wraggster
November 11th, 2013, 18:55
Any self-respecting gamer in their mid 20s or older should take one look at this and get excited.
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis: Collected Works (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/darrenwall/sega-mega-drive-genesis-collected-works) is a Kickstarter project that, if successful, will result in what will surely be the most impressive book covering the history of what was arguably Sega's finest console.
http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/dir_3114/image_311441_620.jpg (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/viewer.php?id=311441&mode=article)A 300-page hardback book with more than 35,000 words of Mega Drive musings, it will also feature interviews with more than 20 key names in the Mega Drive story, many of whom have never been interviewed before. The full list is:
Naoto Oshima, Game Designer: Sonic the Hedgehog
Yu Suzuki, Game Designer: Space Harrier, OutRun, After Burner, Virtua Racing, Virtua Fighter
Makoto Uchida, Planner: Altered Beast, Golden Axe, Alien Storm
Yuji Naka, Game Designer: Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic & Knuckles
Masami Ishikawa, Product Designer: Mega Drive/Genesis hardware
Mitsushige Shiraiwa, Product Designer: Mega Drive/Genesis outer casing
Tomohiro Kondo, Planner: Shadow Dancer
Yuzo Koshiro, Sound Designer: The Super Shinobi/Revenge of Shinobi, Bare Knuckle/Streets of Rage
Akira Nishino, Planning Director: Ristar the Shooting Star/Ristar
Kan Naito, Programmer: Shining Force
Kazuyuki Hoshino, Art Director: Knuckles Chaotix
Keisuke Tsukahara, Sound Designer: Shadow Dancer, Alien Storm (arcade)
Kotaro Hayashida, Game Designer: Alex Kidd, Space Harrier II
Manabu Kusunoki, Graphic Designer: Bonanza Bros.
Naohiro Warama (credited as Taro Shizuoka), Designer: Revenge of Shinobi/The Super Shinobi
Noriyoshi Ohba, Director: The Super Shinobi/Revenge of Shinobi, Bare Knuckle/Streets of Rage
Ryuichi Nishizawa, Director: Wonder Boy
Koji Tsuchida, Director: Shadow Squadron/Stellar Assault
Tomoyuki Ito, Director: The Super Shinobi II/Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
Toru Yoshida, Designer: Phantasy Star II, III, IV
Tombo Arikawa, Designer: Rent A Hero
Ryutaro Nonaka, Planner: Metal Head
Naofumi Hataya, Sound: Golden Axe II, Virtua Racing Deluxe
The chance to read full interviews with all those legends would be impressive enough as it is, but the book's also going to be packed with photos, illustrations, and sketches of all manner of things Mega Drive related, from manufacturing plans ("plucked from the SEGA archive in Japan") to design documents and original concept renderings for alternative versions of the controller.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/437501/blog/fund-this-mega-drive-book-just-do-it/
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis: Collected Works (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/darrenwall/sega-mega-drive-genesis-collected-works) is a Kickstarter project that, if successful, will result in what will surely be the most impressive book covering the history of what was arguably Sega's finest console.
http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/dir_3114/image_311441_620.jpg (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/viewer.php?id=311441&mode=article)A 300-page hardback book with more than 35,000 words of Mega Drive musings, it will also feature interviews with more than 20 key names in the Mega Drive story, many of whom have never been interviewed before. The full list is:
Naoto Oshima, Game Designer: Sonic the Hedgehog
Yu Suzuki, Game Designer: Space Harrier, OutRun, After Burner, Virtua Racing, Virtua Fighter
Makoto Uchida, Planner: Altered Beast, Golden Axe, Alien Storm
Yuji Naka, Game Designer: Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic & Knuckles
Masami Ishikawa, Product Designer: Mega Drive/Genesis hardware
Mitsushige Shiraiwa, Product Designer: Mega Drive/Genesis outer casing
Tomohiro Kondo, Planner: Shadow Dancer
Yuzo Koshiro, Sound Designer: The Super Shinobi/Revenge of Shinobi, Bare Knuckle/Streets of Rage
Akira Nishino, Planning Director: Ristar the Shooting Star/Ristar
Kan Naito, Programmer: Shining Force
Kazuyuki Hoshino, Art Director: Knuckles Chaotix
Keisuke Tsukahara, Sound Designer: Shadow Dancer, Alien Storm (arcade)
Kotaro Hayashida, Game Designer: Alex Kidd, Space Harrier II
Manabu Kusunoki, Graphic Designer: Bonanza Bros.
Naohiro Warama (credited as Taro Shizuoka), Designer: Revenge of Shinobi/The Super Shinobi
Noriyoshi Ohba, Director: The Super Shinobi/Revenge of Shinobi, Bare Knuckle/Streets of Rage
Ryuichi Nishizawa, Director: Wonder Boy
Koji Tsuchida, Director: Shadow Squadron/Stellar Assault
Tomoyuki Ito, Director: The Super Shinobi II/Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
Toru Yoshida, Designer: Phantasy Star II, III, IV
Tombo Arikawa, Designer: Rent A Hero
Ryutaro Nonaka, Planner: Metal Head
Naofumi Hataya, Sound: Golden Axe II, Virtua Racing Deluxe
The chance to read full interviews with all those legends would be impressive enough as it is, but the book's also going to be packed with photos, illustrations, and sketches of all manner of things Mega Drive related, from manufacturing plans ("plucked from the SEGA archive in Japan") to design documents and original concept renderings for alternative versions of the controller.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/437501/blog/fund-this-mega-drive-book-just-do-it/