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17 Eiji Aonuma

16 Gunpei Yokoi

13 Shinji Mikami

12 Takashi Tezuka (+)
12 Goichi Suda (+)
12 Tim Schafer (---)

11 Yoshinori Kitase
11 Masahiro Sakurai (+)

10 Fumito Ueda
10 Tetsuya Mizuguchi
10 Yuuji Horii
10 Rieko Kodama
10 Hirohide Sugiura
10 Hiroshi Iuchi
10 Yasumi Matsuno
10 Akihiro Hino
10 Koji Igarashi
10 Hideki Kamiya

9 Sid Meier
9 Will Wright
9 To-ru Iwatani

8 Yuji Naka

7 Martin Hollis
7 Andy Gavin & Jason Rubin
7 Marc Pacini
7 Dustin Browder

6 Drew Karpyshyn (-)
6 James Ohlen (-)
6 Eiji Kikuchi (-)
6 Chris Taylor
6 Eugene Jarvis
6 Jason Jones & Alex Seropian
6 Gregg Mayles
6 Ken Levine
6 Ted Price
6 Masaya Kobayashi

5 Ron Gilbert
5 Brett Sperry & Louis Castle

1 Alexey Pajitnov

Rules: Add 1 point to a developer, deduct 1 point from two different developers.
3 votes per day, you can use all your votes at once.
Copy and paste the list and these rules with your changes in each post.

Eliminated:

1. Jane Jensen
2. Tomonobu Itagaki
3. Gabe Newell
4. David Jaffe
5. Peter Molyneux
6. Tetsuya Nomura
7. David Crane
8. Hideo Kojima
9. Hironobu Sakaguchi
10. Yu Suzuki
11. Kazunori Yamauchi
12. John Carmack & John Romero
13. Tomohiro Nishikado
14. Roberta Williams
15. Keiji Inafune
16. Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham & Frank Pearce



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16 Eiji Aonuma (-)

15 Gunpei Yokoi (-)

12 Shinji Mikami (-)
12 Takashi Tezuka

11 Goichi Suda (-)
11 Masahiro Sakurai
11 Tim Schafer (-)

10 Fumito Ueda
10 Tetsuya Mizuguchi
10 Yuuji Horii
10 Rieko Kodama
10 Hirohide Sugiura
10 Hiroshi Iuchi
10 Yasumi Matsuno
10 Yoshinori Kitase (-)
10 Akihiro Hino
10 Koji Igarashi
10 Hideki Kamiya

9 Sid Meier
9 Will Wright
9 To-ru Iwatani

8 Yuji Naka

7 Martin Hollis
7 Andy Gavin & Jason Rubin
7 Marc Pacini
7 Dustin Browder

6 Drew Karpyshyn
6 James Ohlen
6 Eiji Kikuchi
6 Ron Gilbert (+)
6 Chris Taylor
6 Eugene Jarvis
6 Jason Jones & Alex Seropian
6 Brett Sperry & Louis Castle (+)
6 Gregg Mayles
6 Ken Levine
6 Ted Price
6 Masaya Kobayashi

2 Alexey Pajitnov (+)

Rules: Add 1 point to a developer, deduct 1 point from two different developers.
3 votes per day, you can use all your votes at once.
Copy and paste the list and these rules with your changes in each post.

Eliminated:

1. Jane Jensen
2. Tomonobu Itagaki
3. Gabe Newell
4. David Jaffe
5. Peter Molyneux
6. Tetsuya Nomura
7. David Crane
8. Hideo Kojima
9. Hironobu Sakaguchi
10. Yu Suzuki
11. Kazunori Yamauchi
12. John Carmack & John Romero
13. Tomohiro Nishikado
14. Roberta Williams
15. Keiji Inafune
16. Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham & Frank Pearce



 Psychonaughts is a quite old game (2005), but it's still A MUST!

Since neighter Tony Hawk series nor Prince of Persia series do exist, I've to vote for this one...

