How Space Invaders Birthed Japanese Games

🔴 Get bonus content by supporting Game Maker’s Toolkit - https://gamemakerstoolkit.com/support/ 🔴 Design Icons is a new series from Game Maker's Toolkit, charting the history of game design through influential and important games. Starting with an invasion from space... Sources An Intro to Videogame Design History | The Game Design Forum http://thegamedesignforum.com/features/GDH_1.html Retro Gamer UK Issue 185 | Archive.org https://archive.org/details/RetroGamerUKIssue185/page/n21 Creator of SPACE INVADERS talks about problems in development and more | EDAMAME Arcade Channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEbrP_NUe6M Space Invaders at 40: 'I tried soldiers, but shooting people was frowned upon' | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/jun/04/space-invaders-at-40-tomohiro-nishikado-interview Tomohiro Nishikado And Hiroshi Aoki Reminisce On 'Space Invaders' And Its 'Extreme' Evolution | Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2018/05/11/tomohiro-nishikado-and-hiroshi-aoki-reminisce-on-space-invaders-and-its-extreme-evolution/#95aee7b1eb28 Early Arcade Classics: 1985-1987 Developer Interviews | Shmuplations http://shmuplations.com/earlyarcade/ Tomohiro Nishikado – 2000 Developer Interview | Shmuplations http://shmuplations.com/nishikado/ The Space Invader | The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-space-invader Insert Coin to Play: Space Invaders and the 100 Yen Myth | The Numismatist https://www.academia.edu/3672374/Insert_Coin_to_Play_Space_Invaders_and_the_100_Yen_Myth 5 Things We Just Learned About ‘Mario’ Creator Shigeru Miyamoto | Rolling Stone https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/5-things-we-just-learned-about-mario-creator-shigeru-miyamoto-122437/ The Atari 2600 History Timeline | Histowiki https://histowiki.com/history/technology/2408/the-atari-2600-history-timeline/ Taito Space Invaders Bezels, Backdrops and CPOs | Aussie Arcade https://www.aussiearcade.com/showthread.php/93070-Interest-Check-Taito-Space-Invaders-Bezels-Backdrops-and-CPOs The National Space Invaders Championship held by Atari in 1980 | Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn/comments/3a9wz7/the_national_space_invaders_championship_held_by/ Historia SNK | Cultura Neo Geo https://www.culturaneogeo.com/historia.htm Extra Footage Atari Commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct_I2C_9Kf8 Stock Footage: Japan in the 70s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I081OvfZZtc Stock Footage: Japan in the 1980s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxz7Q11SzZs Wedding Floss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL0hajoaAFA Contribute translated subtitles - https://amara.org/v/C3BEH/