Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Essential articles

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Legend

**Need:** A measure of a subject's importance, regardless of its quality
Top	Subject is a must-have for a print encyclopedia.
High	Subject is exceptionally important.
Mid	Subject contributes a depth of knowledge.
Low	Subject fills in important details.
NA	Subject importance is not applicable.

Quality is graded based on the Version 1.0 Assessment Scale.

Technology

Article	Need	Rationale	Quality	Comments
Arcade game	High		B	Short sections, needs refs.
Computer and video games	Top	Our top-level article.	GA	Could use a few more refs.
Game controller	Mid		B	Needs refs, mostly.
Handheld game console	High		B	Good summaries of all handhelds, but needs refs. Some images (WS, GP2X) need replaced by public domain/GNUFDL images.
Handheld video game	High		B	Short sections, only one ref.
Light gun	Low		B	Not necessary if the entry in Game controller is expanded.
Machinima	Template:No-importance		B	Expansive, but nothing beyond the lead is essential.
Personal computer game	Mid		B	Needs references, tagged for cleanup. Too many stub sections and unnecessary lists where prose paragraphs would suffice.
Video game console	High.		Start	A disambig-style page.

Consoles

Article	Need	Rationale	Quality	Comments
3DO Interactive Multiplayer	Low		Start
Atari 2600	High		B	refs, obviously. A fairly good history, specs are fine, but little else.
ColecoVision	Low		Start	Significantly smaller than surrounding articles. Refs.
Commodore 64	Low		FA
Game Boy	High	Nintendo's most successful console	Stub	Needs to be expanded, needs to be moved to Game Boy
Game Boy Advance	Low	Part of the Game Boy line	Start	Lead, refs. Jumps directly into the hardware, not much else.
Game Boy Advance SP	Low	Part of the Game Boy line	Start	Mostly a list of changes and a ton of unsourced criticisms.
Game Boy Color	Low	Part of the Game Boy line	Start	No sources, short (one paragraph) sections.
Game Boy line	High	The dominant handheld console since '89.	B	Covers nearly all Nintendo handhelds, briefly.
Game Boy Micro	Low	Part of the Game Boy line	B	Only two references in the "reaction" section.
Intellivision	Low		B	No refs, could stand to be reorganized (History, features, peripherals, specs?). Image:Intellivision.jpg should be replacable.
Nintendo 64	High		B	Inline references and coherency: list of "notable" games? Technical specs right in the middle?
Nintendo DS	Mid		GA
Nintendo Entertainment System	High		FA
Nintendo GameCube	Mid		B	References. Not outstanding by any means. Promo images might be replace with free photos.
PlayStation	High		B	Needs references. Lots of references.
PlayStation 2	High		B	Jumps into "history" with little context. Convert links to references, but needs more refs anyway. Not bad but not excellent.
PlayStation 3	Low	It hasn't even been released yet.	B	Ineligible for GA status until it is released and stable.
PlayStation Portable	Low		GA	Lead needs expansion. Plenty of technical info, if that's your thing.
Sega Dreamcast	Low		B	Refs.
Sega Master System	High	SMS and NES were the two most important consols of their era; head-to-head combattants.	B	Needs refs and free images.
Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis	High		B	Refs, obviously, and once you get past the history there's a lot of bulleted lists. Promo images ought to be replaced. Very dubious name choice.
Sega Saturn	Mid		B	Refs, especially for comparisons to PSX versions. No pic of the "standard" controller.
Super Nintendo Entertainment System	High		B	Needs (inline) references badly (Yakuza? Blue-collar anti-Japanese sentiment? WTF?)
Wii	Low	It hasn't been released yet.	B	Ineligible for GA-class until it is released and the article stable.
Xbox	Mid		B	Ten sections on limited editions? standardize refs. Seems like there's a tone issue, although it's only slightly more prominent here than in other articles here. Controller images should be replaced.
Xbox 360	Mid		B	Needs reorganized, mostly. See: Peer Review

