Space Invaders and Nishikado

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: [email protected]  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/