 

14 Eiji Aonuma (--) TOO HIGH RANK!
14 Tim Schafer (+++) UNEXPECTED!!!

13 Gunpei Yokoi (--) TOO HIGH RANK!

12 Shinji Mikami
12 Takashi Tezuka

11 Goichi Suda
11 Masahiro Sakurai

10 Fumito Ueda
10 Tetsuya Mizuguchi
10 Yuuji Horii
10 Rieko Kodama
10 Hirohide Sugiura
10 Hiroshi Iuchi
10 Yasumi Matsuno
10 Yoshinori Kitase
10 Akihiro Hino
10 Koji Igarashi
10 Hideki Kamiya

9 Sid Meier
9 Will Wright
9 To-ru Iwatani

8 Yuji Naka

7 Martin Hollis
7 Andy Gavin & Jason Rubin
7 Marc Pacini
7 Dustin Browder

6 Drew Karpyshyn
6 James Ohlen
6 Eiji Kikuchi
6 Ron Gilbert
6 Chris Taylor
6 Eugene Jarvis
6 Jason Jones & Alex Seropian
6 Brett Sperry & Louis Castle
6 Gregg Mayles
6 Ken Levine
6 Ted Price
6 Masaya Kobayashi

0 Alexey Pajitnov (--) ELIMINATED!

Rules: Add 1 point to a developer, deduct 1 point from two different developers.
3 votes per day, you can use all your votes at once.
Copy and paste the list and these rules with your changes in each post.

Eliminated:

1. Jane Jensen
2. Tomonobu Itagaki
3. Gabe Newell
4. David Jaffe
5. Peter Molyneux
6. Tetsuya Nomura
7. David Crane
8. Hideo Kojima
9. Hironobu Sakaguchi
10. Yu Suzuki
11. Kazunori Yamauchi
12. John Carmack & John Romero
13. Tomohiro Nishikado
14. Roberta Williams
15. Keiji Inafune
16. Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham & Frank Pearce
17. Alexey Pajitnov



RolStoppable said:

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RolStoppable said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
RolStoppable said:
list

annoying cat pic


So what? We are still rather early in this elimination game, so I just choose the lazy way to spread my votes.

Rather early is one way to put it. There is a long way to go.



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14 Eiji Aonuma
14 Tim Schafer
14 Gunpei Yokoi
14 Takashi Tezuka (+)

13 Shinji Mikami

12 Goichi Suda (+)
12 Masahiro Sakurai (+)

10 Fumito Ueda
10 Tetsuya Mizuguchi
10 Yuuji Horii
10 Rieko Kodama
10 Hirohide Sugiura
10 Hiroshi Iuchi
10 Yasumi Matsuno
10 Yoshinori Kitase
10 Akihiro Hino
10 Koji Igarashi
10 Hideki Kamiya

9 Sid Meier
9 Will Wright
9 To-ru Iwatani

8 Yuji Naka

6 Martin Hollis (-)
6 Andy Gavin & Jason Rubin (-)
6 Marc Pacini (-)
6 Dustin Browder (-)
6 Eiji Kikuchi
6 Ron Gilbert
6 Chris Taylor
6 Eugene Jarvis

5 Drew Karpyshyn (-)
5 James Ohlen (-)
5 Jason Jones & Alex Seropian
5 Brett Sperry & Louis Castle
5 Gregg Mayles
5 Ken Levine
5 Ted Price
5 Masaya Kobayashi

Rules: Add 1 point to a developer, deduct 1 point from two different developers.
3 votes per day, you can use all your votes at once.
Copy and paste the list and these rules with your changes in each post.

