Space Invaders - concept art

[lewisit]

just found this picture online:



the original concept art drawn by Toshihiro Nishikado for Space Invaders - kinda the cave paintings of shmups

[Jockel]

I think it's funny how one page covers all the animation frames in the entire game =D

[THE]

Awesome!
That's how I did my first sprites on my C64 back in the 80s.
Drawing them in the grid and calculating by hand the hex values...
Getting an actual sprite editor was a relief though

[ChurchOfSolipsism]

Great find, thanks for sharing.

[spadgy]

That is awesome - it reminds me of my childish attempts at sprite art on Deluxe Paint III on the Amiga in the early 1990's!

Thanks for taking the time to post this for us!

[R-Type]

That's quite interesting.

As oposed to me I have good tools yet don't have a clue how to program these games. =/

[ASK]

ONE OF THEM IS A FUCKING CRAB?

[spadgy]

Good point! I never really considered the oceanic theme of Space Invaders, but it's obvious in this picture...

[ASK]

It's strange how sea creatures and space isn't an uncommon combination in games. Think Space Invaders was the first to start this trend?

[sunburstbasser]

Maybe first, certainly the big one. I don't think anything really came before it that melded space/swimmers.

And of course Taito put even MORE fish in their other shmups!

[undamned]

Sweet! It's from an interview w/ Taito developer, Tomohiro Nishikado, and Tatio president Yoichi Wada.
Whole article here: http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/sp ... 8/1008218/
-ud

[dcharlie]

this was viewable a few years ago at a video games history gallery at Yebsiu Garden Place in Tk.

There were a fair few of these documents in glass cases , but i only recall the Space Invaders from the Shmups side. Even had listings for the prelim. code , again on paper with pencil. Awesome.

Great to see it out on the web, as there was a strict no photography rule in place.

[MyGameCompany]

Cool find!

This was how I did my sprites too, back when in the early 90s when I was experimenting with game programming using Basic. I burned through a ton of graph paper!