Re: I had a nice talk with Shinichi Nakamoto today...

Thats cool, did you ask for any betas that he had

:)

+ Hi fellow list members,
+
+ today I had a personal 1 hour talk to Mr. Shinichi Nakamoto
+ (now Executive Vice President of Hudson Japan, maker of Bomberman
+ and actually main designer of the PC Engine) in person. He was
+ on a business trip in munich and I had the rare opportunity to
+ have a little chat with him. (the programmer of Bomberman SS
+ was also there)
+
+ Besides that I got several games signed, we talked about his
+ view of japan's gaming history with online and MOBILE gaming being
+ the main aspects in the future (connectivity between cell
+ phones and game consoles) and various other stuff. He was
+ extremely nice with good knowledge of english language. (and before
+ you ask, Gamecube development has already begun...)
+
+ A thing that surprised me is the Hudson seems to have opened
+ all Engine sources to the public (or at least isn't enforcing
+ copyrights anymore) and he spoke VERY positively about emulators
+ for the PC (engine of course) and was happy about people still
+ playing "such old games" as Roms.
+
+ Just my thoughts on IMO one of the greatest person in the
+ videogame biz'.
+
+ Greetings, Tobias