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Organizers of the 19th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards have announced in a press release that the recipient of this year?s Pioneer Award will be ?trailblazing? Sega veteran, Rieko Kodama.
With a successful career spanning more than three decades, Kodama is one of the most accomplished developers in the video games industry. She joined Sega in 1984, making her debut with Champion Boxing for the SG-1000 console. She then went on to design arcade games like Sega Ninja and Quartet before moving on to create background designs for Alex Kidd in Miracle World and key artwork for Phantasy Star.

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