Featuring interviews with the creators of 43 popular video games--including Spyro the Dragon, Syphon Filter, NFL GameDay 98 and Final Fantasy VII--this book gives a behind-the-scenes look at some of the most influential (and sometimes forgotten) titles of the original PlayStation era. Interviewees recall the painstaking development, challenges of working with mega publishers and uncertainties of public reception, and discuss the creative processes that produced some of gaming's all-time classics.
Featuring interviews with the creators of 43 popular video games--including Spyro the Dragon, Syphon Filter, NFL GameDay 98 and Final Fantasy VII--this book gives a behind-the-scenes look at some of the most influential (and sometimes forgotten) titles of the original PlayStation era. Interviewees recall the painstaking development, challenges of working with mega publishers and uncertainties of public reception, and discuss the creative processes that produced some of gaming's all-time classics.
Patrick Hickey, Jr., is the founder and editor-in-chief of ReviewFix.com and a lecturer of English and journalism at Kingsborough Community College, in Brooklyn, New York. Over the past decade, his video game coverage has been featured in national ad campaigns by Nintendo, Disney and EA Sports.
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Table of Contents Foreword by Jason Weesner Preface Introduction Craig Stitt, Spyro the Dragon: Born Green, Immortalized Purple and Remastered Fuchsia James Dillon, Crash Bandicoot: A Marsupial Mascot Is Born Gavin Rummery, Tomb Raider II: Lara's Bigger Ponytail-Swinging Adventure Scott Rogers, Pac-Man World: From Ghosts to Glory Aaron Cammarata, Pitfall 3D: From a Commodore Compilation to Neversoft Tony Warriner, In Cold Blood: Ahead of Its Time David Grijns, Tenchu: Stealth Assassins: The Most Ninja "Ninja" Game, Ever Jose Villeta, Treasures of the Deep: Childhood Dreams Become Reality Joe Brisbois, Aquanaut's Holiday: A Misunderstood Effort in Relaxation Richard Ham, Syphon Filter: Taking from the Best, Making the Best Michael Mendheim, Army Men: Sarge's Heroes: Green and Eventually Mean David Shea, Alien Trilogy: The Best of Times Jason Weesner, Apocalypse: Neversoft's Ironic Invitation to the Big Time Laurent Benes, Future Cop: LAPD: Days of Future Past Noah Slater, 007: Tomorrow Never Dies: From Sandwiches to Spies Craig Stitt, Disruptor: Something Special After Sonic But Before Spyro Mike Froggatt, C-12: Final Resistance: The Counter-Invasion Before the Jump to Microsoft Michael Heilemann, Medal of Honor: German Shepherds and Writing Your Name on the Wall Scott Rogers, Soul Blade: More Than a Localization Tony Iuppa, Knockout Kings: The Greatest "Draw" in Boxing History Kellan Hatch, Jet Moto: The Last of the SingleTrac Hat Trick, A Monkey Off Your Back Brian Wiklem, Jet Moto 2: Two Versions of a Special Sequel Brian Wiklem, Cool Boarders: Rejection, Compromise and Respect Jules Burt, Sled Storm: The First One, the Best One Jim Buck, Rally Cross: Sexy 3D Math Tim Huntsman, WWF War Zone: When RAW Was WAR Joe Brisbois, ESPN Extreme Games: Before Tony Hawk, After the Rash Sebastiaan Reinarz and Amory Wong, NBA Live 96: A Full-Court Press Erik Kiss and Jon Spencer, Triple Play 97: The Rookie's Road to MVP Trent Shumay, NHL 98: EA's First Hat Trick on PS1 Chris Foley, NFL GameDay 98: From the Hallway at Sony to Google Charles Pinady, Parasite Eve: Aya's Not-So-Square Tale Alan Flores, Spider-Man: Doing Whatever a Spider Can-in 3D Eric Thommerot and David Grijns, Nightmare Creatures/Nightmare Creatures II: PlayStation's Gothic Dream and Curse Scott Campbell, Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012: