59 Developers, 20 Questions – 1985 Interview Special

I first bought a computer just because they were popular, and before I knew it, I was designing games.

No.

My own abilities! Wahaha!

In the summer I've got to have Hiyashibakashisoba.

I think I dream something new each night.

Lately, I think being a teacher would also have been good for me.

No.

A pill to shrink my stomach.

Probably hide and seek...

How stupid they can be.

...how stupid they can be!

Ultima II or Questron.

Yes, game designers who are focusing on Adventure and Roleplaying games.

Tetsuya Chiba, Mitsuru Adachi, Katsuhiro Otomo, and more.

I feel that way about every game we do, for about a month after its release.

1. liking games 2. a spirit of service to others 3. delusions of grandeur

Yes.

By wanting to be one. What man dreams, he can achieve.

You can make a decent income.

Well now...

It happened without me realizing it.

No.

Women.

Curry soba.

Harem.

Shogi player.

Yes.

Healthy food that is delicious and will make you thin!

Rock, paper, scissors.

They evolve too quickly.

Their ability to do high-speed calculations.

Anything works, if it's got an element of gambling in it.

No.

Yasuji Tanioka, Tatsuo Nitta

Nobunaga's Ambition.

1. guts 2. experience 3. intuition

Yes.

You keep thinking, "I want to be a game designer."

No.

There is.

When I joined Square, I thought I was just going to do some clerical work or something, but before I knew it I was designing games.

No.

Yacchan.1

Katsudon, hands down.

Yeah, one where I'm with everyone and we're all debugging.

Playboy.

Yes (excessively, these days).

Toilet paper (we're running low!)

Star Trek.

Using them for work.

That they can be used for work.

Archon (Apple II).

Bill Budge.

Ritsuko Hara.

Will: The Death Trap II, for its animation.

1. mouth 2. eyes 3. hands

Yes (naturally!).

Apply for a part-time job! Show some chutzpah!

Yes.

Well, I think so...

Without intending it.

No.

A phone call from Yukinobu Chida (the head of Enix development).

Katsudon.

Yes, dreams about mahjonng and bingo.

A normal college student.

No.

A house.

Suckling.

The way they beep at you when they don't like what you're doing.

You can work them day and night and they don't complain.

Libble Rabble.

Masanobu Endou of Namco.

Hisashi Eguchi.

Door Door.

1. liking games 2. being able to program 3. a nice face

Yes.

Sleep well, eat well.

No.

If not, then I'm in trouble.

Because I like games.

No.

Earthquakes.

A big portion of mixed chuukadon.

I only dream rarely.

A normal programmer.

Yes.

A car.

Terebi Tennis.

How incredibly stupid they can be.

How incredibly fast they are at calculations, and that they never forget anything.

F1 Race on the Famicom.

Akio Hanyuu. 2

Rumiko Takahashi.

Hole in One, Rollerball, Tetsuman.

1. lots of patience 2. a glint in the eye 3. liking games

No.

Train at HAL Labs.

Yes.

Yes. Definitely!

Because it was fun.

No.

My wife.

Katsudon.

SEX.

A race car driver or a cabbie.

Yes.

A new wife.

Tennis game.

They're annoying.

They can do a lot.

Xevious.

No.

Osamu Tezuka

No.

1. fortitude 2. delinquency 3. patience

Yes.

Bluff your way through an interview.

Yes.

No.

I had an interest beyond simple design.

No.

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Katsudon.

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Product designer.

No.

Superpowers.

The game called life.

How conventional and standardized they've become.

They can perfectly recall what they've memorized.

Baseball.

No.

Hiroshi Miyamoto.

Commando.

1. a flexible mind 2. a passion for play 3. a fighting personality

Yes.

By getting up the will to do so.

Yes.

Yes.

It was how things took their course.

Yes.

Location tests.

Omu-rice.

I've made it so I almost never dream.

A journalist or a writer.

Yes.

BMW Alpina B-9.

Block-breaking (Breakout-style) game.

Progamming languages that are based on English.

The ways they're smarter than me.

Lode Runner (computer version)

Not particularly.

