The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers Volume 3: Monochrome

Description

The third and final volume of The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers is complete! It’s 423 pages and features over 35 interviewees.

Full contents listing here:
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/books/the-untold-history-of-japanese-game-developers-volume-3/

The book is cover to cover interviews, meaning it’s 100% pure revelations from the mouths of those who made the games.

Highlights include:

* Turns out Michael Jackson sang “a capella” for Sonic 3’s music

* Falcom RPGs in-depth, including Legacy of the Wizard on NES

* Evolution of Dragon Quest

* Microsoft Japan secrets

* Yu Suzuki wants to direct Swan Lake to heavy metal

* Hironobu Sakaguchi spent $10’000 on parties

* The Final Fantasy team adapted the Aliens film into a computer game

* Konami secrets and the origin of Parodius

* PC Engine versus Famicom coder face-off

* Unreleased games – too many to count!

* Some companies tried to sabotage others!

* Capcom secrets with exclusive photos

* Design documents of games; archive photos and maps

Breaks more Non-Disclosure Agreements than a corporate espionage mole!

And so much more! There has never been a book with so much first-hand information on the Japanese games industry, and there never will be again!

Includes interviews with: Aziz HINOSHITA, Bill SWARTZ, Henk ROGERS, Hidenori SHIBAO, Hiroshi ISHIKAWA, Kazki MATSUMURA, Kelly ROGERS, Ken OGURA, Kenichi YOKOH, Kotaro HAYASHIDA, Kouichi YOTSUI, Manabu KUSUNOKI, Manabu YAMANA, Masahiro FUKUDA, Microsoft Japan, Mitsuakira TATSUTA, Naosuke ARAI, Naoto OHSHIMA, Nasir GEBELLI, Rieko KODAMA, Ryota AKAMA, Satoshi FUJISHIMA, Seve HANAWA, Takashi TOKITA, Takato YOSHINARI, Takayuki HIRONO, Takayuki KOMABAYASHI, Terry WOLFINGER, Toshinari OKA, Yasuhide KOBAYASHI, Yoji ISHII, Yoshio KIYA, Yuichi TOYAMA, Yutaka SUGANO