In Memoriam 2020
On this page we pay tribute to all the people who worked or participated in the world of video games and passed away in 2020.
You will view people by the year they died, remembering a little more about their work and their importance in the history of games.
Kazuhisa Hashimoto
Kazuhisa Hashimoto was a programmer and producer at Konami, participating in several important games for the company, such as Gradius for NES, Lethal Enforcers for Super Nintendo and Mega Drive, Gradius 3 for Super Nintendo and Winning Eleven 4 for Playstation.
He became famous for creating the famous Konami Code ( ↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A ), a command that would be used in several of the company's games to make the player's life easier.
Unfortunately, he passed away on February 25, 2020.
Arnold Hendrick
Arnold Hendrick was a game designer and writer, famous for the role-playing game Darklands that he created in 1992.
He also worked alongside Sid Meier on several Microprose games during the 1980s.
Unfortunately, he passed away on May 25, 2020 due to cancer that he had been battling for some time.
Thomas J. Abramson
Tom Abramson was a marketing executive who worked for companies such as Walt Disney, Sega of America, and the Harlem Globetrotters.
He passed away at the age of 59 from a heart attack on April 17, 2020.
Takami Asano
Takami Asano was a guitarist and composer, and was part of the group Zuntata, a Taito band that composed music for several games.
He passed away on May 12, 2020, from a heart attack at home.