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...

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...

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...

Tōru is a masculine Japanese given name. Tōru can be expressed with several kanji. Some examples: 徹, "penetrate" 透, "transparent" 享, "enjoy" 亨, "smoothly"...

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...

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...

previously released Ms. Pac-Man, which Namco had little involvement with. Toru Iwatani returns as designer. Sound and gameplay mechanics were altered radically...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Comedy Superhero Action Adventure Based on Pac-Man and Characters by Tōru Iwatani Developed by Tom Ruegger Paul Rugg Directed by Moto Sakakibara Voices...

Fujita, actress Waka Inoue, model, actress Risa Tsubaki, voice actress Toru Iwatani, arcade game designer, most notable for Pac-Man and Pole Position Shigeru...

"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...

Iwata, Shizuoka Iwata District, Shizuoka Satoru Iwata Iwataki, Kyoto Tōru Iwatani Iwate Prefecture Iwato Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama Iwo Jima Iyabohn Iyo Iyo...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Time Crisis Developer(s) Namco Publisher(s) Namco Producer(s) Toru Iwatani Kazunori Sawano Takashi Sano Designer(s) Hirofuki Kami Takashi Satsukawa Composer(s)...

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...

Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani described the game as "the pioneer of action games with horizontally running background." According to Iwatani, Shigeru Miyamoto...

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...