Tōru Iwatani Quotes

Japanese video game designer, creator of Pac-Man (born 1955)

Toru Iwatani (January 25, 1955–) is a Japanese video game designer who spent much of his career working for Namco. He is best known as the creator of the arcade game Pac-Man (1980).

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Alternative Names: Iwatani Tōru • Toru Iwatani • Touru Iwatani

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I don’t particularly see any reason why gender would play a major role in game development. Similar to fashion designers, creators are able to imagine what their customers want regardless of gender. I think that applies to video game development, too.

I never expected to see a day where people from around the world can connect via the Internet and communicate with others on smartphones. With how procedural generation technology and A.I. has greatly innovated game development, I believe the game industry will expand into games that are created to help solve problems within society.