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Carol Shaw

1955 - Today

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Carol Shaw (born 1955) is one of the first female game designers and programmers in the video game industry. She is best known for creating the Atari 2600 vertically scrolling shooter game River Raid (1982) for Activision. She worked for Atari, Inc. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carol Shaw has received more than 139,176 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Carol Shaw is the 42nd most popular game designer, the 11,015th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,889th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Game Designer.

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  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Carol Shaw ranks 42 out of 56. Before her are Scott Cawthon, Ed Boon, Kazunori Yamauchi, Al Lowe, Naoto Ohshima, and Chris Taylor. After her are David Cage, Jens Bergensten, Yoshinori Kitase, Tim Schafer, Koji Igarashi, and Todd Howard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Carol Shaw ranks 467. Before her are Alfonso Dastis, Gjoko Hadžievski, Virginia Ruzici, Stéphane Dion, Peter Christopherson, and Andreas Maislinger. After her are Miloš Hrstić, Klas Östergren, Steve Ovett, Carmen Reinhart, Élie Baup, and Maud Olofsson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carol Shaw ranks 11,015 out of 18,182. Before her are John Burroughs (1837), Carl W. Stalling (1891), Harold J. Stone (1913), David Silveria (1972), Sid Eudy (1960), and Jerry Doyle (1956). After her are Kenny Harrison (1965), Amy Aquino (1957), Ann Reinking (1949), Cathy Lee Crosby (1944), David Hyde Pierce (1959), and Jessie Andrews (1992).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In United States

Among game designers born in United States, Carol Shaw ranks 14. Before her are John Romero (1967), Dave Arneson (1947), Ron Gilbert (1964), Roberta Williams (1953), Scott Cawthon (1971), and Ed Boon (1964). After her are Tim Schafer (1967), Todd Howard (1971), Michael Morhaime (1967), Jordan Mechner (1964), Mark Cerny (1964), and John Tobias (1969).

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