Japansoft: An Oral History
Special Edition

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Overview

Japansoft: An Oral History offers an intimate, interview-led exploration of Japan’s formative videogame years, told by the developers who shaped them. This 332-page edition gathers voices from companies including Sega, Enix, Capcom, Hudson Soft and Nihon Falcom, revealing candid stories behind the games, studios and cultural forces that redefined entertainment.

This 500-copy slipcased edition features a screen-printed cover and a new preface by Richard Garriott (Ultima), Giles Goddard (Star Fox) and Robert Woodhead (Wizardry), situating these pioneering stories within a global context.

Specification
  • 332 pages
  • 166 × 236 mm
  • Hardcover
  • Slipcase
  • Screen-printed cover and slipcase
  • Signed by author and editor
  • Multiple paper stocks
  • Custom mailer carton
Credits

Edited by Alex Wiltshire
Designed by Julia
Illustration by Yu Nagaba

Reviews
A true treasure you need to read.
Nintendo Life
A piece of art, a work deserving of a place on the videogame connoisseur’s bookshelf and a valuable documentation of a history that would otherwise have been so easily lost.
MegaBites
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