News Tagged: Interviews

Tuesday 20th January, 2009 - 15:35 GMT

News: Nintendo Channel: Ian Livingstone C64 Interview

Nintendo Channel: Ian Livingstone C64 Interview

Some of our readers have informed us that there's another C64 interview available on the Nintendo Channel in select European countries - This one's with Ian Livingstone, the co-creator of Games Workshop, nowadays mostly known for their Warhammer franchise of board and videogames. Ian also created Fighting Fantasy, a popular choose your own adventure book series.

As in the John Rowlands interview,..

23 comments | In Virtual Console, Commodore 64, Interviews.

Monday 19th January, 2009 - 15:11 GMT

News: Nintendo Channel: John Rowlands C64 Interview

Nintendo Channel: John Rowlands C64 Interview

If you live in the UK and you've got the Nintendo Channel installed you can now watch an interview with a popular C64 developer - John Rowlands, the creator of Mayhem in Monsterland, Creatures 1 and 2, and other classics.

Strangely enough the video isn't available in most European countries (And obviously not in the rest of the world either), but not to worry, as a kind soul has already recorded..

35 comments | In Virtual Console, Commodore 64, Interviews.

Tuesday 21st October, 2008 - 13:00 BST

News: Kaasa Interview - Commodore 64 on Virtual Console

Kaasa Interview - Commodore 64 on Virtual Console

If we had reported back in 2006 that the Virtual Console would ever play host to a series of Commodore 64 games we might have been branded as crazy. Heck, some of our readers are too young to know what this home computer was, some even questioned if the beloved breadbox was a competitor of the Nintendo 64!

Despite the initial surprise of getting the first C64 game on the Wii back in March 2008 and..

57 comments | In Virtual Console, Commodore 64, Interviews.

Thursday 9th October, 2008 - 12:17 BST

News: Treasure: Buy Dynamite Headdy, You Fools

Treasure: Buy Dynamite Headdy, You Fools

Highly respected Japanese developer Treasure has spoken about the Virtual Console service in a recent interview with 1up.com.

President Masato Maegawa said he was pleased with the commercial performance of titles like Gunstar Heroes and Sin & Punishment, but was sad to see that so few people had downloaded Dynamite Headdy – a game which holds a special place in his heart.We don’t want to..

68 comments | In Virtual Console, Interviews, Industry Gossip.

Friday 8th August, 2008 - 09:28 BST

News: Goldeneye Locked In Legal Limbo

Goldeneye Locked In Legal Limbo

WAAAAY back in the mists of time we reported that Nintendo was looking to bring Rare’s N64 classic Goldeneye to the Virtual Console.

Soon afterwards it became clear that it wasn’t going to happen, and to make matters worse, it looked as if Rare’s new owners might bring the game to their 360 console via the Xbox Live Arcade service, albeit in an enhanced form. That didn’t happen either,..

113 comments | In Virtual Console, Interviews, Industry Gossip, N64.

Sunday 22nd June, 2008 - 18:55 BST

News: Secret of Evermore - Brian Fehdrau Interview

Secret of Evermore - Brian Fehdrau Interview

Our resident reviewer Corbie Dillard has been busy securing some fresh content for his SNES fansite. He really struck gold with a recent interview which he did with Brian Fehdrau, the lead programmer on the Squaresoft USA team that developed the Super Nintendo rpg hit Secret of Evermore.

At the present moment, Square seem to be reluctant to throw up their entire back catalogue on to the Virtual..

54 comments | In Virtual Console, SNES, Interviews, Features.

Friday 16th May, 2008 - 12:01 BST

News: Square-Enix Changes Its Mind About The Virtual Console?

Square-Enix Changes Its Mind About The Virtual Console?

Highly respected Japanese developer Square-Enix has broken its silence regarding the lack of support for Nintendo’s Virtual Console service in a recent interview at the 2008 Game Developers Conference.

Producer of WiiWare title Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King Toshihiro Tsuchida lifted the lid on why the company has been so reluctant to publish titles on the retro download..

100 comments | In Virtual Console, Interviews, Features.