Class of 2015
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Walter Day Lifetime Achievement Award
Class of 2015 Inductee
David Bishop was the Executive Vice President of NAMCO USA INC., and he became passionate about games during the 1970s.
Class of 2015 Inductee
David Bishop was the Executive Vice President of NAMCO USA INC., and he became passionate about games during the 1970s.
Golden Age Game
Class of 2015 Inductee
Defender is a 1981 horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed by Williams Electronics for arcades. The game is set on either an unnamed planet or city (depending on platform) where the player must defeat waves of invading aliens while protecting astronauts.
Class of 2015 Inductee
Defender is a 1981 horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed by Williams Electronics for arcades. The game is set on either an unnamed planet or city (depending on platform) where the player must defeat waves of invading aliens while protecting astronauts.
Golden Age Gamer
Class of 2015 Inductee
Eric was listed in the 80’s Guinness Books for high scores on Moon Patrol and Crystal Castles. In 1982, Eric won the National Centipede contest.
Class of 2015 Inductee
Eric was listed in the 80’s Guinness Books for high scores on Moon Patrol and Crystal Castles. In 1982, Eric won the National Centipede contest.
Game Developer
Class of 2015 Inductee
Eugene Peyton Jarvis is a game designer and video game programmer, known for producing pinball machines for Williams Electronics and video games for Atari.
Class of 2015 Inductee
Eugene Peyton Jarvis is a game designer and video game programmer, known for producing pinball machines for Williams Electronics and video games for Atari.
Industry Leader, 2015 and Walter Day Lifetime Achievement Award 2021
Class of 2015 and 2021 Inductee
Gary Stern is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Stern Pinball, Inc. He began his career in the game business working at age 16 in the stockroom of his father Sam’s pinball company, Williams Electronics.
Class of 2015 and 2021 Inductee
Gary Stern is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Stern Pinball, Inc. He began his career in the game business working at age 16 in the stockroom of his father Sam’s pinball company, Williams Electronics.
2000's Era Gamer
Class of 2015 Inductee
Event Coordinator of Gaming World Wide
Organized many highly successful events to benefit the American Cancer Society.
Class of 2015 Inductee
Event Coordinator of Gaming World Wide
Organized many highly successful events to benefit the American Cancer Society.
2000's Era Gamer
Class of 2015 Inductee
Katherine Gunn, also known by her online alias Mystik, is an American esports player, cosplayer and television personality.
Class of 2015 Inductee
Katherine Gunn, also known by her online alias Mystik, is an American esports player, cosplayer and television personality.
Golden Age Gamer
Class of 2010 Inductee
Harris was a founding member of Twin Galaxies’ U.S. National Video Game Team, and one of their star players in the 1980s.
Class of 2010 Inductee
Harris was a founding member of Twin Galaxies’ U.S. National Video Game Team, and one of their star players in the 1980s.
Golden Age Gamer
Class of 2015 Inductee
Thor won the 12-17 age division in the 1990 Nintendo World Championships, for which he won a $10,000 U.S. savings bond, a 1990 Geo Metro Convertible, a 40-inch rear-projection television, and a golden Mario trophy.
Class of 2015 Inductee
Thor won the 12-17 age division in the 1990 Nintendo World Championships, for which he won a $10,000 U.S. savings bond, a 1990 Geo Metro Convertible, a 40-inch rear-projection television, and a golden Mario trophy.
Golden Age Gamer
Class of 2015 Inductee
At 15, Tim Balderramos first grabbed media attention by laying claim to the Pac-Man World Title in 1983. He has remained among the top five Pac-Man players in the world ever since.
Class of 2015 Inductee
At 15, Tim Balderramos first grabbed media attention by laying claim to the Pac-Man World Title in 1983. He has remained among the top five Pac-Man players in the world ever since.
Golden Age Gamer
Class of 2015 Inductee
Tim was the first person to score one billion points on a video game. On 15 January 1984, at the end of a 44-hour 45-minute marathon game of Nibbler at Twin Galaxies, Ottumwa, Iowa, USA, Tim McVey (USA) had amassed 1,000,042,270 points.
Class of 2015 Inductee
Tim was the first person to score one billion points on a video game. On 15 January 1984, at the end of a 44-hour 45-minute marathon game of Nibbler at Twin Galaxies, Ottumwa, Iowa, USA, Tim McVey (USA) had amassed 1,000,042,270 points.
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