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Japansoft: An Oral History John Szczepaniak

Japansoft: An Oral History By John Szczepaniak

Japansoft: An Oral History by John Szczepaniak


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Japansoft: An Oral History by John Szczepaniak

Comprising interviews with lesser documented developers at companies including Sega, Enix, Capcom, Hudson Soft and Nihon Falcom, Japansoft: An Oral History offers fresh and diverse perspectives on many of the defining games of their time.

A re-edited digest of game journalist John Szczepaniaks three volume series, The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers. This edition adds brand new, specially-conducted interviews with figures including Harumi Fujita (Bionic Commando), Noritaka Funamizu (1943, Area 88), Manami Matsumae (Rockman), Nasir Gebell (Final Fantasy, Rad Racer) and Tomohiro Nishikado (Space Invaders).

This publication is a pseudo-sequel to the critically acclaimed Britsoft: An Oral History, seeing editor Alex Wiltshire (Edge, Minecraft Blockopedia) and leading design agency Julia return with a multilayered and eclectic publication that offers a unique reading experience through interlinked interviews that can be read in any order."

About John Szczepaniak

Alex Wiltshire is a journalist and writer, and a former editor of Edge magazine. He edited Britsoft: An Oral History and Japansoft: An Oral History for Read-Only Memory, and is author of several books, including the bestselling Minecraft Blockopedia. He works as a publishing editor for developer Mojang, and among many other publications writes a column about game design for Rock Paper Shotgun. He lives in Bath, UK, with his wife and two children.

Table of Contents

Part 1 ASCII 27; Part 2 Nihon Falcom 47; Part 3 T&E Soft 65; Photographs 81; Part 4 Enix 97; Part 5 Square 113; Part 6 dB-SOFT 129; Part 7 Hudson Soft 139; Photographs 145; Part 8 Konami 173; Part 9 Westone 191; Part 10 Sega 209; Advertisements 225; Part 11 Capcom 247; Part 12 Human Entertainment 267; Epilogue 283; Advertisements 289; Appendix Biographies 306; Hardware

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NPB9780957576889
9780957576889
0957576889
Japansoft: An Oral History by John Szczepaniak
New
Hardback
Read-Only Memory
2022-08-18
332
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