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2025

07/26

"Oral history" records testimonies from the people involved, preserving even the background and ideas of the content. A lecture on "archiving" was held, and because it is difficult to physically preserve a wide range of games, testimonies from people at the time are important as academic primary sources.

For more information, please check the link below.

https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/kikakuthetower/250726e

2025

07/22

From "300 hits on the first day" to 3.3 billion page views per month - Behind the scenes of the explosive growth of Maho no iLand How was the "miraculous service" that captivated junior and senior high school girls in the early days of mobile born? - An interview with Rei Tanii

For more information, please check the link below.

https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/304/4304196/

2025

04/21

I take pride in having created the microcomputer era - To Japan's "crazy" engineers. Have you heard of Sword, the Japanese microcomputer venture in the 1980s? - Interview with Takayoshi Shiina (Part 2)

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https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/262/4262999/

2025

03/12

Koei Tecmo's president, Yoichi Erikawa, talks about the time before the video game industry was established. He made "The Battle of Kawanakajima" hoping to sell 10 copies, but it ended up being a huge hit, selling 10,000 copies. He mobilized all the "neighborhood ladies" to dub the tapes and shipped them out by hand.

For more information, please check the link below.

https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/interview/250312b

2025

03/12

Preserving "reliable primary sources" rather than "history written by the victors" - why is ZEN University, an online university set to open in April 2025 in partnership with the Nippon Foundation and Dwango, collecting "oral histories" of the content industry? To pass on the "history that will disappear if not told" that has shaped game, animation, manga, IT, and internet culture.

For more information, please check the link below.

https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/interview/250312a

2025

02/22

A product in three months! The reason why the 8080 was put into practical use in the fastest time in the world. Have you heard of Sword, the Japanese microcomputer venture in the 1970s? Interview with Takayoshi Shiina (Part 1)

For more information, please check the link below.

https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/257/4257639/

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