{"rewrite":{"id":"r_9ef29e9b966e2f92cb7f8a52","clusterId":"c_33213b3f854b702b223f5675","slug":"kotori-yoshimura-traces-star-cruiser-back-to-sasebo-microcomputer-days","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Kotori Yoshimura Traces Star Cruiser Back To Sasebo Microcomputer Days","summary":"A new interview with game creator Kotori Yoshimura follows his path from a Sasebo microcomputer club into the founding circle of Alcis Software. Yoshimura describes building his first game, a 2001: A Space Odyssey homage, while still in high school, and explains how the 1983 Technosoft title Starfleet grew out of a Trek port he made for his own machine.","whyItMatters":"The account puts the making of Star Cruiser, a 1988 polygon space title, in the hands of a programmer whose start came from a public microcomputer center, which is the paper trail the Game Preservation Society's interview series is built to record.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eYoshimura\u0026#39;s entry into the industry ran through a club, not a studio. He began visiting the Sasebo Microcomputer Center, later Technosoft, around 1979 during middle school, kept going until it became a routine, and started working on other people\u0026#39;s projects without pay before he was on staff.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis first completed game took the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey as its motif and was structured as two modes quoting scenes from the film. Starfleet, released by Technosoft in 1983, came out of the same current, built on a Trek port he had moved to his own machine.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Kotori Yoshimura built a Trek port for his own machine before Starfleet existed, so the 1983 Technosoft title grew out of a homemade project, not a pitch. Star Cruiser starts in a Sasebo club's hardware.","twitterPost":"Before Starfleet, Kotori Yoshimura made a Trek port for his own machine. The 1983 Technosoft title grew from that homemade build, not a pitch.","threadsPost":"Kotori Yoshimura's first games came out of a Sasebo microcomputer club, not a studio. He made a Trek port for his own machine, and the 1983 Technosoft title Starfleet grew from that build. Star Cruiser's roots are personal hardware and a high school 2001 homage.","newsletterBlurb":"Game Spark published an interview with Kotori Yoshimura, a founding member of Alcis Software, conducted at the Game Preservation Society headquarters. Yoshimura describes learning circuits from Gakken kits, visiting the Sasebo Microcomputer Center from middle school, and making a 2001: A Space Odyssey homage as his first game before joining Technosoft as a student. Starfleet, released by Technosoft in 1983, is discussed as coming out of his own Trek port.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/12/173518.html\",\"title\":\"How Was Star Cruiser Born? From 3D Polygons to AI: Creator Kotori Yoshimura Talks About the Origins of His Work\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":6259,"outputTokens":648,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791803227,"createdAt":"2026-10-12T11:01:39.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-12T11:06:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-12T11:06:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_33213b3f854b702b223f5675","canonicalTitle":"『スタークルーザー』はいかにして生まれたのか？ 3DポリゴンからAIまで―日本のゲーム黎明期を駆け抜けたクリエイター・吉村ことり氏が語る創作の原点 【ゲームのおいたち・ゲームのあゆみ】","representativeArticleId":"a_8233ba7631303e0f166782f2","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Star Cruiser\",\"Thunder Force\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Kotori Yoshimura\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-12T10:00:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-12T10:00:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-12T11:06:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/12/173518.html","title":"『スタークルーザー』はいかにして生まれたのか？ 3DポリゴンからAIまで―日本のゲーム黎明期を駆け抜けたクリエイター・吉村ことり氏が語る創作の原点 【ゲームのおいたち・ゲームのあゆみ】"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Star Cruiser","Thunder Force"],"studios":[],"people":["Kotori Yoshimura"],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}