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kamelito · 17 May 2011, 12:35

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Originally Posted by Codetapper

I'm very proud to present my latest (mega) interview: Ian Moran. Ian worked at Special FX, who were renowned for their awesome Amiga specific games. He wrote one of my favourites, Midnight Resistance among others! Enjoy...

Thanks just printed it to read on the train.

Kamel

SyX · 17 May 2011, 15:51

Fantastic Interview!!!

I really enjoyed how Ian talk about the extra effort put in make better Amiga version

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Originally Posted by Boo Boo

Very nice interview - One thing I would have been curious to ask about is the Palette in Midnight Resistance I think this was assumed to be caused by converting from ST but this may not be the case?

I think that this is the answer that you are looking for:

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Do you have any photos from the Special FX days?

Unfortunately I don't have any office shots of Special FX, it was a great office to work in, but so dark, which I think effected the look and palette of our games back then.

Retro1234 · 17 May 2011, 16:24

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Originally Posted by Lionheart

I think that this is the answer that you are looking for:

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Do you have any photos from the Special FX days?
Unfortunately I don't have any office shots of Special FX, it was a great office to work in, but so dark, which I think effected the look and palette of our games back then.

Thanks I must have missed that or disregard it, Its hard to belive this could affect the colour so much.
Although Midnight Resistance is a nice game I must admit the Palette did ruin it a bit for me luckly the updated WHDload patch by HH fixes this.

Codetapper · 17 May 2011, 20:05

Boo Boo: I asked him about it anyway. His reply:

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Well the colour range would have been fine, I don’t think we wouldn’t have been able to ship with half intensity values, its amazing if peeps did ship with that limitation. All the graphics where developed on Amiga and DPaint, but as I mentioned the cave like environment that they were developed in meant that our games were generally dark.

Lonewolf10 · 17 May 2011, 22:49

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Originally Posted by Codetapper

Thanks for your comments! The content management system I'm using has the ability to leave page comments, I'm not sure whether it's worth enabling them or not as they tend to get filled with spam no matter what you try. Any thoughts?

I'd leave them disabled. Spam is getting everywhere... wiki's, blog replies, Youtube Inboxes (not so much these days, thankfully) and PSN.

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Originally Posted by Codetapper

Rob Northen seems to have vanished and hasn't responded to any follow-ups sadly.

I've put another interview online, this time Keith Watterson, the programmer behind the Amiga parts of the puzzler Pushover.

Cool, I loved that game. I haven't played it in ages though, as I'm too busy doing other things.

Awesome website too

Regards,
Lonewolf10

Codetapper · 17 May 2011, 22:56

I've enabled comments on the interviews, no spam so far but I'll monitor it. I quite like seeing feedback especially from old developers!

Retro1234 · 18 May 2011, 20:17

Nice one for asking

vroom6sri · 18 May 2011, 20:34

I'm loving the interviews on this site. I understand little to nothing of the Techie bits but still find them fascinating to read. I hope the word spreads amongst the makers of the Amiga gaming gems and you get more and more of these interviews.

Thanks for your efforts.

kamelito · 19 May 2011, 12:50

How about an interview of Martin Pedersen and Torben Larsen, from Hybris and Battle Squadron fame. Their busy finalizing the iOS version of BS, but they might have some time to answers.
cope-com.com

Kamel

StingRay · 19 May 2011, 15:10

Interesting interviews, keep them coming!

Codetapper · 23 May 2011, 13:40

I'd like to introduce another absolute legend to the interviews section: Ronald Pieket Weeserik. Most famous for the game SWIV among many others! A fascinating insight if I do say so myself! :-)

I have found out information about the SWIV title bar problem and will publish an article about that at some point, but I thought I'd release the interview now rather than waiting!

StingRay · 23 May 2011, 14:56

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Originally Posted by Codetapper

I have found out information about the SWIV title bar problem

It uses an undocumented feature, BPLCON 2 contains in "illegal" value for the playfield priorities which results in only color #16 (=5th plane) being displayed.

WayneK · 23 May 2011, 15:19

That was a great interview (Ronald), very interesting... always loved SWIV and Rodland especially!
More interviews please

SyX · 23 May 2011, 16:45

Wonderful Interview!!!

demoniac · 24 May 2011, 08:14

That interview was very interesting. You question regarding SWIV acronym/name reminded me of a friend mentioning Silkworm III mentioned in a magazine. I think this was before SWIV came out about. Maybe it was a demo or something, but I never found anything more regarding it.

Also not sure what Ron meant about The Ninja Warriors on 1 disk, but maybe he meant the crack release had a boot disk and the data ran off the second?

Codetapper · 24 May 2011, 12:28

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Originally Posted by StingRay

It uses an undocumented feature, BPLCON 2 contains in "illegal" value for the playfield priorities which results in only color #16 (=5th plane) being displayed.

