Before Space Invaders: A Brief History of Taito [1974]

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Alexander Smith, They Create Worlds, CRC Press, 2019
Jamie Lendino, Attract Mode, Steel Gear Press, 2020
Steven Kent, The Ultimate History of Video Games, Crown, 2001
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[@kins749]

Loving this series on Bronze Age games, thank you

[@b.crawford4023]

Banger video. I had no idea Taito was founded by a Ukranian refugee. Crazy how so many pieces of history just come together to create these weird junctures.

[@MichaelCoorlim]

The more you learn, the wilder the industry's history is going to get.

[@sougenshio]

I wonder how convoluted the relations between companies in the early era of the video game market were they put in the shape of a relationship chart like they have in side materials for dating sims/harem anime.

[@Vox-Multis]

Wait-wait-wait... "human hair wigs and floor coverings"? I'm not sure how I'm supposed to parse this. Is it (human hair wigs) and (floor coverings) or human hair (wigs and floor coverings)? Because the idea of a human hair floor covering just... does things to me that I'm not enjoying right now.

[@MichaelCoorlim]

Let's pretend it's the less creepy one and just... not think about it too hard.