Tomohiro Nishikado
aka:
T. Nishikado,
西角 友宏
Moby ID: 175198
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Tomohiro Nishikado is a Japanese video game developer best known for creating the classic arcade game Space Invaders.
He graduated from Tokyo Denki University in 1968 with a degree in Engineering. The following year he joined Pacific Industries Ltd which was a subsidiary of Taito Trading Company. By the time Space Invaders was released in 1978 Nishikado had worked on 10 other games at the company.
In 1996 he left Taito to form his own company, Dreams. He later returned to Taito to take up a position as a technical advisor.
Credited on 36 games
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| Space Invaders: Invincible Collection (2020, Nintendo Switch) | Special Thanks |
| Space Invaders Gigamax (2018, Arcade) | Special Thanks |
| Space Invaders Infinity Gene (2010, Xbox 360) | Special Thanks |
| Space Invaders Evolution (2005, PSP) | Original Game Design |
| Space Invaders Revolution (2005, Nintendo DS) | Original Game Design |
| Space Invaders Pocket (2005, PSP) | Design (絵柄) |
| Bust-A-Move Millennium (2000, Game Boy Color) | Producer |
| Super Robot Taisen α (2000, PlayStation) | Special Thanks (スペシャルサンクス) |
| Pop'n Pop (1998, Arcade) | Director |
| Ray Tracers (1997, PlayStation) | Producer |
| Tokyo Shadow (1996, PlayStation) | Executive Producer (エグゼクティブプロデューサー) |
| Champion Wrestler: Jikkyō Live (1996, PlayStation) | Producer |
| Bubble Memories: The Story of Bubble Bobble III (1996, Arcade) | Special Thanks |
| Bust-A-Move Again (1996, PlayStation) | Producer |
| Space Invaders: Virtual Collection (1995, Virtual Boy) | Original |
| Zeitgeist (1995, PlayStation) | Executive Producer |
| Pyramid Patrol (1995, 3DO) | Executive Producer |
| Sonic Blast Man II (1994, SNES) | Producer |
| Space Invaders (1994, Game Boy) | Special Thanks |
| Bubble Bobble (1994, Game Gear) | Taito C.P. Team |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 8 games with Yuji Koga
- 7 games with Makoto Sonoda
- 7 games with Seizou Matsutaka
- 6 games with Kazuhiro Ohhara
- 6 games with Toshiki Sakai
- 6 games with Eiji Takeshima
- 6 games with Shōji Takahashi
- 5 games with Kei Shimizu
- 5 games with Yasuko Yamada
- 5 games with Ryosuke Hayase
Companies
- 34 games with Taito Corporation
- 5 games with Zuntata
- 5 games with Dreams Co., Ltd.
- 4 games with Bally Data Systems, Inc.
- 4 games with Taito America Corporation
- 3 games with Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
- 3 games with High Tech Laboratory Japan
- 2 games with ITL Co., Ltd.
- 2 games with SEGA Corporation
- 2 games with Reeb
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