GAME DESIGNER

Jordan Mechner

1964 - Today

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Jordan Mechner (born June 4, 1964) is an American video game designer, author, screenwriter, filmmaker, and former video game programmer. A major figure in the development of cinematic video games and a pioneer in video game animation, he began his career designing and programming the bestselling 1984 martial arts game Karateka for the Apple II while a student at Yale University. He followed it with the platform game Prince of Persia five years later; it was widely ported and became a hit. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jordan Mechner has received more than 520,883 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Jordan Mechner is the 43rd most popular game designer (up from 51st in 2019), the 10,946th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,439th in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Game Designer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 520k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Jordan Mechner ranks 43 out of 77. Before him are Yuji Naka, David Cage, Tetsuya Nomura, Roberta Williams, Yuji Horii, and Todd Howard. After him are Tim Schafer, Yoshinori Kitase, Chris Taylor, Koji Igarashi, Amy Hennig, and Al Lowe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Jordan Mechner ranks 460. Before him are Miguel Varoni, Rockwell, Omowunmi Sadik, Valentina Yegorova, René Pape, and Jushin Liger. After him are Cristina D'Avena, Theresa Randle, David Eigenberg, Abu Anas al-Libi, Aleksandar Hemon, and Tom McGrath.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jordan Mechner ranks 10,946 out of 20,380. Before him are Stephanie Zimbalist (1956), Micky Ward (1965), Stone Gossard (1966), Kenneth Rogoff (1953), Robert P. Patterson (1891), and Cameron Monaghan (1993). After him are Frances Willard (1839), Samuel King Allison (1900), George Henry Thomas (1816), Marguerite MacIntyre (1965), Steven R. McQueen (1988), and Faith Evans (1973).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In United States

Among game designers born in United States, Jordan Mechner ranks 16. Before him are John Romero (1967), Steve Jackson (1953), Ed Boon (1964), Ron Gilbert (1964), Roberta Williams (1953), and Todd Howard (1971). After him are Tim Schafer (1967), Amy Hennig (1964), John Tobias (1969), Chris Metzen (1973), Mark Cerny (1964), and Michael Morhaime (1967).

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