Shigeru Miyamoto
Shigeru Miyamoto's Game Universe Take a look at the master designer's creations, which include such classics as Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda In 1985, Nintendo introduced Super Mario Bros. -- the world's biggest-selling game ever. Part of its success can be attributed to one small but significant design feature -- its scrolling screen. This innovation allowed the playing space to expand horizontally, as well as vertically, and it was invented by Shigeru Miyamoto.
The next year, Miyamoto came up with the another video game classic: The Legend of Zelda. The labyrinthine fantasy world could take skilled gamers hours, and sometimes weeks, to complete. And in the 1990s, his Super Mario 64 was the first console title with 3D graphics. It even forced him to tweak the standard joystick to handle more complex commands. Since then Miyamoto has helped Nintendo create Star Fox and Nintendogs. Take a tour of Miyamoto's visionary game worlds.