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THE UNTOLD HISTORY OF JAPANESE GAME DEVELOPERS VOL. 1

John Szczepaniak



 

This book reveals more secrets about the history of Japanese games than ever before, with 36 interviewees and exclusive archive photos. Konami's secret games console, the origin of Game Arts and Quintet, unusual events at Telenet, stories on Falcom, politics behind Enix's game programming contests, a tour of the Love-de-Lic and WARP offices (with layout sketches). Every interviewee is asked about unreleased titles. Foreword by GAMESIDE magazine's editor-in-chief, Yusaku Yamamoto.

 

PUBLICATION DETAILS

LANGUAGE

BINDING

EDITION

ISBN

YEAR

PAGES

English

Paperback

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9780992926021

2014

526

English

eBook

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N/A

2014

526

 

TAGS


Publishers: #SelfPublished

Languages: #English

Year: #Year2014


Companies:

#BitmapBrothers (Bitmap Brothers)

#Capcom (Capcom)

#Falcom (Falcom)

#Konami (Konami)

#MitchellCorporation (Mitchell Corporation)

#Sega (Sega)

#SNK (SNK)

#SquareEnix (Enix, Square, Squaresoft, Square Enix)


Public Figures:

#AkinoriNakamura (Akinori Nakamura)

#AkiraTakiguchi (Akira Takiguchi)

#CaseyLoe (Casey Loe)

#HarryInaba (Harry Inaba)

#HitoshiYoneda (Hitoshi Yoneda)

#HiroshiSuzuki (Hiroshi Suzuki)

#JeremyBlaustein (Jeremy Blaustein)

#JunNagashima (Jun Nagashima)

#JunyaŌta (Jun'ya Ōta [太田 順也, ZUN])

#KatsutoshiEguchi (Katsutoshi Eguchi)

#KeijiInafune (Keiji Inafune)

#KeiteAbe (Keite Abe)

#KoheiIkeda (Kohei Ikeda)

#KotaroUchikoshi (Kotaro Uchikoshi)

#KouichiYotsui (Kouichi Yotsui)

#KoujiYokota (Kouji Yokota)

#MakotoGoto (Makoto Goto)

#MasaakiKukino (Masaaki Kukino)

#MasakuniMitsuhashi (Masakuni Mitsuhashi)

#MasamotoMorita (Masmoto Morita)

#MatsubaraKeigo (Matsubara Keigo)

#NickDesBarres (Nick Des Barres)

#RoyOzaki (Roy Ozaki)

#Ryukishi07 (Ryukishi07 [竜騎士07, Ryūkishi Zero-Nana])

#StephenRozner (Stephen Rozner)

#TakakiKobayashi (Takaki Kobayashi)

#TatsuoNomura (Tatsuo Nomura)

#TomonoriSugiyama (Tomonori Sugiyama)

#ToruHidaka (Toru Hidaka)

#WilliamRozner (William Rozner)

#YasuhitoSaito (Yasuhito Saito)

#YoshiroKimura (Yoshiro Kimura)

#YoshitakaMurayama (Yoshitaka Murayama)

#YutakaIsokawa (Yutaka Isokawa)


Games:

#Castlevania (Haunted Castle)

#Gods (Gods)

#PhantasyStar (Phantasy Star II)

#Suikoden (Suikoden)

#Xenon (Xenon 2)


Misc:

N/A


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