And the seeds were sown 40 years ago this month…
Satoshi Tajiri, as we all know, is one of the key figures behind the incredibly successful Pokémon series. However, it’s important to remember that Tajiri’s interest in game development began long before he had the idea of linking two Game Boy consoles together in order to share fictional monsters and produced one of Nintendo’s most successful franchises.
Like so many young people in Japan at the close of the ’70s, Tajiri became hooked on Taito’s Space Invaders, as well as other classic titles, such Namco’s Dig Dug. His interest eventually evolved into wanting to make his own games, and he apparently even went as far as to disassemble his Famicom to figure out how it worked.
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