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{{nihongo|'''Tomohiro Nishikado'''|西角友宏|Nishikado Tomohiro}} (born March 31, 1944 in [[Osaka Prefecture]]) is a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[video game developer]]. He is best known as the creator of the [[video game]] ''[[Space Invaders]]'', released to the public in 1978 by the [[Taito Corporation]] of [[Japan]]. |
{{nihongo|'''Tomohiro Nishikado'''|西角友宏|Nishikado Tomohiro}} (born March 31, 1944 in [[Osaka Prefecture]]) is a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[video game developer]]. He is best known as the creator of the [[shoot 'em up]] [[video game]] ''[[Space Invaders]]'', released to the public in 1978 by the [[Taito Corporation]] of [[Japan]]. He was also the creator of the 1975 [[run and gun]] [[multi-directional shooter]] game ''[[Gun Fight|Western Gun]]''.<ref name=Kohler>Chris Kohler (2005), ''Power-up: how Japanese video games gave the world an extra life'', p. 19, [[BradyGames]], ISBN 0744004241</ref> |
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Originally Nishikado wanted to use airplanes as enemies for Space Invaders, but would have encountered problems making them move smoothly due to the limited computing power at the time (the game was based on [[Intel Corporation|Intel]]'s 8 bit [[Intel 8080|8080 microprocessor]]). Humans would have been easier to render, but Nishikado viewed games allowing the killing of virtual humans as [[immoral]]. |
Originally Nishikado wanted to use airplanes as enemies for Space Invaders, but would have encountered problems making them move smoothly due to the limited computing power at the time (the game was based on [[Intel Corporation|Intel]]'s 8 bit [[Intel 8080|8080 microprocessor]]). Humans would have been easier to render, but Nishikado viewed games allowing the killing of virtual humans as [[immoral]]. |
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Revision as of 06:48, 28 January 2011
Tomohiro Nishikado (西角友宏, Nishikado Tomohiro) (born March 31, 1944 in Osaka Prefecture) is a Japanese video game developer. He is best known as the creator of the shoot 'em up video game Space Invaders, released to the public in 1978 by the Taito Corporation of Japan. He was also the creator of the 1975 run and gun multi-directional shooter game Western Gun.[1]
Originally Nishikado wanted to use airplanes as enemies for Space Invaders, but would have encountered problems making them move smoothly due to the limited computing power at the time (the game was based on Intel's 8 bit 8080 microprocessor). Humans would have been easier to render, but Nishikado viewed games allowing the killing of virtual humans as immoral.
Biography
Nishikado graduated with an engineering degree from Tokyo Denki University in 1968. He joined Taito Trading Company in 1969. After working on mechanical games, in 1972, he developed "Soccer" (similar to Pong), Japan's first locally-produced video arcade game, released in 1973. He produced over 10 video games before Space Invaders was released in 1978. He left Taito in 1996 to found his own company, Dreams.[2][3][4]
References
- ^ Chris Kohler (2005), Power-up: how Japanese video games gave the world an extra life, p. 19, BradyGames, ISBN 0744004241
- ^ Japanese Wikipedia page on Nishikado
- ^ Nishikado's biography at his company's web site.
- ^ "Survey of Digital Games: Home Pong to Late 70s arcade" (slide 28).
External links
- Article at The Dot Eaters, on Nishikado and a history of Space Invaders.
- Partial list of games credited to Nishikado.
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