History

Article	Need	Rationale	Quality	Comments
History of computer and video games	Top	All CVG history articles are essential.	Start	Bad lead, needs more refs, copyediting. The 1970's section is a mess. Perhaps fork off a timeline list as the article is quite large.
Golden Age of Arcade Games	High	All CVG history articles are essential.	B	FARC page
History of video game consoles (first generation)	High	All CVG history articles are essential.	Start
History of video game consoles (second generation)	High	All CVG history articles are essential.	Start
Video game crash of 1983	High	All CVG history articles are essential.	GA
History of video game consoles (third generation)	High	8-bit era. All CVG history articles are essential.	Stub
History of video game consoles (fourth generation)	High	16-bit era. All CVG history articles are essential.	B
History of video game consoles (fifth generation)	High	32-bit/64-bit era. All CVG history articles are essential.	Start
History of video game consoles (sixth generation)	High	All CVG history articles are essential.	Start
History of video game consoles (seventh generation)	Mid	All CVG history articles are essential. However, info on future consoles is speculative.	Start

Game contents

Genres and gameplay

Article	Need	Rationale	Quality	Comments
Adventure game	Mid		B	Included in this table too for gameplay; missing influential lucasarts games
Beat 'em up	Mid		B
City-building game	Low		B	Could be treated together with Economic simulation game, of which this is a sub-genre
Computer role-playing game	Mid		B	Long and listy. Needs refs if it's going to have a criticism section.
Computer and video game genres	Top		B	A discussion of genres might be required, but is also perhaps the most problematic topic since there is no real consensus on genres. Page reflect lack of consensus and references to existing research. Needs heavy rework, an extensive and objective discussion (rather than just a listing of a plentitude of genre-esque bullets) and references.
Economic simulation game	Low		Stub
First-person shooter	Mid		B	Really big, lots of history. No refs.
Massively multiplayer online game	Mid		Start	Tagged for cleanup.
MMORPG	Mid		B	Images need sources and Fair Use Rationale.
Multiplayer game	Mid		B	History? Multiplaying is not a genre, should be moved to another section.
Racing game	Mid		Start	Good for a "Short and listy" article. No history.
Real-time strategy	Low	Really higher importance than "low", but could be disussed under "strategy game" together with some other genres (turn-based strategy etc).	B	Really higher importance than "low", but could be disussed under "strategy game" together with some other genres (turn-based strategy etc). Extensive history, exhaustive treatment. Lead and history should be included. History recently reworked, now clear, succing, without "listy" style, good treatment of history and classification problematics. (No refs; weasel words, for example, no discussion of WHY Warcraft and Warcraft 2 "arguably usherd in the era of contemporary RTS by its treatment of the burgeoning genre elements and grundbreaking popularity." -- Nifboy)
Real-time tactics	Low		B	Recently restructured. Really higher importance than "low", but could be disussed under "strategy game" together with some other genres (turn-based strategy etc).
Run and gun	Low		B	New article that I (larsinio) wrote last week, although its pretty extensive as it is (well written, no refs, images need sources and FUR)
Shoot 'em up	Mid	Its time's most characteristic genre.	B	Was re-written and organizaed as a part of a CGOTW, (well written, no refs, images need sources and FUR).
Shooter game	Mid		B	A decent disambig-style page. No history.
Simulation game	Mid		Start	Problematic entry; lack of focus and unclear definition ("simulation"/"simulator"). See article's talk page
Sports game	Mid		Start	"Types" section needs expansion, a history section is missing (Extreme Sports).
Strategy game	Mid		Start	Needs expansion. No history
Strategy guide	Low		Start	Needs expansion, sections...
Third-person shooter	Low		Start	Stublike. Not really necessary ("Shooter game" below will suffice)
Turn-based strategy	Low			No history
Turn-based tactics	Low			No history
Versus fighting game	Mid		B

Plot and characters

Article	Need	Rationale	Quality	Comments
Bowser (character)	Low		B
Link (Legend of Zelda)	Mid		FA
Mario (character)	High		GA
Mega Man X (character)	Low		GA
Sonic the Hedgehog (character)	Mid		B	Intro needs expanding, sources need citing.
Zero (Mega Man) (character)	Low		GA
Mega Man (character)	Low		B	Needs references and organizing.
Pikachu	Mid	The face of the Pokémon franchise, absurdly popular character	GA