Tetsuya Chiba, Mikio Igarashi

Moon Patrol, Kung Fu Master

1. not liking games too much 2. having an intuition for what the masses want 3. craving the limelight

Yes.

Go down to your local printer and have him make you a business card that says "Game Designer" on it.

Yes.

If designers can evolve along with the hardware, then the future could be bright.

I wanted to work at a company that paid a good wage.

Yes.

The income results from our location tests, and games from other companies that resemble ours.

Katsudon.

I don't dream very often. When I do, it's usually about God.

I had wanted to be an illustrator.

No.

To be 180cm (6'0") tall.

Space Invaders.

Their limitations.

Making them run just as I've programmed.

Dig Dug.

Takashi Nishiyama from Irem. Kazutoshi Ueda from Tecmo.

Michio Hisauchi, Dirty Matsumoto.

Time Pilot, Son Son.

1. a dauntless heart 2. an adaptable mind 3. all-nighter fortitude

Yes.

With basic drawing abilities and some understanding of games, anyone can be a game designer.

Yes.

Of course.

The guy who interviewed me was funny.

Yes.

Disapproval from my bosses, changes to the game design plans.

Szechuan takeout.

Yes. I see the future when I dream.

Illustrator.

Yes.

Girls.

Space Invaders.

Their limitations.

Their many abilities.

1942.

Yoshiki Okamoto.

Fujihiko Hosono, Katsuhiro Otomo.

None.

1. brains 2. adaptability 3. you must like to play a lot

Yes.

If you can draw, have a wide range of knowledge, and you have a flexible mind, you can get hired as a game designer.

Yes.

I'd like to believe there is.

Life lead me here.

No.

Money (people harassing me to send them money, that is)

Katsudon.

Yes, a dream where I'm riding a Honda GP-500 bike and I crash.

A normal salaryman.

Yes.

A personal chaffeur, mechanic, and parking space.

Block-breaking (Breakout-style) game.

The things I don't understand.

The things I don't understand.

Mahjonng, pachinko... and Namco's games.

The people at Namco. I don't really know any game designers from other companies.

Yoshihisa Tagami, Mikio Igarashi, and others.

Metrocross.

1. be human 2. like to play 3. and be down-to-earth

No.

Becoming one is the easy part: it's what comes after that's hard.

No. I'm just a humble salaryman.

If there's not, what will become of me...?

I liked creating things, and I liked games.

No.

Dying, being poor.

Tendon. (tempura donburi)

Being chased by a serial killer, or Godzilla.

1. A writer, 2. an aircraft designer.

No.

Honda Prelude 20si.

Seesaw Jump.

They can only do what you've instructed them to do. They have no personality.

How fast they can do calculations. That's all.

Space Fury.

Atari's game designers.

Yasuji Tanioka, Katsuhiro Otomo.

Ninja-kid, Pengin-kun.

1. being able to simulate things in your mind 2. a distaste for copying others 3. talent at drawing

Yes.

Play every game ever made. Then think of something that has never been done and make it a reality.

No.

No.

I was a player before I was a designer.

No.

Bugs.

Ramen.

Yes, and it's a bad one.

A normal student.

No.

Free time, money, and a girlfriend.

Trump.

When they go crazy.

If you use them right, you can surpass your own limits.

Wingman.

Koichi Nakamura.

Mikio Igarashi.

Wingman.

1. guts 2. money 3. free time

Yes

Read all the computer-related magazines you can, play games until you're sick of them, and learn to see them objectively.

No.

There is.

I just ended up here...

No.

Poverty.

Katsudon.

Not particularly.

A starving manga artist.

It depends on how hungry I am.

Fame, fortune, and a laserdisc player.

Probably... rock paper scissors.

If you don't tell them what to do, they don't do anything.

They do exactly as they're told!

Xevious.

Nakamura-kun and Morita-kun are great, but I don't really care.

None (in the past it was Sanpei Shirato).

Yes, for all of them!

1. Intelligence. 2. Some programming ability. 3. Being able to know what will/won't sell.

Yes.

With a little luck.

Yeah, if you never sleep.

I can't tell the future.

Because I like games.

No.

