“Mr. Flibble’s very cross”.
Adam Riches, the co-founder of Robust Games (the developer of the excellent indie point-and-click adventure game Loco Motive), has revealed that he once had the opportunity to pitch Red Dwarf co-creator Doug Naylor on making a game based on the cult British TV show.
Red Dwarf, if you happened to live in the UK and were a sci-fi fan in the late ’80s or early ’90s, was pretty much must-watch TV, skilfully combining incredible practical effects and miniature work with a charismatic leading cast, clever scripts, and memorable comedy one-liners. Originally airing in 1988, the show initially focused on the adventures of the loveable slob Lister (played by Craig Charles), who is frozen in stasis aboard a mining ship and marooned three million years into the future, waking up to a dead crew and only the ship’s computer (Norman Lovett), his former roommate-turned-hologram (Chris Barrie), and a humanoid creature evolved from his pet cat (Danny John-Jules) as companions.
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“Mr. Flibble’s very cross”.
Adam Riches, the co-founder of Robust Games (the developer of the excellent indie point-and-click adventure game Loco Motive), has revealed that he once had the opportunity to pitch Red Dwarf co-creator Doug Naylor on making a game based on the cult British TV show.
Red Dwarf, if you happened to live in the UK and were a sci-fi fan in the late ’80s or early ’90s, was pretty much must-watch TV, skilfully combining incredible practical effects and miniature work with a charismatic leading cast, clever scripts, and memorable comedy one-liners. Originally airing in 1988, the show initially focused on the adventures of the loveable slob Lister (played by Craig Charles), who is frozen in stasis aboard a mining ship and marooned three million years into the future, waking up to a dead crew and only the ship’s computer (Norman Lovett), his former roommate-turned-hologram (Chris Barrie), and a humanoid creature evolved from his pet cat (Danny John-Jules) as companions.
Read the full article on timeextension.com