Description
Product ID: | 9780957576889 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Japansoft: An Oral History |
Authors: | Author: John Szczepaniak, Alex Wiltshire |
Page Count: | 332 |
Subjects: | Media, entertainment, information and communication industries, Media, information & communication industries |
Description: | Select Guide Rating 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 Szczepaniak’s 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." |
Imprint Name: | Read-Only Memory |
Publisher Name: | Read-Only Memory |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2022-08-18 |