<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>Tomohiro Nishikado, creator of Space Invaders, discusses early arcade game development at Taito.</li><li>Using mirrors to create illusions, he worked on soccer, basketball, driving games before Space Invaders.</li><li>Facing resistance from sales team, Nishikado believed in potential of electronic video games.</li><li>Space Invaders was born from Breakout's simplicity and the idea of shooting aliens.</li></ul>

Space Invaders creator recalls building arcade games with mirrors, making a prototype console that never saw release, and how short-sighted Taito's sales team was about videogames: 'These things will never sell'

Space Invaders creator recalls building arcade games with mirrors, making a prototype console that never saw release, and how short-sighted Taito's sales team was about videogames: 'These things will never sell'

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