Early Career At Konami
His early games such as Time Pilot (1982) and Gyruss (1983) set new and innovative standards in the shoot 'em up genre during the golden age of arcade games. The Killer List of Videogames included both Gyruss and Time Pilot in its list of top 100 arcade games of all time.
Time Pilot was notable for its early time travel theme, set across five time periods, and its free-roaming style of gameplay, which allowed the player's plane to freely move across open air space that can scroll indefinitely in all directions. Gyruss was notable for its stereo sound and is often remembered for its musical score that plays throughout the game, Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D minor". It was also notable for its multi-core processing, which included two Z80 microprocessors, one 6809 microprocessor, and one 8039 microprocessor, and for the sound, five AY-3-8910 PSG sound chips and a DAC.
Although these games turned out to be successful titles for Konami, Okamoto's employer was not too happy as apparently Okamoto had been told to create a driving game instead. Internal disagreements, financial and credible, caused his termination from Konami.
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