Epoch and the Cassette Vision – 1997 Developer Interview
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This very long, in-depth interview (found at the excellent Game Odyssey jp site) covers a period of Japanese videogame history that is obscure even to most Japanese: the pre-Famicom era of the Cassette Vision and similar LSI games. During this period, from about 1975-1982, Epoch took the lead in Japanese console video game development, bridging the gap from simple, discrete circuit games to “modern” games using actual microprocessors.
In this interview Epoch designer Masayuki Horie sheds a light on those dark early years of video game history, covering the development of both the Cassette Vision and the various machines that led up to it.