Industry and development

Article	Need	Rationale	Quality	Comments
Computer and video game industry	Top		Start	Needs refs (currently has none), significant cleanup and expansion. Factual accuracy disputed.
Console wars			B	(Opinion witheld, consider comparison to George W. Bush's article)
Expansion pack	Low	(Essential?)	Start
Game Artificial Intelligence	Low		B	Has references, but might just be better to include the top article on AI. Stub sections.
Game artist	Low	(Not really essential.)	Start	Slightly above stub length.
Game engine	Low		B	Needs references.
Game producer	Low	(Essential?)	B	Needs references.
Game programmer	Low		B	Needs references. Consider merging into game programming.
Game programming	Mid		B	For a second I thought I was reading the above article again; needs different pics. Consider merging?
Game tester	Low		B	Needs references. Accuracy disputed: does "game testing" really refer only to CVG? Strongly consider merging into game testing.
Game testing	Low		Stub	Substub: only thirteen words long (plus a planned page layout). Strongly consider merging game tester here.
Homebrew (video games)	Low	(Essential?)	Start	Narrow scope, low on content.
Video game developer	Mid		B	Needs references, particularly for generalizations.
Video game publisher	Mid		B	Needs references, particularly for generalizations.

People

Defunct companies

Article	Need	Rationale	Quality	Comments
Atari	High	One of the oldest gaming companies; made one of the oldest game consoles (the 2600)	B	By far the best article of this bunch. Yellow article needs references badly, though.
Brøderbund	Low	Prince of Persia, Carmen Sandiego, Myst	Start
Bullfrog Productions	Mid	Populous, Syndicate, Theme Park, Magic Carpet, Theme Hospital, Dungeon Keeper	Stub	Stublike.
Enix	Mid	Dragon Quest, Star Ocean mostly.	Stub	might be worth merging to Square Enix.
Epyx	Low		Start
Looking Glass Studios	Low	Ultima Underworld, Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds, System Shock, Thief: The Dark Project	Start
MicroProse	Mid	Master of Orion, X-COM, founded by Sid Meier	Start
New World Computing	Low	Might and Magic, Heroes of Might and Magic (computer game),	Start
Origin Systems	Mid	Ultima, Wing Commander	Start
Sierra Entertainment	Mid	King's Quest, various published/developed games	Start
Square Co.	High	Final Fantasy and friends.	Start
The 3DO Company	Low		Start	Not quite a stub, but close.
Westwood Studios	Mid	Dune II, The Legend of Kyrandia, Lands of Lore, Command & Conquer	Start

Active companies

Article	Need	Rationale	Quality	Comments
3D Realms	Low	Duke Nukem and nothing else.	Start
Bethesda Softworks	Low	The Elder Scrolls series.	Start	Little more than a list of games.
BioWare	Low	Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, various engines	Start	Nothing beyond the lists of games and engines.
Blizzard Entertainment	Mid	Diablo, Warcraft, Starcraft.	Start	Too focused on Cease and Desists (POV).
Capcom	Mid	Mega Man, Street Fighter, Resident Evil, and more.	Start
Eidos Interactive	Low	A relatively small publisher (Tomb Raider, Legacy of Kain)	Start
Electronic Arts	High	The biggest third party publisher.	Start	Good info but tagged for cleanup.
Epic Games	Low	Unreal Tournament, mostly.	Start
Id Software	Mid	Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake	B
Konami	Mid	Castlevania, DDR, Metal Gear.	B
LucasArts	Low	Monkey Island and many Star Wars games.	Start
Midway Games	Mid	Licensing & distribution of Pac-Man, Space Invaders... Spy Hunter, Tron, Mortal Kombat.	B
Nintendo	Top	Major console and game maker for a long time	B	References might be cited in the article itself. Some image issues.
Sega	High	Former major console maker	B	References. Image:Sg1000.jpg and Image:Sega's Lindbergh.jpg could be replaced, but the other images are good.
Sinclair Research	Mid		GA	FAC page
SNK Playmore	Mid	Neo-Geo, King of Fighters, Metal Slug, etc.	B
Sony Computer Entertainment	Mid	A subsidiary of Sony; creators of the Playstations	B	No history.
Take-Two Interactive	Low	Owns Rockstar Games (GTA), others (2k Games, etc).	Start	A lead and a list of subsidiaries
THQ	Low	Produces many different games.	Start
UbiSoft	Mid	Splinter Cell, Prince of Persia, Myst sequels, etc.	Start	Mostly a list of games.
Williams (gaming company)	Mid	Basically the pinball company.	B
Valve	Mid	Developers of the Half-Life line and Counterstrike, amongst others	Start	Underdeveloped.

Games

Highly notable computer and video games, organized by system.

