Mikado’s Ikeda and the Astro City
“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
Arcade
Hiro and Takenobu Mitsuyoshi Astro City Mini Interview
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
Tadashi Takezaki Interview
“I wasn’t really sure what would happen if Sega didn’t do a better job of keeping up with its fans” -Tadashi Takezaki, former Sega staff member
Arcade Developers Talk Sega’s History of Taking On Challenges
“We searched for all sorts of parts, but ultimately we ended up customizing parts from a military-use radar in order to make it!” – Sega engineer Masao Yoshimoto
Once Again Asking the Father of Space Invaders About its Creation
“We couldn’t sell any because we had no stock…My mom said ‘Can’t they just give you one, since you’re the one who made it?!’” – Tomohiro Nishikado, creator of Space Invaders