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Resources
Essential databases, archives, and documentation for researching Taito's catalogue and legacy - curated for quality and relevance.
Game Databases
Essential Research Resources
- Internet Archive - Taito Collection Scanned arcade flyers, original game manuals, magazine advertisements, and playable in-browser versions of many Taito titles via the browser-based MAME emulator. The primary archive for original Taito documentation and ephemera.
- LaunchBox GamesDB - Taito Games High-quality box art, screenshots, banners, and metadata for Taito titles across all platforms. The best single source for cover art and promotional imagery for Space Invaders, Bubble Bobble, Arkanoid, and the full Taito catalogue.
- MobyGames - Taito Corporation Comprehensive database of every Taito release with full platform listings, screenshots, credits, and developer information. The authoritative source for release dates, platform coverage, and complete credits across Taito's entire published catalogue.
- Hall of Light - Amiga Database The definitive Amiga games database, with extensive coverage of Taito's Amiga ports including Bubble Bobble, Rainbow Islands, Arkanoid, and The New Zealand Story. Box scans, disk images, and detailed port documentation.
- Wikipedia - Space Invaders Comprehensive Wikipedia entry for Space Invaders, covering the development history, cultural impact, coin shortage phenomenon, Atari licensing, and the game's influence on the video game industry. Well-sourced and maintained.
- Wikipedia - Taito Corporation Company history from the 1953 founding through Michael Kogan's jukebox importing business, the development of Space Invaders, the arcade golden age, and the 2005 Square Enix acquisition. Foundation source for corporate history research.
- Wikipedia - Bubble Bobble Development history, platform listings, Fukio Mitsuji's design credits, and franchise overview for Bubble Bobble. Includes detailed port information and a complete account of the franchise extensions through Puzzle Bobble and beyond.
- Video Game Music Preservation Foundation (VGMPF) Comprehensive documentation of video game music from the 8-bit and 16-bit eras, including Taito's arcade and home computer soundtracks. Essential for researching the musical heritage of Space Invaders, Bubble Bobble, and the ZUNTATA sound department.
- Gaming Historian - YouTube Channel Norman Caruso's documentary series covering video game history. The Gaming Historian's Space Invaders documentary is the most comprehensive English-language account of the game's development, Japanese cultural impact, and lasting significance. Required viewing for anyone researching Taito history.
- Lemon Amiga Amiga-specific games database with community reviews, ratings, and media. Covers Taito's Amiga ports including Bubble Bobble, Rainbow Islands, and Arkanoid with a focus on the home computing experience of the late 1980s.
Primary Sources
Developer Interviews and Documentation
First-person accounts from the people who made Taito's games - authoritative sources for facts and context unavailable elsewhere.
- NHK World - Tomohiro Nishikado Interview NHK World has broadcast multiple interview segments with Tomohiro Nishikado discussing the development of Space Invaders. Nishikado describes the alien sprite design process, the hardware engineering challenge, and the game's development in his own words - the only authoritative primary source for the development of Space Invaders.
- Internet Archive - Arcade Flyer Collection Extensive collection of original arcade flyers documenting Taito's arcade releases. Includes promotional material for Darius (with the triple-screen cabinet clearly documented), Operation Wolf, Space Invaders, and many other titles. Original marketing materials as historical artefacts.