Series

Article	Need	Quality	Comments
Castlevania (series)	Mid	B
Dance Dance Revolution (series)	Mid	B
Dragon Quest (series)
ESPN NFL 2K (series)	Low
Final Fantasy (series)	Mid	B	No references, bullets could stand to be prose-ified.
Fire Emblem (series)
Grand Theft Auto (series)	Mid	B	No refs, lots of fansites, long and listy.
The Legend of Zelda series	Mid	GA	Proper footnotes now. Still some work to be done.
Madden NFL	Mid
Mega Man (series)	Mid	B	Refs, long trivia section.
Metal Gear (series)
Metroid series	Mid	B	Needs more sources (particularly when talking about reception), but otherwise fine.
Monkey Island series	Low
Pokémon ("franchise")	Mid	B	Needs sources badly (esp. "controversy" section). Section on games could stand to be cleaned up.
Resident Evil (series)	Mid	GA	More expansion on impact/influence of series needed.
Sonic the Hedgehog series	Mid	B	Talks little about the later installments. Sources again.
Street Fighter (series)	Mid	Start	Lots of unsourced statements. Might have POV, technical concerns.
Ultima (series)	Mid	Start	Critical entry, but seriously insufficient page
Dead or Alive (video game series)	Low	B	Fixed. Greatly expanded, recently. Should be GA class.

Computer games

Article	Need	Rationale	Quality	Comments
3D Monster Maze		the 1st 3D game for a personal computer	FA
BioForge	Low	Ahead of its time, somewhat overlooked, 1995 interactive movie game	B	Is well referenced, but failed a GA nom due to one missing reference and minor POV
Civilization (computer game)	Low		B	No sources, but very applicable to the series as a whole (only played Civ4).
Command & Conquer	Mid
Counter-Strike	Mid	One of the most popular multiplayer online games ever	B	Detailed, but needs references and some rewriting
Deus Ex
Diablo (computer game)	Mid			Also: Diablo 2
Doom	Mid		FA
Dune II
Everquest	Mid
Fallout (computer game)	Low
Half-Life	Mid		B	What's up with FPSs and both really detailed plot and weapons sections?
Half-Life 2	Mid		FA
Half-Life 2: Episode One		Episodic experiment; continuation of Half-Life storyline		Awaiting review
Klondike (solitaire)		Comes with Windows; most played game in the world
KKnD	Low		Stub	Needs expansion badly: one of Red Alert's main competitors at its time
Lemmings (video game)	Low	Quite significant game in the 90s	B	Move to Amiga section if necessary
Lineage II	Low			Lacks references.
Minesweeper (computer game)	Low	comes with Windows
Myst	Mid
NetHack	Low		B	Refs, but seems lacking. Crufty? I don't know.
The Oregon Trail (computer game)			B
Quake	Mid	Revolutionized FPS and deathmatch multiplayer gaming
SimCity	Mid		Start
The Sims	Mid	The best selling computer game ever	B	Needs to have a bit more depth to it
Snake (video game)
StarCraft	Mid		FA
Superhero League of Hoboken	Low	Unusually silly post-apocalyptic RPG	Start	Needs gameplay and plot details
Tomb Raider
Ultima Underworld	Low
Wolfenstein 3D	Mid
World of Warcraft	Low
Zork

Arcade

Article	Need	Rationale	Quality	Comments
Asteroids (game)	Low		Start	not much is given about the legacy and impact of the game
Berzerk	Mid
Contra (arcade game)			B
Donkey Kong (arcade game)	High	Miyamoto's first game, created the characters of Donkey Kong and Mario.	FA
Gradius	Mid
Mortal Kombat	Mid	Console release helped establish the ESRB, drove Genesis sales
NARC (arcade game)	Low
NBA Jam	Mid
Night Driver	Mid
Pac-Man	High	One of the most iconic arcade games.	B	Referencing incomplete; needs copyedit; other issues as well. 13 items on to-do list. Failed a GA nomination in June 2006.
Pole Position	Mid
PONG	High		B	Needs some slight re-org
Sega Rally Championship	Low
Space Invaders	High
Space Wars	Mid
Street Fighter II		Established the fighting genre.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (arcade game)	Mid
Tempest (game)	Mid

Atari 2600

Article	Need	Rationale	Quality	Comments
Adventure (Atari 2600)
E.T. (video game)
Pitfall!