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I don't really have one.

I don't remember them.

I've never thought about it.

No.

Money.

I don't remember.

How slow they are. And that they don't work without power.

There are things you can only do with a computer.

None at the moment.

I don't pay attention to what others are doing.

Rumiko Takahashi, stuff like that.

Not particularly.

1. Love games. 2. Be able to make games. 3. Understand game design.

Yes.

If you understand game design, you can be a game designer.

No.

It should be ok, for a few years at least.

It just happened.

No.

Dying.

Sushi, of course.

I rarely dream.

A schoolteacher (damn, I want that summer vacation!!)

Yes.

Money, a home.

I don't remember.

Their incompetence, their shallowness.

They're dumber than me?

[blank]

No one in particular.

[blank]

Chack'n Pop.

1. Optimism. 2. Indecisiveness. 3. Pride.

Yes.

If you want to be one and you put in the work, you'll get there.

Yes.

If not, I'm in trouble. I have to admit, it doesn't look good though... but I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.

It's probably because of Space Invaders.

No.

Power outages.

?

?

Company President.

No.

[blank]

Rock, Paper, Scissors.

That some models don't sell very well.

Their storage abilities.

Libble Labble, Galaga, Gaplus.

None.

Rumiko.

Victorious Nine.

1. Be good at games. 2. Your ability to cram content into limited memory. 3. Speed.

Yes.

Keep persevering until machine code is second nature. Learn assembly and make something on your own first.

No.

The future belongs to game designers.

I had access to a microcomputer.

No.

?

?

?

A computer engineer.

No.

PC-98XA.

Rock, paper, scissors.

When they're slow. Not enough memory. When the design of the instruction sets is bad.

When they're fast. When the instruction sets are elegant, simple, and powerful.

?

?

?

?

1. Inspiration. 2. Sense. 3. Knowledge of the fundamentals of computers.

Yes.

Stay hungry.

No.

No.

It was a matter of necessity.

Yes.

Alien invasion.

Chanponmen.

Electric sheep.

Programmer.

No.

The last dinosaur living deep in the Amazon jungle.

The game we call life.

They're too strong.

They never give up, and you can make them do the same thing over and over.

The games I've made.

You bastards making games can all die!!!

Katsuyoshi Kawahara.

Ninja vs. Ninja (I never finished it, though)

1. A faint-hearted disposition. 2. No sense of responsibility. 3. No other way to make a living.

Yes.

Take on work with a clear deadline, obsessively create an incredibly detailed setting and world, then turn it in 6 months past the deadline. The rest will solve itself!

Hmmm...

I sure hope so.

I got dragged into it.

No.

My wife's iron fist and roundhouse kick

Udon teishoku lunch

Dreams where I'm flying.

A starving musician.

No.

Lots of cash.

Bankers.

How useless they can be.

What is there to like?

Lizard.

Kazunaru Tomi... hurry up and finish Mugen no Shinzou II!

Mikio Igarashi

Lizard

1. Be an organized person. 2. Have the strength to endure great poverty. 3. A careless work ethic.

No.

Those who give it their all, will make it.

No.

No future, no hope. Give me a raise, damnit!!!

I was fired from my last job.

No.

Deadlines.

Udon teishoku lunch.

Feasting.

Game programmer.

Yes.

A complete SuperBeta setup.

Hasami shougi.

Their lack of sexiness.

Nothing.

Traveller.

Lord British.

Don't have one.

All of them.

1. Poverty. 2. Free time. 3. Women.

Yes.

Work at a software company.

No.

No.

By a strange turn of events, lured by a single postcard...

No.

August 3rd... our next deadline.

Dinner service from a five-star restaurant.

Metallic purple dreams.

A seamstress for woman's clothing.

No.

Talent.

The game of "life", from the moment I was born.

Their stupid, innocent honesty.

Their stupid, innocent honesty.

All games other than computer games.

Everyone other than myself.

None.

I'm excited about the one I'm working on next!

1. Creativity. 2. Imagination. 3. An indecisive personality.

No.

With luck and timing, it can happen for you.

No.

Yes.

I didn't have anything else to do.

Yes.

