The original full-stack developer
Space Invaders creator recalls building arcade games with mirrors, making a prototype console that never saw release, and how short-sighted Taito's sales team was about videogames: 'These things will
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AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 1 month ago
clot27@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I heard this games name after a long time, such nostalgia
FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Marketing people are bunch of idiots. They stop real creativity and replace it with copies of what succeed somewhere else.
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Considering the time period, axing the console may have actually been a good decision
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_crash_of_1983
LorIps@lemmy.world 1 month ago
1983 was a uniquely American event. Japan and Europe were unaffected, and as no Japanese consoles had any success in the US at the time they wouldn’t have aimed for an American release anyway, while Europe only bought computers.