Thexder creator dies at the age of 45
Takeshi Miyaji
Takeshi Miyaji, just 45 years old and the co-founder of Game Arts, passed away in late July of 2011.
Miyaji co-founded Game Arts with his brother when he was only 19 years old and has since contributed to countless timeless classic games on a variety of platforms. He had begun work programming for ASCII when he was only fifteen and even wrote a book about it.
Miyaji contributed to many genre over the course of his gaming career, most notably shooters and early role playing games. The MSX shooter Thexder was his first major project in 1985. He also contributed to Silpheed, perhaps his best known work, and the Lunar series.
Other works under his belt include Grandia, GunGriffon and Space Enemy. He left Game Arts in 2000 in favor of G-Mode, a company which concentrated on creating gaming apps for mobile phones. Some of their most notable accomplishments include acquiring the rights to Tetris Japan, as well as Cobra Command, Joe & Mac, and countless others.
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