The Tricky, Essential Art Of Preserving Cancelled Games
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What we know of history is preserved in the art we create, and what we leave behind. Cave paintings tell stories of great hunting feats, crumbling texts give us a glimpse into ancient cultures, and film reels show us how how far life has come. In the same way these artefacts represent the breadth of human experience, culture, and talent, video games can tell us a lot about the times we lived in.
The value of preserving this history is misunderstood and often fraught with complications. Copyright law typically means publishers and sometimes developers control the IP of anything produced, meaning preservationists are often breaking the law while they work to document the history and talent behind lost creations.
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Giles Goddard Reveals Portal Tech Developed In Early Zelda 64 Demo
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was a genre-defining release, and it was also a showcase for the graphical power of the Nintendo 64; this was a time when 3D games were incredibly new and exciting. Naturally the project, and Nintendo s work in producing the game engine, was a long time in the works before we got our hands on it. Most famously there s the Shoshinkai 1995 demo, which showed early efforts to create a 3D Link in combat.
Giles Goddard, famous for moving to Tokyo alongside Dylan Cuthbert to assist Nintendo and produce games like