Toshihiro Nishikado designed and programmed the computer game Space Invaders for Japanese company Taito Corporation in 1978.
Prior to the release of Space Invaders, the company was a manufacturer of Pachinko games, where players drop balls into a coloured playfield and guide them into holes to win points.
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Space Invaders
Toshihiro Nishikado
http://www.taito.co.jp/, Taito company homepage (in Japanese).
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