Umeboshi.

Karage ramen.

3D Thexder!

I'd run a Okonomiyaki restaurant.

Yes.

10 high school girls

Marbles.

They're slow.

They're fast.

Rise Out.

There is not.

Osamu Tezuka.

Star Command.

1. Just don't sleep.

Yes.

Come to Game Arts.

No.

No.

I hated to study, and so I was tricked by the president of Game Arts into joining.

Yes.

Having to re-do my school reports.

Ramen.

Deadlines.

Toy designer.

No.

Beta Pro. HONDA LEVEL 250

Moon Landing

They get their feelings hurt easily.

They only know how to be honest.

Moon Landing

Takeshi Miyaji, Toshiyuki Shimoda, Hiroyuki Okabe

Youko Kondou

Warrior (just kidding)

1. Knowledge 2. Stamina 3. Connections

Yes.

Peddle games in Akihabara.

No.

Hmm... probably not, you think?

I didn't really think about it, one day I was just doing it.

No.

Bugs I can't fix.

Ramen.

Not really.

Well, I don't even think I can call myself a "game designer" yet.

No.

To be able to draw better.

Block-breaking games (Breakout etc)

They start screwing up at the slightest provocation.

Their ability to do calculations.

I don't really have one.

Kazurou Morita.

Yoshihisa Tagami.

Not really...

1. Nerves. 2. The ability not to care what others think. 3. The ability to make it look like you're always working hard.

No.

Just finish and release something.

No.

Almost zero.

It happened without me being aware of it.

Yes.

Failure.

Tendon.

I remember very few dreams.

I'd have shut myself up in my room.

No.

Talent.

Head-on (video game), guess-the-number games (computer games)

They only do what they've been programmed to.

They only do what they've been programmed to.

Galaxian and Pac-Man.

I don't know.

Yoshihisa Tagami

Not at all.

1. Creativity. 2. Guts. 3. Endurance.

Yes.

Before that ask yourself: is this really something I should be doing with my life...?

I can't say one way or the other.

If you can sell your games, yes. Otherwise, you're going to be living on welfare.

Because I love games.

No.

Sickness.

Gyudon.

UFO.

Astronomer.

Yes.

Supercomputer.

A block-breaking game.

They can't do anything on their own.

They can't do anything on their own.

I don't play games very much.

Kazurou Morita.

Moto Hagio

Lagrange L-2

1. Guts. 2. Fortitude. 3. Patience.

No.

By co-operating with everyone.

Well, some people will make money off of it.

I can't see it too clearly.

I wanted to play my own games.

Yes.

Deadlines.

[blank]

Whatever I'm most worried about at the time.

Salaryman.

Yes.

A car (a Prelude).

Whack-a-mole.

Their honesty. And they don't compromise with you.

[blank]

Xevious.

Lord British.

Mitsuru Adachi.

I haven't really made that many games yet, so...

1. Enjoy both playing and creating games. 2. Guts and perseverence. 3. Creativity and good instincts.

Yes.

If you like games, you should try and make one yourself.

No. If you have a monster hit, then yes.

The intelligent and those with the best ideas will survive.

I didn't have any other talents...

Yes.

The President.

I'm gonna to have to go with ramen.

Dirty dreams (but I never climax!)

Day laborer at the port.

Yes.

An unyielding and courageous love to overcome my fickle heart.

Smart Ball (for video games, it would be a block-breaking Breakout-type)

Honest bastards!!!

They have a flexibility which shows absolutely no favoritism.

Right now, it's Ballblazer.

Mark Flint.

Haruo Takahashi.

Marchen Veil.

1. Abundant curiosity 2. Stoic nerves 3. Freedom of thought (to be able to be lewd, crude, and say $%^* it all!)

Yes.

If you join System Sacom today, you too can be a game designer! (wink)

No.

I've only made it this far because I believe there is.

Because I like video games. And for work.

No (I hate religion)

Fate (you can't fight it)

I don't know.

Recently, the more I dream, the less I sleep.

I probably would have stayed in colleged and studied physics.

No (not at all).

A new car.

Pong (if we're talking video games).

Not understanding their hardware very well.

