• A game programmer is a software engineer, programmer, or computer scientist who primarily develops codebases for video games or related software, such...
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  • Giles Goddard (born 30 March 1971) is an English video game programmer. He was one of the first Western employees at Nintendo, programming the Mario face...
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  • better known by the pseudonyms Near and Byuu, was a programmer who specialized in emulation of video game console hardware. They developed higan, the first...
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    of programmers List of programming languages Software development process Software engineering Systems architect Video game programmer "Programmer vs...
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    Scott Jones (born October 1965) is a Scottish video game programmer and entrepreneur who co-founded video game developers DMA Design (now Rockstar North)...
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    Jones (born June 1, 1971) is an American video game developer and programmer who co-founded the video game studio Bungie with Alex Seropian in 1991....
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    Johan Andersson is a Swedish video game designer and studio manager for Paradox Tinto, a Barcelona-based division of Paradox Interactive. Before working...
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    Ed Boon (category American video game programmers)
    Edward "Ed" Boon (born February 22, 1964) is an American video game programmer, voice actor, and director. Boon was employed for over 15 years at Midway...
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    Swen Vincke (category Video game programmers)
    born 30 May 1972) is a Belgian video game designer, programmer and director. He is the founder and CEO of the video game company Larian Studios, where...
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    Taylor is an American game programmer, best known as a former id Software employee and noted for his work promoting Linux gaming. He graduated from the...
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    Swedish video game programmer and designer. He is the creator of the video game Minecraft, which since its release has become the best-selling video game in...
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    is a Japanese composer and video game developer notable for developing and self-publishing the Touhou Project video game series through the dojin group...
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    Dona Bailey (category American video game programmers)
    1955) is an American video game programmer and educator. Bailey, along with Ed Logg in 1981, developed Atari, Inc.'s arcade video game Centipede. Dona Bailey...
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    Rebecca Heineman (category American video game programmers)
    Rebecca Ann Heineman is an American video game designer and programmer. Heineman was a founding member of video game companies Interplay Productions, Logicware...
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    is an American video game programmer and businessman. He is the founder and CEO of Epic Games, and the creator of Unreal Engine, a game development platform...
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    Tim Cain (category American video game programmers)
    an American video game developer best known as the creator, producer, lead programmer and one of the main designers of the 1997 video game Fallout. In...
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    Eric Barone (category American video game programmers)
    for creating the game independently, as its sole designer, programmer, animator, artist, composer, and writer. To complete the game, Barone worked 10...
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  • video games became more complex, computers and consoles became more powerful, the job of the game designer became separate from the lead programmer....
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    Quinn (born 1987) is an American video game developer, programmer, and writer. Quinn developed the interactive fiction game Depression Quest, which was released...
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  • and programmer of Tennis for Two, one of the first video games developed during the early history of video games Alec Holowka: Indie video game programmer...
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  • Chris Sutherland (born February 1, 1956) is an English video game programmer and voice actor. He is best known for programming several titles while at...
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  • Christian Whitehead (category Video game programmers)
    Christian Whitehead, also known as The Taxman, is an Australian video game programmer and designer. He is most recognized for his work creating updated...
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  • Activision in 1979. Activision was founded by four former Atari video game programmers who left the company because they felt that Atari's developers should...
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  • Tron is a coin-operated arcade video game manufactured and distributed by Bally Midway in 1982. The game consists of four subgames inspired by the events...
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  • Frederick Ford is an American video game programmer. He is the son of mathematician L. R. Ford Jr. A co-founder of the video game studio Toys for Bob, he led...
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  • freelance computer game programmer who was prolific in the mid-to-late 1980s. He is best known for the creation of the cult computer game character Magic...
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    Jens Bergensten (category Swedish video game designers)
    Bergensten (born 18 May 1979), known professionally as Jeb, is a Swedish video game programmer and designer. He is best known as the lead designer of Minecraft...
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    Sid Meier (category American video game programmers)
    businessman and computer programmer. A programmer, designer, and producer of several strategy video games and simulation video games, including the Civilization...
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    (born June 11, 1970) is an American video game programmer, entrepreneur, and novelist. Gavin co-founded the video game company Naughty Dog with childhood...
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  • Kaz Ayabe (category Japanese video game programmers)
    graduating, he took a job as a graphic artist at the video game developer NMK, later becoming a programmer for the company. He worked on several titles for...
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