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A manga artist, who impressed the Nintendo president with his toy design in 1977. He is famously credited for designing Donkey Kong and Super Mario.
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Kojima always wanted to be a filmmaker but took up game designing after the death of his father to fight financial hardships. He is famous for designing Metal Gear Solid and Zone of the Enders series.
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CliffyB kickstarted his gaming career by submitting his game "Dare to Dream" to Tim Sweeney of Epic Games in 1992. He later joined Sweeney in Unreal. He is famous for designing the "Gears of War" series.
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Famous as the creator of the Unreal Engine and founder of Epic Games, He wasn't much of a gamer but spent almost 10,000 hours learning to program before the age of 15.
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in 1981 Meier purchased an Atari 800C and learned programming. He co-founded MicroProse and created hits such as Sid Meier's Pirates. He is well-known for designing the Civilization series.
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