
Tokido is considered to be one of Japan’s five “fighting game gods”. Tokido has had 19+ Evolution top 8 finishes in 9 different games across 15 years. Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi – One of the greatest Fighting Game Champions of all time. He also has given expert instruction in Street Fighter 2, in a video revealing the secrets and strengths of ever character in the roster. From the retelling, he was unbeatable, in an era when it was just local multiplayer, no quitting, no latency. He is widely regarded as the natural of his sport. Tomo Ohira – Ranked #1 Street Fighter player of the 1990’s. Today, Nauert is a teacher in the Austin, Texas area where he coaches/sponsors the school’s eSports team and is working to establish eSports as an officially sanctioned school activity at the high school level. Donn would move into the industry side, working for several magazines, Electronic Gaming Monthly and VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, and video game companies such as Acclaim Entertainment and THQ during the 1990s. He is in the Guinness Book of World Records for high scores on Crossbow, Cheyenne and Vertigo and is mentioned seven times between 19. We are pleased to announce the following individuals and video games are being inducted for the Class of 2020: Golden Age Gamerĭonn Nauert – Donn served as Team Captain for the US National Video Game team in the late 1980s. The Community Action Award and Walter Day Lifetime Achievement Award were determined by open nominations and a final vote by the voting committee and approved by IVGHOF Board of Directors. There were three phases in the decision process: Open nominations, committee and board input for narrowing down of the ballot and then a final decision from the voting committee that decided which gamers, games, developers and industry leader would be inducted.The 2020 class of inductees were chosen by a selected group of individuals on a nomination committee which include accomplished gamers, journalists and past Hall of Fame inductees who have extensive knowledge of the achievements in gaming.
