Walter Day Lifetime Achievement

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David Bishop

David Bishop

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.
David Crane

David Crane

Walter Day Lifetime Achievement Award
Class of 2017 Inductee
David Crane is one of the most successful designers of entertainment software in the world. His award winning video games, led by Pitfall!, Ghostbusters, A Boy and His Blob, and Amazing Tennis are acknowledged as some of the most innovative and popular in the interactive entertainment industry.
Gabe Newell

Gabe Newell

Walter Day Lifetime Achievement
Class of 2020 Inductee
Gabe is the president and co-founder of Valve Corporation. He attended Harvard University in the early 1980s but dropped out to join Microsoft, where he helped create the first versions of the Windows operating system.
Gary Stern

Gary Stern

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.
Jerry Lawson

Jerry Lawson

Walter Day Lifetime Achievement Award
Class of 2022 Inductee
Jerry Lawson was known for his work in designing the Fairchild Channel F video game console, leading the team that refined ROM cartridges for durable use as commercial video game cartridges.
Reggie Fils Aime

Reggie Fils Aime

Walter Day Lifetime Achievement Award
Class of 2019 Inductee
Reggie is an award-winning innovator and disrupter most recognized as the former President and Chief Operating Officer of Nintendo of America, the largest division of the Japanese entertainment company Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Steve Wozniak

Steve Wozniak

Walter Day Lifetime Achievement Award
Class of 2016 Inductee
Wozniak is an American technology entrepreneur, electrical engineer, computer programmer, philanthropist, and inventor. In 1976, he co-founded Apple Computer with his early business partner Steve Jobs.
Trip Hawkins

Trip Hawkins

William "Trip" Hawkins stands as a monumental figure in the history of the video game industry, a visionary ...

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