In Memoriam 2018
On this page we pay tribute to all the people who worked or participated in the world of video games and passed away in 2018.
You will view people by the year they died, remembering a little more about their work and their importance in the history of games.
Bob Wakelin
Bob Wakelin was an English artist, famous for having created several cover arts for games by Ocean Software and Imagine Software in the 80s and 90s.
Unfortunately, he passed away on January 20, 2018 due to leukemia.
Hidenori Shibao
Hidenori Shibao (柴尾英令) was a director, journalist and screenwriter, best known for the Lennus series of games (Paladin's Quest in the West) and Legend of Legaia.
He passed away on April 2, 2018.
Jay Moon
Jay Moon was a project manager, coordinator, and producer on several games in the 1990s, including Aero the Acro-Bat, Turok, Batman Forever, and NBA Jam Tournament Edition.
Moon was also a co-founder of Iguana Entertainment and worked at Sunsoft of America.
He passed away on April 23, 2018.
Shoji Mizuno
Shoji Mizuno was a character designer, working primarily for Hudson Soft.
He was responsible for changing Bomberman's original appearance to the rounder look we know today.
He sadly passed away at the age of 58 on June 11, 2018.
Hiroshi Kajiyama
Hiroshi Kajiyama was a designer and artist, famous for working on the Shining Force and Golden Sun series with Camelot Software.
He passed away on July 14, 2018.
Ben Daglish
Ben Daglish was a British composer and musician, famous for the soundtracks he created for several 8-bit computers in the 1980s.
He died at the age of 52 due to cancer in October 2018.
Hironari Tadokoro
Hironari Tadokoro was a sound designer, programmer, and composer, working on games such as Phantom Fighter, Pool of Radiance, and Dr. Chaos.
He passed away on December 8, 2018.