It apparently got so bad their boss had to ban them.
Back in the ’90s, virtual pets were all the rage, with everyone and their grandmother carrying around the keychain-sized critters to ensure they didn’t pop their clogs when no one was looking. And it appears that Metal Slug developers were not immune to this global phenomenon, with many of its pixel artists becoming obsessed with Digimon during the development of the series.
The story comes courtesy of Akio, a former Nazca Corp and Irem developer, who has been regaling his Twitter followers over the last year or so with a bunch of stories from his decades of game development, typically accompanied by an illustration.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
It apparently got so bad their boss had to ban them.
Back in the ’90s, virtual pets were all the rage, with everyone and their grandmother carrying around the keychain-sized critters to ensure they didn’t pop their clogs when no one was looking. And it appears that Metal Slug developers were not immune to this global phenomenon, with many of its pixel artists becoming obsessed with Digimon during the development of the series.
The story comes courtesy of Akio, a former Nazca Corp and Irem developer, who has been regaling his Twitter followers over the last year or so with a bunch of stories from his decades of game development, typically accompanied by an illustration.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
