[game_preservation] Classic DMA Design concept art/videos posted online.
Andrew Armstrong
andrew at aarmstrong.org
Sat Feb 9 15:25:34 EST 2008
Although I didn't put the youtube in the post, I did catch this from
Brian's blog since I have it on my RSS, and put it up on the
preservation website: http://www.igda.org/preservation/
Great stuff there for sure :-) some of the videos are great.
Andrew
Simon Carless wrote:
> For those who don't read GameSetWatch - our editor blog at Game
> Developer/Gamasutra - here's something good on the preservation side
> of things that just came to light:
>
> http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2008/02/the_history_of_dma_design_unco.php
>
> " Over at the ScottishGames.biz site (which is as excellent a regional
> primer for Scotland as Sumea is for Australia, incidentally), they've
> published an article pointing out some wonderful historical
> pictures/videos from Grand Theft Auto and Lemmings creator DMA Design
> (now Rockstar North).
>
> As Brian Baglow explains: "Mike Dailly, one of the originals from DMA
> has uploaded several photo sets to Flickr, showing the background
> daily life of DMA from the early 90's right through to the point the
> company became Gremloid/Rockstarred."
>
> And for game geeks, there's all kinds of amazing stuff there - how
> about a 3D visualization "to better visualise isometric rendering...
> in the 1st GTA prototype", and pictures from a never-released 'Kid
> Kirby' game, presumably for the Super Nintendo, blimey.
>
> There's also concept art from AnnArchy, an early prototype that never
> got off the ground (and wasn't Penny Arcade-related!), and even the
> original animation Mike did that inspired Lemmings.
>
> Mike's YouTube videos also include a Lawnmower Man game concept from
> DMA, plus an early office tour and DMA Xmas party footage. Yay - as
> far as preserving game history goes, it would be wonderful if more
> developers could take time to dig out and post forgotten gems such as
> this, helping to get them out there online and available for game
> geeks to coo over."
>
> Ta!
> Simon.
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