After Twisted, Before Incognito Kellan Hatch and Scott Campbell, Warhawk: One Half of Sony and SingleTrac's Twisted Team-Up Russ Patterson, Courier Crisis: Flippin' Off the Police on Your GT Dave Quesnelle, Brain Dead 13: The Animated Twitch Game Swan Song Dominic Craig, Team Buddies: Too "Leggit" to Quit Martin Edmondson, Driver: From the Figure Eight to the Open World Nigel Conroy, Grand Theft Auto 2: Light It Up, Before the War in Chinatown Scott Campbell, Twisted Metal: Heating Up the PlayStation Jonathan Williams and David Bamberger, Final Fantasy VII: Changing the Way the U.S. Thought About RPGs Conclusion Index
Table of Contents Foreword by Jason Weesner Preface Introduction Craig Stitt, Spyro the Dragon: Born Green, Immortalized Purple and Remastered Fuchsia James Dillon, Crash Bandicoot: A Marsupial Mascot Is Born Gavin Rummery, Tomb Raider II: Lara's Bigger Ponytail-Swinging Adventure Scott Rogers, Pac-Man World: From Ghosts to Glory Aaron Cammarata, Pitfall 3D: From a Commodore Compilation to Neversoft Tony Warriner, In Cold Blood: Ahead of Its Time David Grijns, Tenchu: Stealth Assassins: The Most Ninja "Ninja" Game, Ever Jose Villeta, Treasures of the Deep: Childhood Dreams Become Reality Joe Brisbois, Aquanaut's Holiday: A Misunderstood Effort in Relaxation Richard Ham, Syphon Filter: Taking from the Best, Making the Best Michael Mendheim, Army Men: Sarge's Heroes: Green and Eventually Mean David Shea, Alien Trilogy: The Best of Times Jason Weesner, Apocalypse: Neversoft's Ironic Invitation to the Big Time Laurent Benes, Future Cop: LAPD: Days of Future Past Noah Slater, 007: Tomorrow Never Dies: From Sandwiches to Spies Craig Stitt, Disruptor: Something Special After Sonic But Before Spyro Mike Froggatt, C-12: Final Resistance: The Counter-Invasion Before the Jump to Microsoft Michael Heilemann, Medal of Honor: German Shepherds and Writing Your Name on the Wall Scott Rogers, Soul Blade: More Than a Localization Tony Iuppa, Knockout Kings: The Greatest "Draw" in Boxing History Kellan Hatch, Jet Moto: The Last of the SingleTrac Hat Trick, A Monkey Off Your Back Brian Wiklem, Jet Moto 2: Two Versions of a Special Sequel Brian Wiklem, Cool Boarders: Rejection, Compromise and Respect Jules Burt, Sled Storm: The First One, the Best One Jim Buck, Rally Cross: Sexy 3D Math Tim Huntsman, WWF War Zone: When RAW Was WAR Joe Brisbois, ESPN Extreme Games: Before Tony Hawk, After the Rash Sebastiaan Reinarz and Amory Wong, NBA Live 96: A Full-Court Press Erik Kiss and Jon Spencer, Triple Play 97: The Rookie's Road to MVP Trent Shumay, NHL 98: EA's First Hat Trick on PS1 Chris Foley, NFL GameDay 98: From the Hallway at Sony to Google Charles Pinady, Parasite Eve: Aya's Not-So-Square Tale Alan Flores, Spider-Man: Doing Whatever a Spider Can-in 3D Eric Thommerot and David Grijns, Nightmare Creatures/Nightmare Creatures II: PlayStation's Gothic Dream and Curse Scott Campbell, Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012: After Twisted, Before Incognito Kellan Hatch and Scott Campbell, Warhawk: One Half of Sony and SingleTrac's Twisted Team-Up Russ Patterson, Courier Crisis: Flippin' Off the Police on Your GT Dave Quesnelle, Brain Dead 13: The Animated Twitch Game Swan Song Dominic Craig, Team Buddies: Too "Leggit" to Quit Martin Edmondson, Driver: From the Figure Eight to the Open World Nigel Conroy, Grand Theft Auto 2: Light It Up, Before the War in Chinatown Scott Campbell, Twisted Metal: Heating Up the PlayStation Jonathan Williams and David Bamberger, Final Fantasy VII: Changing the Way the U.S. Thought About RPGs Conclusion Index
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