Interview by Peter Ward What did you want to do when you was at school for a career and what was your first job? I wanted to be a Palaeontologist when I was a child and get paid to dig up fossils but it wasn’t to be. I had a paper round to start off with, for a massive £3.50 a week. I had a job I hated putting the hard bits in moccasins so they’d keep their shape in some factory that smelt of glue after school…
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Interview by Peter Ward First of all, Welcome to Retro Gamesmaster. It is truly an honour to interview one of the biggest names in our industry. What did you want to do when you were at school for a career, and what was your first job? I didn’t have the faintest idea what I wanted to do when I was at school (it was a crap school; I even managed to fail maths). My first job was for the part of the Post Office that morphed into BT as a…
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Martyn Brown Interview by Peter Ward Originally founded as 17-Bit Software and later named Team17, Team 17 created game such Alien Breed and Worms. Martyn Brown is the Co Founder of Team 17. Interview Peter Ward Well, oddly enough I wanted to be a chemist. I had always been fascinated about games and technology but never considered I’d be able to do that for a living – and besides in your teens you don’t really think that way. School tried to convince me that an office job or in a bank was…
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Career Highlights Worked on games from 1986 to 2000, has been working on toys mostly since then (4 years in house at Fisher price), and the occasional game. Edited dialogue for a few AAA titles (Velvet assassin, Drakensang), did some voice acting (Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island, Neverwinter), some Gameboy titles, Batman Rise of Sin Tzu, Splinter Cell Pandora, and King Kong. Last few years, I did Dark Quest on mobile (a hero quest clone), and last year got consumed by Horizon Chase (a retro styled remake of Top…
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STOP THE PRESS Allister is doing the music for the new Super Samurai click here to support the kickstarter For those who don’t know Allister’s background, he has composed music and sound effects for the video game industry since the mid-1980’s. If you want to know more then take a look at this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allister_Brimble Click here to purchase Click here to purchase Interview by Peter Ward Thank you for this interview, it is an honour for me to interview such a talented Musician from the game industry…. What did…
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Interview by Peter Ward Hello and Welcome to Retro Gamesmaster, who come up with the Designs for the characters for Toejam and Earl? I came up with the designs. Believe it or not I actually had a dream about the characters back around 1989 and I woke up and did a little napkin sketch of them. They ended up looking pretty much as I pictured them. What inspired you to make the new Toejam and Earl? The game I made before ToeJam and Earl was Starflight 1 and 2. These…
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Interview with the Oliver Twins by Peter Ward “Hello and welcome to Retrogamesmaster It is such an honour to interview two of the pioneers of the gaming industry who gave so much joy to so many and still do including me. Before we start this interview I would like to mention the kickstarter project at http://bit.ly/KSLetsGoDizzy A book written by Chris Wilkins The story of the Oliver Twins needs your backing; Chris Has known Philip and Andrew for 10 years and has written some great retro books on Ocean…
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Interview with Alex Verrey AKA BIG BOY BARRY Exclusive Interview by Peter Ward Pete: “Hello and Welcome to Retro Games Master. It is an honour to speak to one of the gaming TV Legends.” BBB: “The honour is all mine, thanks for reaching out!” Pete: “What are you currently doing for a living please give us some details?” BBB: “Well, performing is my first love, I still present and act when I can. That said, my day job is in video games, an industry which continues to serve me well…
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