Birth Name:

Tomohiro Nishikado

Male

Birth Date:

Fri, Mar 31, 1944

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Osaka, Ōsaka, Japan

Age:

80

Zodiac Sign:

Aries

Astrology Data:

Sun

10°

Ari

17'

About Tomohiro Nishikado

Tomohiro Nishikado (西角 友宏, Nishikado Tomohiro, born March 31, 1944 in Osaka) is a Japanese video game developer and engineer. He is the creator of the arcade shoot 'em up game Space Invaders, released to the public in 1978 by the Taito of Japan, often credited as the first shoot 'em up and for beginning the golden age of video arcade games. Prior to Space Invaders, he also designed other earlier Taito arcade games, including the shooting electro-mechanical games Sky Fighter (1971) and Sky Fighter II, the sports video game TV Basketball in 1974, the vertical scrolling racing video game Speed Race (also known as Wheels) in 1974, the multi-directional shooter Western Gun (also known as Gun Fight) in 1975, and the first-person combat flight simulator Interceptor (1975).

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Article at The Dot Eaters, on Nishikado and a history of Space Invaders.

• Partial list of games credited to Nishikado.

• Space Invaders' Creator Says He Would Have Made It 'Far Easier'

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Tomohiro Nishikado: Sun 10 Aries, Moon 5 Cancer, Mercury 23 Aries, Venus 17 Pisces, Mars 1 Cancer, Jupiter 17 Leo, Saturn 21 Gemini, Uranus 5 Gemini, Neptune 2 Libra, Pluto 6 Leo, Sun Trine Pluto, Mercury Sextile Saturn, Mercury Semi Square Uranus, Venus Quincunx Jupiter, Venus Square Saturn, Mars Semi Square Jupiter, Mars Square Neptune, Jupiter Sextile Saturn, Jupiter Semi Square Neptune, Saturn Semi Square Pluto, Uranus Trine Neptune, Uranus Sextile Pluto, Neptune Sextile Pluto

Categories related to Tomohiro Nishikado: Living people, March 31 births, 1944 births, Japanese video game designers, Taito people

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