NES nostalgics, this is for you. Dragon Quest Creator Yuji Horii shared on twitter a real treat, in the form of a batch of original design documents for the first game, released in 1986.
UNCHARTED 4: A Thief’s End – Man Behind the Treasure
Here is a new trailer for UNCHARTED 4: A Thief’s End titled Man Behind the Treasure. Enjoy!
Hideo Kojima Issues Message on Website, Talks New Kojima Productions Logo
Following the announcement that Hideo Kojima and Kojima Productions would be partnering with Sony to bring their first game to PlayStation, the new studio website went live, giving us a look at the logo and a message from Kojima.
Kojima officially leaves Konami to form own studio; first game will be collaboration with Sony
It has been coming for a long time, and yesterday it was finally confirmed: Hideo Kojima has officially left Konami. The creative mastermind behind the Metal Gear Solid series departed the game studio along with his assistant Ayako Terashima and Metal Gear producer Kenichiro Imaizumi. Kojima will now develop games for his own independent studio, Kojima Productions, the first of which will be made in collaboration with PlayStation. Continue Reading
Before Doom, id Software founders created a PC port of Super Mario Bros. 3
id Software is best known for creating iconic first-person shooters like Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein 3D. But did you know that Nintendo’s smash-hit Super Mario Bros. 3 was instrumental in the company’s founding?
While working at Softdisk, now-legendary programmer John Carmack developed a technique called adaptive tile refresh that made sidescrolling games on the PC feasible. As a proof-of-concept, the future id Software crew recreated Super Mario Bros. 3 on the PC (which they completed on September 28, 1990) and sent it to Nintendo.
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