So videos of the series were sent to the developers for inspiration. Kishimoto believes that, following the success of the Pac-Man TV series in the US, it was Bally Midway who asked Namco to develop a game for the American audience.
He applied to Casio, Nintendo (which was not looking for programmers at the time, but rather hardware engineers) and Sega (which was willing to hire him), but chose Namco because the people there seemed more relaxed (Namco employees wore jeans and T-shirts instead of the traditional suit and tie). Yoshihiro Kishimoto studied programming at a time when it was still uncommon and in high demand in the job market, which gave him the luxury of being able to choose between different companies. Of course, if you speak French, you can watch the video here: Since the video is 1) full of interesting information 2) in French 3) not yet subtitled, I decided to make a quick summary.
岸本 好弘 about his childhood, Namco and some of the first games he developed there, namely the MSX version of Mappy, Pac-Land, Baraduke and Family Stadium. Earlier today (July 3rd, 2021), video game historian Florent Gorges talked for almost 2 hours withįormer Namco programmer (and sometime graphic designer)
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