Greetings from Cologne

[Factor5]

Hi there,
my name is Willi Baecker and i am a founding member of some C64 and Amiga Groups back in the good old days. (FCG / TLC /RADWAR).
After the end of my C64 time, I was also a founding member of 'Factor 5' and created some games together with the team which was an amazing experience for all of us. Glory times back then.
Due to the high level of pirate-copying our games, we moved to the console market and leaved the amiga.

I am now re-entering the amiga community after 30 years to proove myself that assembler coding on the amiga is like riding a bycicle. You never forget the basics....

Greetings from cologne
Willi Baecker

[chip]

Welcome to the forum !

[TCD]

Welcome to EAB, Willi Enjoy your stay!

[zipper]

I have acquainted with Kölsch for last 15 years once / twice an year, mostly in December Willkommen!

[ovale]

Welcome!

[demoniac]

Welcome, Willi.

I am curious if Activision reached out to the Factor 5 company when they were planning on releasing R-Type II?

[Factor5]

Originally Posted by demoniac

Welcome, Willi.

I am curious if Activision reached out to the Factor 5 company when they were planning on releasing R-Type II?

If i remember correctly, no.

[phx]

Originally Posted by Factor5

I am now re-entering the amiga community after 30 years to proove myself that assembler coding on the amiga is like riding a bycicle. You never forget the basics

It is!
We are honored to have you here! Willkommen!

Do you have to change your name when more Factor5 members join?

[Factor5]

Originally Posted by phx

It is!
We are honored to have you here! Willkommen!

Do you have to change your name when more Factor5 members join?

Good point, but the truth is that originally we were 3 founding members
(Achim, Lutz and me -> All members of the Amiga Section of 'The Light Circle' who are responsible for the Copy Disks and the other Amiga demos...)
and the team name was 'Factor 3'.
When Holger and Stefan joined we changed the name to 'Factor 5' and never changed it again.
At this point we were working on our first game named 'Neutralizer' which later was renamed to Katakis/Denaris.

[Wesker]

Hello Willi. It's an honor to interact with one of the founding members of Factor 5.


Do you recall if, after doing Super Turrican for the SNES, Mega Turrican for the Mega Drive and Turrican 3 for the Amiga, when you moved to the "next level of Turrican games", did you plan to do any further Turrican game for either the Mega Drive or the Amiga? Or did you just envisioned Super Turrican 2 for the SNES only and because of either technical and/or commercial reasons?


I always had the sensation, especially given that both Mega Turrican and Turrican 3 have endings hinting a possible continuity, that you probably intended both a Mega Turrican 2 (Mega Drive) and a Turrican 4 (Amiga) in the same or similar vein to the Super Turrican 2 game that appeared on the SNES (similarly to the fact that Super Turrican is a "cousin game" to Mega Turrican/Turrican 3), but market conditions on those platforms prevented that to ever happen.

[Tigerskunk]

Originally Posted by Factor5

Good point, but the truth is that originally we were 3 founding members
(Achim, Lutz and me -> All members of the Amiga Section of 'The Light Circle' who are responsible for the Copy Disks and the other Amiga demos...)
and the team name was 'Factor 3'.
When Holger and Stefan joined we changed the name to 'Factor 5' and never changed it again.
At this point we were working on our first game named 'Neutralizer' which later was renamed to Katakis/Denaris.

Also from me: honoured to have you here and back to the Amiga community.
Hope we can expect some new output from you..

[kriz]

Very cool, welcome and enjoy your stay!!

[Djay]

Welcome to EAB, massive fan of your games!


Any chance of Turrican 4

[S0ulA55a551n]

Welcome , thanks for the games

I worked in cologne some time a go for a few months. Loved it

[Cris1997XX]

Out of curiosity, were you in any way involved with the Bonk's Adventure/B.C Kid conversion on Amiga? If yes, how did it happen? I assume Hudson Soft must've heard about Factor 5's legendary status

[Factor5]

Originally Posted by Cris1997XX

Out of curiosity, were you in any way involved with the Bonk's Adventure/B.C Kid conversion on Amiga? If yes, how did it happen? I assume Hudson Soft must've heard about Factor 5's legendary status

I only did some inhouse game testing on BC Kid back then.

[modrobert]

Welcome!

Katakis is a favorite of mine.

[Galahad/FLT]

I'd be interested to know about the whole Katakis/R-Type situation where Activision threatened to sue, and somehow, sane minds realised Factor 5 would be the perfect fit to actually do the official R-Type conversion on Amiga.

That would be a great story

[roondar]

Welcome!
The Factor 5 games were on the Amiga were brilliant stuff

I still remember desperately tracking down Turrican and Turrican 2 for the Amiga in the shops only to not be able find them... Until they were released in compilations later (Power Up and M.A.X.), which I promptly bought so it all ended well

[kremiso]

Originally Posted by roondar

...I still remember desperately tracking down Turrican and Turrican 2 for the Amiga in the shops only to not be able find them...

same here in Italy (at least in my region)