Tomohiro Nishikado – 2000 Developer Interview (Patreon)

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As the creator of the revolutionary Space Invaders, Tomohiro Nishikado could rightly be called the Father of Japanese video games. This long interview from the jp book “game maestro” covers Nishikado’s early years at Taito as an engineer developing sophisticated (for their time) electro-mechanical games before getting down into the details and challenges of designing Space Invaders. As a first-hand account of those earliest years of gaming, it’s a precious historical document.