SUCCESSFUL VIDEO GAME CREATORS

10. MASAYA MATSUURA --recipient of the 2004 First Penguin award from the International Game Developers Association --produced music-based video games such as PaRappa the Rapper and Vib-Ribbon

9. DAVID JONES --British game developer, developed the addictive and iconic Lemmings game series --Grand Theft Auto, the worldrenowned game franchise where the player is a criminal who must navigate the seedy underworld of various cities

8. HIRONOBU SAKAGUCHI --created the epic role-playing game, Final Fantasy, one of the best-selling video game franchises ever --also developed other successful games including Blue Dragon and Kingdom Hearts.

7. MICHAEL MORHAIME --created such iconic games as Diablo and World of Warcraft, the world record as the most popular game of its kind

6. SATOSHI TAJIRI -- a Japanese video game designer best known as the creator of Pokmon and the founder of video game developer Game Freak, Inc --worked for numerous big game projects, including Mario spin-offs and the Legend of Zelda.

5. WILL WRIGHT --Widely regarded as one of the key figures in gaming, technology and entertainment --best known among gamers as the man behind the addictive city planning game, SimCity, and the non-gamer friendly lifesimulation game, The Sims, the best-selling PC game of all time --latest brainchild, Spore

4. John Carmack Developed gameplay of Commander Keen to the immersive, multiplayer, first-person shooter environments of Quake and Doom,

3. Hideo Kojima created and developed a plethora of acclaimed video games and video game franchises -Metal Gear, Boktai and Policenauts are among his most well-known projects

2. Sid Meier best known for developing the games Civilization and Pirates!

1. SHIGERU MIYAMOTO --The undisputed king of video game designers and producers --the most influential video game creator of all time- Zelda, Mario, Donkey Kong, various Wii games, and many more