Indeed. The actual bug and the way Harry fixed it for WHDLoad was very clever considering it's almost like patching a dynamically created copperlist! I will write an article about it when I have some time.

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Originally Posted by WayneK

That was a great interview (Ronald), very interesting... always loved SWIV and Rodland especially!
More interviews please

There are a few more in the pipeline but they take quite a lot of time as you can imagine!

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Originally Posted by demoniac

Also not sure what Ron meant about The Ninja Warriors on 1 disk, but maybe he meant the crack release had a boot disk and the data ran off the second?

I don't think Ron's memory of that is 100% (however it is 20 years ago!) because the only way I can see that you could pack it down to 1 disk would be to leave off a lot of the speech or something.

There seems to be no 1 disk versions in TOSEC either. Maybe another version was compressed to 1 disk or an incomplete crack was released? Who knows...

Galahad/FLT · 24 May 2011, 14:17

I'm only aware of the Quartex version that had a boot disk and then mostly ran from Disk 2.

demoniac · 24 May 2011, 21:13

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Originally Posted by Codetapper

I don't think Ron's memory of that is 100% (however it is 20 years ago!)

It's quite understandable if he doesn't remember everything since then.

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Originally Posted by Galahad/FLT

I'm only aware of the Quartex version that had a boot disk and then mostly ran from Disk 2.

Yeah, that's the version I was referring to. I remember many people swapping it at the copy meets.

Galahad/FLT · 25 May 2011, 01:14

Thing is, Rons surprise at the cracks being a 'normal disk format'...... what else would they be?

crabfists · 25 May 2011, 18:41

I am loving these interviews. Thanks for all the work you are putting into this Codetapper.

ps Just curious, do the interviews take place by email/IM/in person? Email I presume?

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17 May 2011, 22:56	#46
Codetapper 2 contact me: email only! Join Date: May 2001 Location: Auckland / New Zealand Posts: 3,182	I've enabled comments on the interviews, no spam so far but I'll monitor it. I quite like seeing feedback especially from old developers!

18 May 2011, 20:17	#47
Retro1234 Phone Homer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: 5150 Posts: 5,773	Nice one for asking

18 May 2011, 20:34	#48
vroom6sri Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Peterborough Age: 47 Posts: 841	I'm loving the interviews on this site. I understand little to nothing of the Techie bits but still find them fascinating to read. I hope the word spreads amongst the makers of the Amiga gaming gems and you get more and more of these interviews. Thanks for your efforts.

19 May 2011, 12:50	#49
kamelito Zone Friend Join Date: May 2006 Location: France Posts: 1,801	How about an interview of Martin Pedersen and Torben Larsen, from Hybris and Battle Squadron fame. Their busy finalizing the iOS version of BS, but they might have some time to answers. cope-com.com Kamel

19 May 2011, 15:10	#50
StingRay move.l #$c0ff33,throat Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Berlin/Joymoney Posts: 6,863	Interesting interviews, keep them coming!

23 May 2011, 13:40	#51
Codetapper 2 contact me: email only! Join Date: May 2001 Location: Auckland / New Zealand Posts: 3,182	I'd like to introduce another absolute legend to the interviews section: Ronald Pieket Weeserik. Most famous for the game SWIV among many others! A fascinating insight if I do say so myself! :-) I have found out information about the SWIV title bar problem and will publish an article about that at some point, but I thought I'd release the interview now rather than waiting!

23 May 2011, 15:19	#53
WayneK Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Somewhere secret Age: 50 Posts: 365	That was a great interview (Ronald), very interesting... always loved SWIV and Rodland especially! More interviews please

23 May 2011, 16:45	#54
SyX Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Brasil Age: 49 Posts: 181	Wonderful Interview!!!

24 May 2011, 08:14	#55
demoniac Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: - Posts: 1,687	That interview was very interesting. You question regarding SWIV acronym/name reminded me of a friend mentioning Silkworm III mentioned in a magazine. I think this was before SWIV came out about. Maybe it was a demo or something, but I never found anything more regarding it. Also not sure what Ron meant about The Ninja Warriors on 1 disk, but maybe he meant the crack release had a boot disk and the data ran off the second?

24 May 2011, 14:17	#57
Galahad/FLT Going nowhere Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: United Kingdom Age: 50 Posts: 8,986	I'm only aware of the Quartex version that had a boot disk and then mostly ran from Disk 2.

25 May 2011, 01:14	#59
Galahad/FLT Going nowhere Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: United Kingdom Age: 50 Posts: 8,986	Thing is, Rons surprise at the cracks being a 'normal disk format'...... what else would they be?

25 May 2011, 18:41	#60
crabfists Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: warrington UK Posts: 118	I am loving these interviews. Thanks for all the work you are putting into this Codetapper. ps Just curious, do the interviews take place by email/IM/in person? Email I presume?

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