Tōru Iwatani (岩谷 徹, Iwatani Tōru, born January 25, 1955) is a Japanese video game designer who spent much of his career working for Namco. He is best known...
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Tokiko Iwatani (岩谷 時子, 1916–2013), Japanese lyricist, poet and translator Toru Iwatani (岩谷 徹, born 1955), Japanese video game designer Toshio Iwatani (岩谷...
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points. Game development began in early 1979, directed by Toru Iwatani with a nine-man team. Iwatani wanted to create a game that could appeal to women as...
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Tōru is a masculine Japanese given name. Tōru can be expressed with several kanji. Some examples: 徹, "penetrate" 透, "transparent" 享, "enjoy" 亨, "smoothly"...
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quartet of characters from the Pac-Man video game franchise. Created by Toru Iwatani, they first appear in the 1980 arcade game Pac-Man as the main antagonists...
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protagonist of the video game franchise of the same name. Created by Toru Iwatani, he first appeared in the arcade game Pac-Man (1980), and has since appeared...
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previously released Ms. Pac-Man, which Namco had little involvement with. Toru Iwatani returns as designer. Sound and gameplay mechanics were altered radically...
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including Midway Games, Atari and Mass Media, Inc., and was created by Toru Iwatani. The eponymous first entry was released in arcades in 1980 by Namco,...
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pop bumpers and other objects in the playfield. It was developed by Toru Iwatani, known as the creator of Pac-Man and Pole Position. Outside Japan, it...
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military scientist. Denis Akiyama portrays Tōru Iwatani, the creator of the Pac-Man franchise, while the real Iwatani has a cameo role as a repairman at the...
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alongside producer Nobutaka Nakajima and designer and the father of Pac-Man, Toru Iwatani, the original creator of Pac-Man — Championship Edition was the final...
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playfield. It was designed by Shigeru Yokoyama, with spritework done by Toru Iwatani. It is the third and final game in the Gee Bee trilogy. Cutie Q is described...
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game of the same name programmed by Tod Frye. Originally created by Toru Iwatani and released in 1980, Pac-Man was later ported to many home video game...
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Pac-Man Arrangement in 1996. Development was directed by Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani. It was licensed to Atari Games for release in North America. Pac-Mania...
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Dumb and Dumber To Harry’s adoptive father Michael Yama 2015 Pixels Tōru Iwatani Denis Akiyama 2016 Silence Ichizo Yoshi Oida Arrival General Shang Tzi...
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such as Ghosts 'n Goblins, Alex Kidd, and Wonder Boy. Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani has since labeled it as his favorite Pac-Man sequel for its interesting...
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Itagaki: Dead or Alive, Ninja Gaiden, Devil's Third Shigesato Itoi: Mother Tōru Iwatani: Pac-Man, Pole Position David Jaffe: God of War, Twisted Metal Jennell...
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Comedy Superhero Action Adventure Based on Pac-Man and Characters by Tōru Iwatani Developed by Tom Ruegger Paul Rugg Directed by Moto Sakakibara Voices...
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Fujita, actress Waka Inoue, model, actress Risa Tsubaki, voice actress Toru Iwatani, arcade game designer, most notable for Pac-Man and Pole Position Shigeru...
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"bashishi game", it was designed by Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani and composed by Nobuyuki Ohnogi. Iwatani came up with the idea for the game after an experience...
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Iwata, Shizuoka Iwata District, Shizuoka Satoru Iwata Iwataki, Kyoto Tōru Iwatani Iwate Prefecture Iwato Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama Iwo Jima Iyabohn Iyo Iyo...
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the original Pac-Man game, and watch an interview with Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani. The game started out as a similar but deeper game called Pac-Man Adventures...
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insects, pizza and fried eggs. The film was inspired by an interview with Toru Iwatani, the creator of Pac-Man, who said the original source of inspiration...
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Bee, its first original game, in October 1978. Designed by new hire Toru Iwatani, it is a video pinball game that incorporates elements from Breakout...
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usage of a full-color display, and being among the earliest creations by Toru Iwatani, made the game of historical value. In his blog Before Mario, Erik Voskuel...
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video games. Namco's first in-house game was Gee Bee (1978), designed by Toru Iwatani. Namco's first major success in arcades was Galaxian (1979), credited...
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Time Crisis Developer(s) Namco Publisher(s) Namco Producer(s) Toru Iwatani Kazunori Sawano Takashi Sano Designer(s) Hirofuki Kami Takashi Satsukawa Composer(s)...
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Pac-Man Genre Adventure Comedy Based on Pac-Man by Toru Iwatani Developed by Jeffrey Scott Written by Jeffrey Scott Directed by George Gordon Carl Urbano...
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Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani described the game as "the pioneer of action games with horizontally running background." According to Iwatani, Shigeru Miyamoto...
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Championship Edition, which was the last game developed by series creator Toru Iwatani. The player controls Pac-Man as he must eat all of the dots in the maze...
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