TCW Podcast Episode 181 - The Fabric of Koei We look at the company KOEI and the power couple Yoichi and Keiko Erikawa. Keiko came from the city and had a love of design and investing. Yoichi came from the Japanese countryside and loved games and local history. Yoichi made board and card games based on historical events and people. They met in college when Yoichi rented a room from Keiko's grandmother, and after some time fell in love. Yoichi was pressured by his father to go into the family's failing textile business. Eventually, he and Keiko struck it out on their own. Yoichi and Keiko founded Koei working as a textile business, but they ended up developing software and games for the NEC PC in Japan. This episode is a fascinating case of the parallel evolution of video games and many firsts for the Japanese market.  We discuss erotic games at a PG 13 level from  What Magic is This? - The I Ching: https://whatmagicisthis.com/2022/07/30/the-i-ching-with-dan-lowe/The I Ching for Beginners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM0tfQ1fUXsKawanakajima no Kassen [川中島の合戦] (PC-88, 1982): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMBtDC4vQLMStratego: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R7d0A9ymwQToushi Game: https://koei.fandom.com/wiki/Toushi_Game Toushi Gêmu: https://fm-7.com/museum/products/57makg0v/The Dragon & Princess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1nQueo2fkwDungeon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StPVDnH7q8sDungeon NEC 8001: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6TChUIWoeI**Explicit** Night Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7Wk-LRCDgU**Explicit** Danchi-zuma no Yuuwaku: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgknYAH_nn8**Explicit** Orandazuma wa Denkiunagi no Yume wo Miruka?: https://koei.fandom.com/wiki/Orandazuma_wa_Denkiunagi_no_Yume_wo_Miruka%3FNobunaga's Ambition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfjo1OqsjRo New episodes are on the 1st and 15th of every month! TCW Email: [email protected] Twitter: @tcwpodcastPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/theycreateworldsAlex's Video Game History Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.comAlex's book, published Dec 2019, is available at CRC Press and at major online retailers: http://bit.ly/TCWBOOK1 Intro Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode -  Music - "Airplane Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/song/AirplaneMode Outro Music: RolemMusic - Bacterial Love: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/Pop_Singles_Compilation_2014/01_rolemusic_-_bacterial_love  Copyright: Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/