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Love of the worlds created by video game designers and personalities drives Alex Smith & Jeffrey Daum (history, law, CS degrees) to provide a scholarly yet light-hearted discussion of how arcade, home console, and PC games merged into a Video Game Industry. Emphasis is on the combination of business and creative elements needed for financial success. Interviews of Atari, EA, Activision, & other execs with detailed source evaluations produce the insights you hear in these 140+ hours!
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Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
Space Invaders and Nishikado
Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
TCW Podcast Episode 179 - Space Invaders and Nishikado
We look at the life and career of Tomohiro Nishikado, and the life influences that led to his creation of one of the most influential games ever made. Space Invaders! Starting life at the tail end of World War II, Nishikado always had a rebellious streak wanting to get into electronics then follow his mother into education. After some difficulty with school he eventually graduated from Denki University with an electronics degree, during this time, this time he fell in love with coin-op arcade games. Eventually through the help of a friend he landed a job at Taito's subsidiary, Pacific Amusements. Despite not liking his placement at the company, Nishikado continued to work there out of loyalty for his friend. He eventually worked on Sky Fighter, Basketball, and Super Road 7. Eventually as the industry shifted to microprocessors, and TTL hardware he eventually made Space Invaders!
TCW 077 - Invading Taito Part 1: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/invading-taito-part-1/
TCW 078 - Invading Taito Part 2: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/invading-taito-part-2
Sky Fighter II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxpCrYBWdtk
Taito Basketball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiTrWumX00s
Super Road 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO6BZIEZ8xw
Super Road 7 Internals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja8x_ZCklg0
Speed Race US and Japan Ver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jc9_xrD2_M
Western Gun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbnYBB42J6c
Interceptor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50zEbS2cgEc
Midway Sea Wolf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipssJjkN2bY
Space Invaders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJMr36hLY38
Space Invaders Cocktail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3hyLWCuMew
New episodes are on the 1st and 15th of every month!
TCW Email: feedback@theycreateworlds.com
Twitter: @tcwpodcast
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theycreateworlds
Alex's Video Game History Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com
Alex's book, published Dec 2019, is available at CRC Press and at major on-line retailers: http://bit.ly/TCWBOOK1
Intro Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode - Music - "Airplane Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/song/AirplaneMode
Outro Music: RolemMusic - Bacterial Love: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/Pop_Singles_Compilation_2014/01_rolemusic_-_bacterial_love
Copyright: Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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