Maxis
• 2001 — John Carmack of id Software
• 2000 — Hironobu Sakaguchi of Squaresoft (Square Enix as of 2003)
• 1999 — Sid Meier of Firaxis Games
• 1998 — Shigeru Miyamoto of Nintendo

William M. Trip Hawkins III is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and founder of Electronic Arts, The 3DO Company and Digital Chocolate. ... Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) is a leading video game developer and publisher. ... 3DO can refer to: The 3DO Company, a developer of computer and video game software and hardware 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, the name of a number of video game consoles based on specifications created by above company This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might... 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 Great Britain) is a computer game designer, responsible for well known God games Populous and Black and White, among others. ... Lionhead Studios is a computer game development company led by industry veteran Peter Molyneux. ... Yu Suzuki (鈴木裕, born May 10, 1958) is Segas leading video game producer. ... Sega (セガ) is a video game software and hardware developer, and a former console manufacturer. ... Will Wright & Sim character Will Wright (born 1960 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American computer game designer and co-founder of Maxis. ... Maxis was founded as a video game developer in 1987. ... John Carmack is a widely recognized and influential game programmer. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... 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. ... Sid Meier is one the most successful game programmers and game designers ever, with game series whose chronologies span 20 years. ... Firaxis Games is a computer game developer. ... Shigeru Miyamoto with Mario, Luigi, Wario, Yoshi, and Donkey Kong stuffed toys Shigeru Miyamoto (宮本茂 Miyamoto Shigeru) (born November 16, 1952) is the Japanese creator of Donkey Kong and related Mario video games as well as the Legend of Zelda and Pikmin series for Nintendo. ... Nintendo Corporation, Limited (Japanese: 任天堂; Ninten is translated roughly as leave luck to heaven or in heavens hands, do is a common suffix for names of shops or laboratories; TSE: NTDOY) was originally founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese...

External links

• AIAS Hall of Fame Inductees (http://www.interactive.org/awards/halloffame/inductees.asp)