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Tomohiro Nishikado
is a
Japanese
video game developer
. He is best known as the creator of the
shooter game
Space Invaders
, released to the public in 1978 by the
Taito Corporation
of
Japan
, often credited as the first
shoot 'em up
and for beginning the
golden age of video arcade games
. Originally Nishikado wanted to use airplanes as enemies for Space Invaders, but would have encountered problems making them move smoothly due to the limited computing power at the time (the game was based on
Intel
's 8 bit
8080 microprocessor
). Humans would have been easier to render, but management at Taito forbade the use of human targets. Prior to
Space Invaders
, he was also the designer for many of Taito's earlier hits, including the early
team sport games
Soccer
and
Davis Cup
in 1973, the early
scrolling
racing video game
Speed Race
in 1974, the early
dual-stick
on-foot
multi-directional shooter
Gun Fight
in 1975, and the
first-person
combat flight simulator
Interceptor
in 1975.
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