Processing speed.

David's Midnight Magic

If I had to say, maybe someone like Hibiki Godai.

I don't read a lot of manga.

None of them are perfect.

1. An exceptional curiosity. 2. The kind of personality that gets completely sucked into something once you begin it. 3. Abundant imagination.

Yes.

Pay attention to detail, and always maintain and analytical mindset. You need the endurance to see things through.

No (if it's money you're after, you must not become a game designer)

Game designers aren't going to disappear or anything, but there will be few who can make a lifetime career out of this. It all comes down to how much effort you're willing to expend.

Because I like games, obviously.

No.

My own self--I'll do anything!

Oyakodon.

Dreams where I'm running out of time.

A movie director, or some work with movies.

No.

A fast car.

Tokumu Shirei Inseki UFO Daisakusen (my own creation--never released).

Their inflexibility.

Their unflinching honesty.

Hide and go seek! (really!)

[blank]

Katsuhiro Otomo, Mikio Igarashi, Tadao Tsuge.

Sokoban.

1. Abundant curiosity. 2. Love games. 3. Be a real lazy-ass.

Yes.

Play, and play well.

No.

A faint glimmer.

I wanted to do creative work that would bring people joy.

Yes.

My own self.

Zaru soba.

A dream where I become friends with all these different people.

Teacher.

No.

5LDK Apartment.

I don't remember very well, shogi maybe?

You call to them, and they don't respond.

The software possibilities keep expanding.

Atari's Star Raiders.

Dan Bantan, Mark Flint, me.

Ritsuko Hara.

No.

1. Originality 2. Life Experience 3. Sensitivity

Yes.

Connections, luck, and talent.

No.

You'll be used up and thrown away in a year.

Because I love games.

No.

People who are missing a finger.

Katsudon

Flying.

A cinema operator.

No.

944 Turbo.

Tennis.

No accelerator.

No brakes.

Mahjong.

Gonda Miyano.

Motoka Murakami

No.

1. Don't be obese 2. No stomach fat 3. Can't have short legs

Yes.

Come to T&E Soft.

Yes.

There is.

I thought I was suited for it.

No.

Women.

What is that?

I don't dream much.

Teacher.

No.

A car.

Space Invaders.

When they don't do what I thought they would.

When they do what I thought they would.

Rock, Paper, Scissors.

Tokihiro Naitou.

Ritsuko Hara.

No.

1. Talent 2. Money 3. Speech.

Yes.

Just play games.

Yes.

Yes, a rosy future.

I wasn't aware, it just happened.

Yes.

Deadlines.

Kakesoba.

Noise. (I don't dream. I haven't had a dream in over 3 months.)

Bus Driver (my dream as a kid in elementary school)

No.

A sampler, a Yamaha DX7, an XLR 250R.

The Game of Life (board game)

They don't make mistakes.

Their calculation speed.

Gradius.

Bill Budge.

Katsuhiro Otomo.

Ugh!

1. A good eye for color. (vision) 2. A good musical ear. (hearing) 3. Programming ability. (knowledge)

No.

Join db soft.

No.

Not by games alone--at least not for much longer. You'll need to be one of the almighty.

I wanted to make a game like Space Invaders.

Yes.

The final deadline.

Unagi bentou (it keeps me energized)

Bike touring.

I'd run my own sushi restaurant.

Yes.

A vacation (I want to travel).

Suguroku.

Nothing.

Nothing (it all depends on the programming).

Zaviga (I played that game everyday when it started getting hot)

Kazurou Morita.

Akira Toriyama.

No. By the time I've got my next game planned out, I've lost my enthusiasm for the one I just finished.

1. Like games. 2. Not be satisfied with tabletop games. 3. Be able to stay up all night.

Yes (for market research).

Anyone can be a game designer.

No.

Yes, on condition that we spend the time and money to learn everything we can from tabletop gaming, and use what we've studied to surpass them.

I wanted to do work that would allow for the ultimate in self-expression.

Yes.

Women, above all.

Big Mac x2, Double Burger x1, etc

Programmers do not dream. Their very life is a dream.

I'd try to become pope of the Roman Catholic Church.

