“A far cry from Shinobi, it was a lofty plan that didn’t seem like it could be based on anything that AM1 had done so far. At the very least, it wasn’t something that a newbie like me could handle. What was I supposed to do with this?” – Roppyaku Tsurumi
“Games like Columns II, Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars, and Wonder Boy make you wonder how on earth they can be as difficult as they are!” – Ikeda Minorock
I found that Sega made Galaxy Force, and S.S.T. Band was there…I thought ‘I’m going to join this band!'” – Sega composer Takenobu Mitsuyoshi
“And that’s when my long preconceived idea that Russia was ‘kind of scary’ was completely betrayed, in a good way.” – Masayuki Kibe
“There was no party after that event either!…I just went with my family to eat Korean barbecue…I just kept thinking ‘But we filled up the whole venue!’ as I ate.” – Shinya Arino