Eliminated:

1. Jane Jensen
2. Tomonobu Itagaki
3. Gabe Newell
4. David Jaffe
5. Peter Molyneux
6. Tetsuya Nomura
7. David Crane
8. Hideo Kojima
9. Hironobu Sakaguchi
10. Yu Suzuki
11. Kazunori Yamauchi
12. John Carmack & John Romero
13. Tomohiro Nishikado
14. Roberta Williams
15. Keiji Inafune
16. Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham & Frank Pearce
17. Alexey Pajitnov



15 Takashi Tezuka

14 Gunpei Yokoi (-)

13 Eiji Aonuma (-)
13 Tim Schafer (-)
13 Shinji Mikami (-)

11 Goichi Suda (-)
11 Masahiro Sakurai (-)

10 Fumito Ueda
10 Tetsuya Mizuguchi
10 Yuuji Horii
10 Rieko Kodama
10 Hirohide Sugiura
10 Hiroshi Iuchi
10 Yasumi Matsuno
10 Yoshinori Kitase
10 Akihiro Hino
10 Koji Igarashi
10 Hideki Kamiya

9 Sid Meier
9 Will Wright
9 To-ru Iwatani

8 Yuji Naka

6 Martin Hollis
6 Drew Karpyshyn (+)
6 Andy Gavin & Jason Rubin
6 James Ohlen (+)
6 Eiji Kikuchi (+)

5 Marc Pacini
5 Dustin Browder
5 Ron Gilbert
5 Chris Taylor
5 Eugene Jarvis
5 Masaya Kobayashi
5 Jason Jones & Alex Seropian
5 Brett Sperry & Louis Castle
5 Gregg Mayles
5 Ken Levine
5 Ted Price

Rules: Add 1 point to a developer, deduct 1 point from two different developers.
3 votes per day, you can use all your votes at once.
Copy and paste the list and these rules with your changes in each post.

Eliminated:

1. Jane Jensen
2. Tomonobu Itagaki
3. Gabe Newell
4. David Jaffe
5. Peter Molyneux
6. Tetsuya Nomura
7. David Crane
8. Hideo Kojima
9. Hironobu Sakaguchi
10. Yu Suzuki
11. Kazunori Yamauchi
12. John Carmack & John Romero
13. Tomohiro Nishikado
14. Roberta Williams
15. Keiji Inafune
16. Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham & Frank Pearce
17. Alexey Pajitnov



14 Gunpei Yokoi

13 Takashi Tezuka (-)(-)
13 Tim Schafer
13 Shinji Mikami

12 Eiji Aonuma (-)
12 Will Wright (+)(+)(+)

11 Masahiro Sakurai

10 Fumito Ueda
10 Tetsuya Mizuguchi
10 Yuuji Horii
10 Rieko Kodama
10 Hirohide Sugiura
10 Hiroshi Iuchi
10 Yasumi Matsuno
10 Yoshinori Kitase
10 Akihiro Hino
10 Koji Igarashi
10 Hideki Kamiya

9 Sid Meier
9 To-ru Iwatani

8 Goichi Suda (-)(-)(-)
8 Yuji Naka

6 Martin Hollis
6 Drew Karpyshyn
6 Andy Gavin & Jason Rubin
6 James Ohlen
6 Eiji Kikuchi

5 Marc Pacini
5 Dustin Browder
5 Ron Gilbert
5 Chris Taylor
5 Eugene Jarvis
5 Masaya Kobayashi
5 Jason Jones & Alex Seropian
5 Brett Sperry & Louis Castle
5 Gregg Mayles
5 Ken Levine
5 Ted Price

Rules: Add 1 point to a developer, deduct 1 point from two different developers.
3 votes per day, you can use all your votes at once.
Copy and paste the list and these rules with your changes in each post.

Eliminated:

1. Jane Jensen
2. Tomonobu Itagaki
3. Gabe Newell
4. David Jaffe
5. Peter Molyneux
6. Tetsuya Nomura
7. David Crane
8. Hideo Kojima
9. Hironobu Sakaguchi
10. Yu Suzuki
11. Kazunori Yamauchi
12. John Carmack & John Romero
13. Tomohiro Nishikado
14. Roberta Williams
15. Keiji Inafune
16. Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham & Frank Pearce
17. Alexey Pajitnov



"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."

Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.

14 Gunpei Yokoi

13 Takashi Tezuka

13 Shinji Mikami

12 Tim Schafer (-)
12 Fumito Ueda (+)(+)
12 Eiji Aonuma
12 Will Wright

11 Masahiro Sakurai


10 Tetsuya Mizuguchi
10 Yuuji Horii
10 Rieko Kodama
10 Hirohide Sugiura
10 Hiroshi Iuchi
10 Yasumi Matsuno
10 Yoshinori Kitase
10 Akihiro Hino
10 Koji Igarashi
10 Hideki Kamiya

9 Sid Meier
9 To-ru Iwatani

8 Goichi Suda
8 Yuji Naka

7 Andy Gavin & Jason Rubin (+)

6 Martin Hollis
6 Drew Karpyshyn
6 James Ohlen
6 Eiji Kikuchi

5 Dustin Browder
5 Ron Gilbert
5 Chris Taylor
5 Eugene Jarvis
5 Masaya Kobayashi
5 Brett Sperry & Louis Castle
5 Gregg Mayles
5 Ted Price

4 Jason Jones & Alex Seropian (-)

3 Marc Pacini (-)(-)
3 Ken Levine (-)(-)

Rules: Add 1 point to a developer, deduct 1 point from two different developers.
3 votes per day, you can use all your votes at once.
Copy and paste the list and these rules with your changes in each post.

Eliminated:

1. Jane Jensen
2. Tomonobu Itagaki
3. Gabe Newell
4. David Jaffe
5. Peter Molyneux
6. Tetsuya Nomura
7. David Crane
8. Hideo Kojima
9. Hironobu Sakaguchi
10. Yu Suzuki
11. Kazunori Yamauchi
12. John Carmack & John Romero
13. Tomohiro Nishikado
14. Roberta Williams
15. Keiji Inafune
16. Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham & Frank Pearce
17. Alexey Pajitnov



14 Gunpei Yokoi

13 Takashi Tezuka

12 Shinji Mikami (-)
12 Eiji Aonuma

11 Tim Schafer (-)
11 Fumito Ueda (-)
11 Will Wright (-)
11 Masahiro Sakurai

10 Yuuji Horii
10 Hirohide Sugiura
10 Hiroshi Iuchi
10 Yasumi Matsuno
10 Yoshinori Kitase
10 Akihiro Hino
10 Koji Igarashi
10 Hideki Kamiya

9 Sid Meier
9 Tetsuya Mizuguchi (-)
9 Rieko Kodama (-)
9 To-ru Iwatani

8 Goichi Suda
8 Yuji Naka

7 Andy Gavin & Jason Rubin
7 Drew Karpyshyn (+)
7 James Ohlen (+)
7 Eiji Kikuchi (+)

6 Martin Hollis

5 Dustin Browder
5 Ron Gilbert
5 Chris Taylor
5 Eugene Jarvis
5 Masaya Kobayashi
5 Brett Sperry & Louis Castle
5 Gregg Mayles
5 Ted Price

4 Jason Jones & Alex Seropian

3 Marc Pacini
3 Ken Levine

Rules: Add 1 point to a developer, deduct 1 point from two different developers.
3 votes per day, you can use all your votes at once.
Copy and paste the list and these rules with your changes in each post.

Eliminated:

1. Jane Jensen
2. Tomonobu Itagaki
3. Gabe Newell
4. David Jaffe
5. Peter Molyneux
6. Tetsuya Nomura
7. David Crane
8. Hideo Kojima
9. Hironobu Sakaguchi
10. Yu Suzuki
11. Kazunori Yamauchi
12. John Carmack & John Romero
13. Tomohiro Nishikado
14. Roberta Williams
15. Keiji Inafune
16. Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham & Frank Pearce
17. Alexey Pajitnov