NES

Article	Need	Rationale	Quality	Comments
Castlevania	Low		B	still needs some work (and refs)
Dragon Quest (video game)	Low	Launched the most popular RPG series in Japan, set standards for console RPGs.
Final Fantasy (video game)		Saved Squaresoft from ruin, launched a major RPG series.	GA
Mega Man	Low		B	mostly lists, but OK
Metroid	Mid		Start	seems to cover everything but gameplay
The Legend of Zelda	High	Started the Zelda franchise, pioneer of the adventure genre.	B	pretty detailed
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!	Low
Super Mario Bros.	Top	Top selling video game of all time, platforming standard.	GA
Super Mario Bros. 3	High	Highest selling stand-alone game, often cited as the best 2D platformer of all time.

Sega Genesis

Article	Need	Rationale	Comments
Phantasy Star IV	Low		Also: PS3 and PS2
Shining Force II	Low		Also: Shining Force
Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit)	High	Killer game for the Genesis. Started off the series
Sonic the Hedgehog 2	Mid	Best selling-game	Also: Sonic 3 and S&K
Streets of Rage	Low

Super NES

Article	Need	Rationale	Quality	Comments
Chrono Trigger	Mid	RPG tour de force for SNES		Currently under push for FA
Donkey Kong Country	Mid
EarthBound	Mid
Final Fantasy VI	Mid		GA
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past	Mid
Mario Paint	Low
Secret of Mana	Low
Star Fox	Low
Super Mario RPG	Low
Super Mario World	High		B
Super Metroid	High		B
Super Mario Kart	Mid

Playstation

Article	Need	Rationale	Quality	Comments
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night	Mid	Set the Metroid-esque tone of later GBA games	B	see CVG Peer Review
Chrono Cross	Low	Sequel to Chrono Trigger, received perfect 10 at Gamespot	B	Polishing complete; needs someone to submit peer review
Crash Bandicoot	Low	Sony's attempt at a mascot.
Final Fantasy VII	High	Often tops "favorite" lists, popularized the series.	GA
Gran Turismo (game)
Metal Gear Solid	Mid	Popularized the stealth genre.	B	Pretty detailed, but filled with {{fact}} messages, specially in the introduction
Suikoden II	Low
Tekken 3
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
Xenogears			B	Needs some sources and perhaps a slight expansion in some areas.

Nintendo 64

Article	Need	Rationale	Quality	Comments
Conker's Bad Fur Day	Mid
GoldenEye 007	Mid	One of the best-selling console FPS's	B	good and detailed
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask	Low	Virtually no impact compared to OoT.	FA
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time	High	Set the standard for 3D adventure games, often cited as the best CVG of all time, first perfect Famitsu score	GA	Recently, the "Plot" section was rewritten[1] in an over-detailed and disorganized way
Perfect Dark	Low	Merely an improvement over 007; neither more important nor more popular.	FA	Featured
Super Mario 64	High	Pioneer in 3D platformers, drove N64 sales	FA	Featured
Super Smash Bros.	Mid	A popular, simple fighting game (traits that usually don't go together)	B	Lots and lots of lists.
Paper Mario	Mid	New, innovative graphical style; sequel to Super Mario RPG	B	Some sections need expanding; Characters section needs cleanup

Playstation 2

Article	Need	Rationale	Quality	Comments
Burnout 3: Takedown	Low		Start
Final Fantasy X	Mid		FA
Grand Theft Auto III	Mid	Popularized "sandbox" gameplay and Grand Theft Auto series, attracted controversy.	Start	Article size is above 50kb. Most but not all information lack references. Also requires expansion on game development, and focus on new features in the game instead of unchanged features already mention in predecessors' articles.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	Mid	Hot Coffee controvesy.	B	Failed GA; tagged for cleanup. Page was also split into four articles, citing article size (parent article is now 33kb large).
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City	Low		Start
Gran Turismo (video game)	Low	Sold a lot (14 million)	Start	Currently only a series article.
Ico	Low		Start
Katamari Damacy	Low		FA
Kingdom Hearts	Mid	High-profile Disney/Square mix	Start
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty	Low		Start
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater	Low		Start
TimeSplitters	Low		Start	Create a series article?
Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht	Low		B	Almost a good article, though it needs a few sources.
Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse	Low		B	See above. Also needs a slight expansion.

