Koei: Designing Historical Games (1988)
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This unique interview featuring Koei’s historical strategy/simulation games was originally published in the May 1988 edition of BEEP! magazine. Instead of the usual developers, Koei chose to send two senior PR/sales representatives to talk about their games; it was still common then for companies to hide the identities of their programmers for fear of poaching. Surprisingly, there’s less blatant shilling than one might expect, and I’ve included some of the original illustrations from the article as they add a nice humorous touch.
In translating this interview, I realized that despite the prolific number of historical games Koei produced, I have very few of their developer interviews in my archive. I suspect there may be more in the PC magazines, which my initial research didn’t encompass, so I will be looking there in the future.
...hi all! sorry for the late post again. I had some unfortunate medical issues (my little euphemism for excruciating pain, haha) this month that put me behind the 8-ball once again. An abscessed tooth, several unsympathetic Japanese dentists, and a short course of antibiotics later and I'm back at it... next month will hopefully be back to the regular weekly updates!
Comments
I guess it's too late to ask if you need the month off, but I don't think anyone would blame you if you wanted one.
Marcus Drakken
2021-05-01 04:15:27 +0000 UTCDamn... When did you started feeling pain? And are you going to be alright?
ProtoSnake
2021-04-30 10:15:06 +0000 UTC