Yes.

a Scorpio girlfriend

On computer, Star Trek and Pong.

They can't fly.

They're not people.

Ultima series.

Yoshio Kiya.

The creator of Patalliro! and Buichi Terasawa.

Absolutely zero.

1. A wife and child 2. Ideas 3. Healthy in mind, spirit, and society?

Yes.

How does one become a magazine editor?

I don't know.

Until I see the results for myself, I don't know. For now all I've got is faith to keep me moving forward.

I was roped into it by Professor Nishimura of the JSB Engineering Dept.

No.

The Mercedes-Benz driven by the Yakuza.

A full-serving of Chukadon.

Old friends.

A normal college student.

No.

Free time.

Pong.

They're poorly designed.

They have good memories.

Rollerball (PC-88 version)

Akio Hanyu.

Rumiko Takahashi.

Hole in One, Rollerball, Tetsuman

1. Lots of patience 2. Inspiration 3. A love for games

No.

Work at HAL Laboratory.

Yes.

There is. Bet on it!

Company plan.

No.

My wife.

Unaju.

Deadlines.

Programmer.

Yes.

Sound processor.

Really old Ping-Pong.

The video hardware is still really lacking.

The genius of John von Neumann.

Taito's Gyrodine. Nothing else.

I don't pay attention to that.

Toru Shinohara.

I don't know.

1. Sleep a lot. 2. Play a lot. 3. Eat a lot.

Yes.

Join a software company.

You're a salaryman.

I suppose so.

I didn't do anything special, it was decided by the company.

No.

Bugs.

Kamonan Soba.

I can't remember.

Tennis player.

Yes.

My own dedicated tennis court.

Space Invaders.

How expensive they are, and how unemotional they are.

They make few mistakes.

Apple's Choplifter.

No one in particular.

Etsumi Haruki (for Chie the Brat).

Mole Mole.

1. Endurance 2. Imagination 3. Sense

Yes.

Hone your senses.

No.

Depends on the person.

Because I loved games.

Yes.

Sharks.

Katsudon.

Dreams where I'm fixing bugs, or playing a game I've played many times before.

Jeweler.

[blank]

A yacht.

War (card game).

If the power goes out, you lose everything you'd been working on.

They're a workout for your brain.

Go.

Chris Crawford.

Frank Frazetta.

The Black Onyx.

1. Understand games. 2. Imagination. 3. The power to finish what you begin.

Yes.

Know what others are thinking and what makes them happy.

No.

Yes.

I had the free time.

No.

Samoans.

Katsudon.

A dream where I become rich.

Bartender.

Yes.

Money, booze.

Koi-koi.

They cost money.

They don't complain.

Foosball.

Bill Budge.

Osamu Tezuka.

The Black Onyx.

1. Have a sense of humor. 2. Be an alcoholic. 3. The ability to make the other programmers follow your plans.

Yes.

At least once, you should try making your own game, and share it with your friends.

No.

If things keep going this way, not a chance!

I got sucked in while I played games.

No.

The wrath of my computer.

[blank]

Dreams that are so bizarre they're funny.

I would have continued my career as a middle school science teacher.

Yes.

An affair.

Monopoly and other money/bond games (around age 8).

The fact that they are computers.

The fact that they are computers.

Xevious, Galaga, Commando.

No.

Osamu Tezuka.

Ponkotsusen Survival.

1. Creativity. 2. Curiosity. 3. A playful spirit.

Yes.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Hard to say.

I want to believe there is.

No.

Money and my computer.

[blank]

No.

A tea ceremony master.

Yes.

Mercedes-Benz.

Block-breaking games.

Too much english text.

Their high-speed processing power.

None.

None.

None.

HOT DOG.

1. Play. 2. Sleep. 3. Inspiration.

Yes.

[blank]

Yes.

There is.

I was interested in writing game scenarios.

No.

Bugs (cockroaches, preying mantis)

#1 Oyakodon, #2 chinese fried rice.

Not especially.

Copywriter.

No.

A Yamaha DX-7, money, a happy family life

Tag, suguroku, block-breaking games

They're difficult to operate.