GameCube

Article	Need	Rationale	Quality	Comments
Animal Crossing	Mid		B
F-Zero GX	Mid
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker	High	Was a big change for Zelda franchise, first Cel-shaded Zelda	FA
Metroid Prime	High	Successfully transitioned Metroid to 3D.	B	More references needed.
Pikmin	Mid
Resident Evil 4	Mid
Super Mario Sunshine	Mid	Sequel to Super Mario 64
Super Smash Bros. Melee	Mid	The best-selling Cube game

Xbox

Article	Need	Rationale	Quality	Comments
Halo: Combat Evolved	High	The killer app for the Xbox.	B	Close to GA status.
Halo 2	Mid	Sequel to the bestselling game	B	Very detailed, but it lacks refs.
Jade Empire
Project Gotham Racing 2
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Game Boy

Article	Need	Rationale	Quality	Comments
The Castlevania Adventure
Final Fantasy Adventure
Final Fantasy Legend
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Metroid II: Return of Samus
Pokémon Red and Blue	Top	Started a multi-billion dollar franchise	B	Needs more references. Also, reads slightly like an editorial.
Super Mario Land			Stub
Tetris	Top		B	Legal history of the game is very lacking, could do with a proper copy edit
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3			Start

Game Boy Color

Article	Need	Rationale	Quality	Comments
Pokémon Crystal
Pokémon Gold and Silver
Pokémon Yellow

Game Boy Advance

Article	Need	Rationale	Quality	Comments
Advance Wars
Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire
WarioWare: Twisted!

Nintendo DS

Article	Need	Rationale	Quality	Comments
Animal Crossing: Wild World	Mid		Start	Large lists, could use a copyedit.
Mario Kart DS	Mid		B
Meteos
Nintendogs	High	Top-selling DS game.	Start	Large lists, needs references.

Sony PSP

Article	Need	Rationale	Quality	Comments
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories	Mid	Top-selling PSP game.	B	Short sections.
Lumines

Master System

Article	Rationale	Quality
Alex Kidd in Miracle World	Built in to the Master System console in many distributions. Master System article claims it was top selling game.	Stub
Phantasy Star
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)

Saturn

Article	Need	Rationale	Quality	Comments
Langrisser III
Langrisser IV
Langrisser V
NiGHTS Into Dreams
Panzer Dragoon
Radiant Silvergun
Saturn Bomberman

Dreamcast

Article	Need	Rationale
Shenmue
Skies of Arcadia
Sonic Adventure	Mid	Top-selling Dreamcast game.
Soul Calibur
Virtua Tennis

Article	Need	Rationale	Quality
Ralph H. Baer	High	Creator of the first CVG console	Start
Seamus Blackley	Low		B
Nolan Bushnell	High	Creator of PONG, kick-started the industry	B
John Carmack	High	Main programmer of Doom, Wolfenstein 3D and Quake	B
Richard Garriott	High	Creator of Ultima series; in many ways the father, or the evolver, of CRPGs.	B
Trip Hawkins	Mid		B
Keiji Inafune	Mid	Creator of all the Mega Man and Onimusha series. Recently expanded, on par with Hideo Kojima	B
Hideo Kojima	Mid	Creator of the Metal Gear (series).	B
Ken Kutaragi	High	Father of the PlayStation	B
Sid Meier	High	Creator of Civilization (computer game)	B
Shinji Mikami	Low	Creator of the Resident Evil (series) (and other Capcom franchises).	B
Shigeru Miyamoto	High	Most widely-known and successful CVG developer, creator of Mario, Zelda, etc.	B
Peter Molyneux	Low		Start
Yuji Naka	Low	Creator of the Sonic the Hedgehog series.	Start
Yoshiki Okamoto	Low	Creator of the Street Fighter series, Founded Flagship.	Start
Alexey Pazhitnov	Mid	Creator of Tetris, arguably the most popular/recognized puzzle game, crucial to the success of Game Boy	B
John Romero	Low	Main level designer in Doom, Wolfenstein 3D and Quake	B
Hironobu Sakaguchi	Mid	Creator of the Final Fantasy series.	Start
Yu Suzuki	Low	Creator of Out Run, Virtua Fighter, and Shenmue.	B
Satoshi Tajiri	Low	Creator of Pokémon.	Start
Will Wright	High	Creator of Sim City and The Sims	B
Hiroshi Yamauchi	High	President of Nintendo from 1949 until 2002.	B
Gunpei Yokoi	Mid	Creator of Game Boy, Game & Watch, and other systems	B