Thursday, August 27, 2009

A Behind The Scenes Look At Some Classic Videogames


Sonic
In hindsight, Yuji Naka and Hirohaku Yasuhara almost regretted opting for a local foundry rather than sub-contracting from abroad. During the heatwave of summer 1991, the Yokohama Seitetsujo metal foundry had to keep four teams on the go to meet their deadlines. Over 32 billion brass rings have since been completed in these traditional molds.
I had no idea!

Check out Marc da Cunha Lopes's Made of Myth, a clever art project on AMUSEMENT. Scroll right when you get there.

1 comment:

Mike said...

FINALLY, the manufacturers of game content get their due recognition!

What a brilliant idea.