Their potential to create a new networking medium.

Pinball, Pac-Man.

No.

Katsuhiro Otomo, Yumiko Oshima, Rumiko Takahashi.

Psychic City.

1. Effort 2. Guts 3. Poverty ...to be honest, I really don't know.

Yes.

Join a software company and keep whining until they let you do game design. The rest is down to luck.

No.

There is, and it's a big future.

It looked like fun.

No.

Other humans.

Anything works.

I haven't dreamed recently.

With luck, a manga artist.

No.

Time.

I don't remember.

They are impeccably logical.

They are impeccably logical.

None.

None.

Kamui Fujihara, Masamune Shirow, Katsuhiro Otomo, Yukinobu Hoshino.

None.

1. Sense. 2. The ability to bluff. 3. Tenacity.

Yes.

If you've got talent, you'll make it. Of course, luck and bluffing themselves talents.

No.

If there's not I'm in big trouble, but I do sometimes get the feeling there isn't...

I had the free time.

No.

Car horn.

Cream Puff.

Dreams with Cookie Monster.

Just another computer maniac.

Yes.

a PC-98XA...!

Backgammon.

They aren't very personable.

They have good memories!

Backgammon.

No.

Izumi Kawahara, Taeko Watanabe.

No, sadly...

1. Free time. 2. Energy. 3. Creativity.

Yes.

Do your best to make and market your game. Don't forget to cultivate connections with people from software houses, either...

Yes.

I think so? I hope so!

I saw a help wanted ad.

No.

My girlfriend's intuitions...

Ebi Stew Curry, with Salad.

Dreams of the past and the future.

A vocalist in a hard rock band, or a fortune teller.

No.

The time to think about what I want most in the world right now.

Diamond game.

Their impertinence.

You can buy one with money.

Pachinko.

My colleagues at Irem.

Hisaichi Ishii, Shotarou Ishimori.

10 Yard Fight.

1. Spirit. 2. The exchange of ideas. 3. Guts.

Yes.

Just get to work!

No.

Yes!

For the money.

Yes.

People.

Lamphouse's Curry (with a side salad w/ yuzu dressing)

I dream about myself sleeping and dreaming.

Musician.

No.

#1, a Gibson guitar. #2, my own car.

Old Maid.

I can't communicate my feelings in any detail to them.

Their cool, objective powers of processing and judgment.

10 Yard Fight, Punch Out

?

Hiroshi Miyamoto.

? (I really don't know the answer)

1. Heart. 2. Sense. 3. Power.

Yes.

Visit a company that makes games you like, and talk to the HR person who handles hiring.

No.

Being a personal problem, I can't give you an answer.

It was a short commute from my house.

No.

Big dogs.

Katsudon.

Dreams where I'm doing it.

A guy holding up billboards for the cabaret.

Yes.

A car.

Space Invaders.

All the things I don't know.

Exploring and learning those things I don't know.

Splendor Blast.

I don't really know many other game designers.

Rumiko Takahashi.

Splendor Blast.

1. Sleep a lot. 2. Eat a lot. 3. Play a lot.

Yes.

Do a lot of gaming.

Yes.

?

I wonder that myself.

Yes.

Money and women.

Hakurakuten's super size Steak Burger.

My own house burning down.

An ordinary company man.

Yes.

Money, a car, and a woman.

Block-breaking game.

When they go crazy, and start doing weird stuff and won't stop.

Their ability to handle tedious work.

Route 16 Turbo.

The person who designed Runaway.

Bats and Terry.

Route 16 Turbo.

1. Poverty. 2. Ignorance. 3. A refined ability to ignore women.

Yes.

Get hired by Sun Denshi. Make sure you get put in the software division, of course.

No.

Absolutely not. Before me, all I see is a wall.

Yes.

Violence.

Katsudon.

Dreams I'm being chased, dreams I'm falling.

An engineer, of course.

Yes.

Two kids and a car.

Block-breaking game.

The fact that they don't do anything unless you tell them to.

They do exactly as they're told.

Markham.

The Sun Denshi staff.

None.

Pettan Pyuu, Ikki.

