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Tomohiro Nishikado

Video Game Technology Pioneers

Japanese video game designer born 1944, creator of Space Invaders (1978) for Taito. The game's commercial success is widely credited with helping establish the video game arcade industry worldwide.

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Birth Year
1944 1
Defining Contribution
Creator of the arcade game Space Invaders (1978) 1
Tomohiro Nishikado
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1. Tomohiro Nishikado (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction, sentence 2
    He is the creator of Taito's arcade video game Space Invaders
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    Tomohiro Nishikado (西角 友宏, Nishikado Tomohiro; born March 31, 1944) is a Japanese video game designer and engineer.
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Space Invaders (Wikipedia)
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Tomohiro Nishikado
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