Henk B. Rogers
aka:
Henk Brouwer Rogers,
HBR,
&HBR
Moby ID: 3523
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Henk Rogers (born December 24, 1953) is a video game designer and entrepreneur. He was born in Amsterdam and is of Dutch-Indonesian (Indo) descent. He moved to New York when he was eleven and attended Stuyvesant High School. He then studied computer science and role-playing games at the University of Hawaii.
Rogers moved to Japan during the late 1970's and established Bullet-Proof Software to publish Black Onyx (1984), which became the first role-playing game made in Japan.
In 1988 Rogers, with Nintendo's help, secured the exclusive rights to market Tetris on video game consoles. During the negotiations in Moscow, Rogers also became friends with the game's Russian author Alexey Pajitnov. In 1990 he helped Pajitnov move to the United States and set up a new company, AnimaTek, to develop new computer graphic technologies.
In 1996 Rogers moved from Japan to Hawaii, where he founded Blue Planet Software and The Tetris Company. Rogers founded Blue Lava Wireless in 2002 to develop mobile gaming software. The company was sold to Jamdat in 2005, along with a license to the mobile game trademark rights to Tetris.
Credited on 43 games
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| Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (2020, Nintendo Switch) | Chairman |
| Tetris 99 (2019, Nintendo Switch) | Blue Planet Software Team |
| Tetris Effect (2018, PlayStation 4) | Inspiration, Guidance, and Support |
| Tetris Ultimate (2014, PlayStation 4) | Chairman |
| Puyo Puyo Tetris (2014, Nintendo 3DS) | President |
| Tetris Blitz (2013, iPhone) | Blue Planet Software Team |
| Tetris: Axis (2011, Nintendo 3DS) | Chairman |
| Tetris (2010, Android) | Blue Planet Software Team |
| Tetris Party Deluxe (2010, Wii) | Chairman |
| Tetris Revolution (2009, BREW) | Blue Planet Software |
| Tetris Party (2008, Wii) | Chairman |
| Barbie: Team Gymnastics (2001, Windows) | The CEO |
| Tetris Worlds (2001, Windows) | Master Game Designer |
| The Next Tetris: On-Line Edition (2000, Dreamcast) | Design Team |
| The Tetris (2000, PlayStation) | Executive Producer |
| Magical Tetris Challenge (2000, Game Boy Color) | BPS Staff (Special Thanks) |
| Kids Tetris (1999, Windows) | Kid's Tetris Concept and Game Design |
| The Next Tetris (1999, PlayStation) | Design Team |
| The New Tetris (1999, Nintendo 64) | The New Tetris Game Concept |
| Tetris 4D (1998, Dreamcast) | Executive Producer |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 30 games with Alexey L. Pajitnov
- 15 games with Edward S. P. Rogers
- 13 games with Brian Rogers
- 13 games with Shunichi Nanto
- 12 games with Roger Dean
- 11 games with Kimio Matsumura
- 9 games with Yasuaki Nagoshi
- 8 games with Shawn Tanabe
- 7 games with Toshihiko Kitazawa
- 7 games with Norio Fujita
Companies
- 21 games with Bullet-Proof Software, Inc.
- 7 games with Nintendo of America Inc.
- 6 games with Blue Planet Software, Inc.
- 5 games with Tose Co., Ltd.
- 4 games with Nintendo Co., Ltd.
- 4 games with Nintendo of Europe GmbH
- 3 games with Hudson Soft Company, Ltd.
- 3 games with Capcom Co., Ltd.
- 3 games with Electronic Arts, Inc.
- 3 games with EA Mobile
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