Videogames 2

Final Fantasy

100

This is the name of the combat engine developed for "Final Fantasy IV" and was used in the next five main entries.

Active-Time Battle

200

This long-running SquareEnix franchise had it's first three entries localized in the west as "Final Fantasy Legend" 1-3.

SaGa

300

This villain, trained by the great magus Noah, sat atop the Crystal Tower in "Final Fantasy III".

Xande

400

These were the first two platforms that the original "Final Fantasy" were released on.

Famicom/NES & MSX

500

When "Final Fantasy V" was first discussed being released in the west on the PC, this was it's tentative name.

Final Fantasy Extreme

Protagonists

100

Guybrush Threepwood

The Secret of Monkey Island

200

Bitterman

Quake 2

300

Kaim Argonar

Lost Odyssey

400

Iota or Atoi

Tearaway

500

Gillian Seed

Snatcher

Antagonists

100

Ghaleon

Lunar: Silver Star Story

200

Colonel Redips

Mega Man X: Command Mission

300

Sarevok Anchev

Baldur's Gate

400

Sardius

Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts

500

Georg Weissmann

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC

Gaming in the 90's

100

The port of "Doom" to this console was the first game to receive an M rating from the ESRB.

Doom 32X

200

This western localization of "Kamen no Ninja Hanamaru" swapped out it's playable character for a popular pizza mascot.

Yo! Noid

300

"It's thinking" was the tagline for this console.

Sega Dreamcast

400

This adventure-platformer received a sequel with the subtitle "The Evil Swine Return".

Tomba!

500

This Omega Force-developed franchise, still continuing today, began in 1997 as a fighting game.

Dynasty Warriors

Composers

100

"Street Fighter 2", "Kingdom Hearts", and "Legend of Mana" are just a few of this composer's long-running and varied discography.

Yoko Shimomura

200

This musician, who studied under Studio Ghibli's Joe Hisaishi, was hired by Nihon Falcom in 1986, and later went on to write the music for "Actraiser", "Etrian Odyssey", and "Streets of Rage", among many others.

Yuzo Koshiro

300

This song, Swahili for "Our Father", was composed by Christopher Tin, and was the first piece of videogame music to be nominated for, and win, a Grammy.

Baba Yetu

400

This composer got his start making unofficial remixes of videogame music, many from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, before being hired to compose the music for "Sonic Mania".

Tee Lopes

500

These two composers worked together to write the 34 tracks in 1994's "Rise of the Triad".

Lee Jackson and Bobby Prince