2000’s Era Gamer
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Class of 2010 Inductee
As with many other pursuits, iron sharpens iron.
In this case it was Andrew Laidlaw and Phil Day.
Class of 2010 Inductee
Falls is best known for smashing the world record on Popeye in December of 2011, nearly tripling a score which had held for almost two decades.
Class of 2010 Inductee
Brian Cady enjoys maintaining and restoring classic pinball and arcade games as much as he enjoys playing them.
Class of 2017 Inductee
Carrie Swidecki is a teacher from Bakersfield, California, who holds various dance game world records and encourages students to exercise through video games like Just Dance and in general.
Class of 2010 Inductee
Chris accomplished something that no gamer back in the early 1980s thought possible, max out the arcade game Wild Western with 999,900 points.
Daigo Umehara is a Japanese esports player and author.
Class of 2019 Inductee
Donald is a highly recognized retro game player who has held and holds many world records on classic games. Some of his games he currently holds records on are Centipede, Dig Dug and Joust.
Class of 2010 Inductee
Eric is best known for scores on Turbo Pac-Man and Woodpecker.
Class of 2020 Inductee
Hajime Taniguchi, better known as Tokido, is a Japanese fighting game player who plays the King of Fighters and Street Fighter franchises.
Class of 2016 Inductee
On November 11, 2017, Isaiah TriForce Johnson was inducted into the International Video Game Hall of Fame as a member of the IVGHOF Class of 2016.
Class of 2010 Inductee
John’s career as a locksmith is a great match for his world record pursuits.
He is well known for picking apart game mechanics to extract the extra points needed to set new high scores.
Class of 2010 Inductee
Johnathan Wendel, also known as Fatal1ty (pronounced “Fatality”), is an American entrepreneur and former professional esports player.
Class of 2017 Inductee
Justin Wong is an American professional fighting game player residing in Canada. Wong has won more EVO titles than anyone else with nine tournaments won:
Class of 2010 Inductee
Ken is a top player on Dig Dug, Robotron: 2084, and Jr. Pac-Man.
His famous arcade, known as “Kencade” has been the site of many historic world record attempts.
Class of 2022 Inductee
Liam Yo-hwan is a former professional player of the real-time strategy computer game StarCraft. He is often referred to as “The Terran Emperor”, or simply “The Emperor”, and is widely considered to be one of the most successful players of the genre.
Class of 2010 Inductee
Perry is best known for World Records on the arcade versions of Popeye, Mario Bros. and Galaxian.
His Mario Bros. score was listed in the 80’s Guinness Book.
Class of 2019 Inductee
Pete, or as most know him as “GGA HAN”, is an employee of one of the largest arcades in the country – Galloping Ghost Arcade in Brookfield, IL. Not only does Pete work at the arcade but also co-hosts a podcast with Galloping Ghost Arcade owner Doc Mack
Class of 2010 Inductee
On August 7, 2010, Phil Younger was inducted into the International Video Game Hall of Fame, in Ottumwa, Iowa, as a member of the IVGHOF’s inaugural class.
Class of 2010 Inductee
Rob is best known for his world record on Tutankham.
Class of 2010 Inductee
As one of the stars of the popular documentary “King of Kong”, Steve is one of the greatest Donkey Kong players in the world.