1. Poverty (be able to ignore your hunger) 2. Be young at heart. 3. Honesty.

Yes.

Join a company that makes games, or start your own. Joining Sun Denshi would be a shortcut, of course...

Like a salaryman, I only make what the company does.

You won't get rich, you won't get status or fame, but there is a future.

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No.

Death.

Katsudon.

Dreams of the office.

Musician (drummer)

No.

A new motorcycle, a new jeep, a new gun.

Karuta.

They can't think on their own.

They can do the same task over and over and never get tired.

Airsoft.

Anyone other than myself.

Satoru Makimura, Mitsuru Adachi.

All of them.

1. Like manga 2. Have a non-conforming personality, a dreamer 3. Be able to make unfunny jokes with a straight face

No.

Please give Jaleco a call. We're waiting to hear from you!

Yes.

Yes! Probably...

[blank]

No.

The police.

Katsudon.

Dreams where I'm smoking cigarettes.

Student.

No.

Money, time, energy.

Ping pong.

They're difficult.

They're smart.

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Kazuo Koizumi; Takao Saitou

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Yes.

Anyone can do it.

I don't know.

It's dark.

I wanted to share the games I've imagined with the rest of the world.

No.

Natural disasters.

Kitsune Udon.

I don't dream that much.

Just a normal office employee.

No.

Money.

I forgot.

They don't do anything if you don't program them.

They'll do the same thing over and over without any complaints.

Thought experiments.

No.

Hikaru Yuzuki.

COP-01.

1. Love games. 2. Ample patience. 3. Be willing to suffer hours of overtime until the game is complete.

Yes.

Join a game company, come up with an interesting idea, and bring it straight to your bosses: no hesitation.

No.

No.

Just trying to earn my daily bread.

Yes.

Rika Nagata.

Chicken Ramen, Okonomiyaki.

Women.

That's something I can only know in that moment.

Yes.

Money.

Tag.

When they don't understand what I want.

They're good for prototyping ideas.

Trivia.

Michio Moriki.

Osamu Tezuka.

No.

1. Never rest. 2. Never be late. 3. Never work.

No.

Go hang out at Sankaku park in Tennouji early in the morning, and that should do it.

No.

If BEEP can increase their subscribers, we should be ok!

It happened without my realizing it.

No.

Women.

Oyakodon.

Yes, a dream where I've become a superhero.

An illustrator of manga artist.

Yes.

An AV machine (a video projector)

Game of Life (board game), ABC game

They don't listen to you.

They don't lie.

Game of Life, Mappy.

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Fujio Fujiko.

MagMax, and the game I'm working on now.

1. Curiosity 2. Childishness 3. Guts

Yes.

Anyone can do it.

No.

Despair.

I liked sharing things I've made with others.

No.

Nature's revenge.

Yakiniku lunch.

I don't dream.

Stuntman (for JAC), Pro Wrestler

Yes.

The strongest body in the world.

Kick the can.

I have to use my head.

They're convenient.

Wrestling.

I don't pay attention to anyone.

Tetsuo Hara.

Death Star.

1. Fortitude. 2. Imagination. 3. Tenacity.

Yes.

By wanting to be one.

No.

A bright future may be waiting...

I wanted to create and draw characters.

No.

Grievious injury.

Katsudon.

Dreams with people from my company.

Something in animation.

Yes.

A bigger room.

Rock, paper, scissors.

They lack survival instincts.

Their honesty.

Monopoly.

Doug Smith.

Hiroshi Masumura, Yousuke Takahashi.

That's impossible for me to answer.

1. Creavitity 2. A sense of balance and proportion 3. Good sense

Yes.

By wanting to be one, and doing the work.

No.

Yes.

I wanted to make good games.

No.

People's hearts.

Katsudon.

I don't dream.

Probably a game designer.

No.

A burning love.

Bankers.

They have no heart.

Their ability to make quick decisions.

Mahjong.

The person who made Space Invaders.

Hiroshi Miyamoto.

All of them, and none of them.

1. A thoughtful mind 2. An analytical mind 3. A critical mind

Yes.

You have to really want to make a good game. You need that mindset.

No.

Yes.