Namco Composer, Nobuyuki Ohnogi Passes Away

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Nobuyuki Ohnogi, a sound designer and video game music composer best known for his work on Namco games passed away on November 11th, 2019. He was 63 years old.

Ohnogi worked for Namco from 1981 to 1994. His contributions to the craft of arcade gaming include composing the jingles and music for New Rally X, King & Balloon, Galaga, Mappy and many others. He also composed the music for certain home ports of Namco games (Such as Xevious on the Famicom) and created his own soundfont for use in Namco games.

Ohnogi retried from the game industry after he left Namco in 1994.

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A.T. Gonzalez —

Originally from Pennsylvania, A.T. Gonzalez started playing video games as a toddler in the early '90s and started collecting games and consoles as a hobby a few years down the line. His favorite game series are Mega Man, Metroid, Mario, F-Zero, Castlevania, Metal Gear, and Devil May Cry and is also fond of many classic arcade games. His favorite game makers are Nintendo, Capcom, Konami, Sega, Namco, and Taito.

Currently based in Southeast Texas, he makes short films, does studio photography, voice-over work and audio production in his spare time.