Intriguingly, it didn’t throw out too many curveballs. Given that the developer’s other releases have been platformers and shooters of some description, I asked Mike how different it was working on a fighting game compared to their previous experiences. They also have loads of cool nerdy stuff that I wanted to “borrow”. A close-knit team, visiting their office during development was an eye opener for me, as I got to experience the debugging, snagging process, whilst playing the game way before everyone else. The whole process is extremely costly and fraught with pitfalls, but with one successful AES / MVS release under our belts we just had to do another!”īitmap are situated in a small premise in Southampton, right by the river, above a beautiful old-fashioned chemist shop that now functions as a food bank.
Beyond the game’s development you also have to consider the PCB design and manufacturing too, as well as the production of plastics, testing, graphic design, and printing. Even though the Neo Geo is a 2D powerhouse there are still limitations that you need to adhere to, and it’s a very different prospect to making a game for a modern platform.
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Not only does your code need to be extremely well optimised, but you need to carefully consider how many tiles you’re pushing to the screen each update. “So far we’ve only brought Xeno Crisis to the Neo Geo AES, which was a huge undertaking. Making a modern Neo title is no joke, as Mike learned from his experiences getting Xeno onto the oversized cart and into a clamshell. And now I come to think of it, as much of an SNK mark as I am, he has a point – the scrollers for the hardware lack that sparkle their one on one titles have. “I also played a lot of Golden Axe, Knights of The Round, and of course Streets of Rage.” And yes, you heard that right: just like Xeno Crisis, Final Vendetta is coming to Neo Geo as a homecart. “You could certainly argue that Capcom created better titles after Final Fight such as Battle Circuit and Alien vs Predator, but the nostalgia value alone wins it for me – I still remember playing Final Fight for the first time as a 13-year-old! The atmosphere, character designs, responsive controls and blaring audio really left an impression on me. We also felt that the Neo Geo needed a great beat ‘em-up as the likes of Mutation Nation, Burning Fight and Sengoku didn’t live up to Capcom or Sega’s offerings,” Mike explained.
“Final Fight and Streets of Rage 1 and 2 were pretty much the benchmark, as we wanted to create a classic with that ‘90s look and feel, although with our own refinements and touches. What were the main influences going into development? The starter for ten came with a predictable but obvious response. I sat down for a couple of cold ones and a chicken picked up off the pavement with Mr Tucker to find out a bit about how something like this comes to fruition. The mighty fine Final Vendetta is the end product, and should be available by the time you read this. After helping put out the cracking sci-fi Smash Tv-esque top down blaster Xeno Crisis on a number of modern and retro consoles, Mike and the team decided to have a go at a side scrolling homage to the beat ‘em ups that made us the worryingly maladjusted adult nerds we are. Mike Tucker of Southampton-based developer The Bitmap Bureau is another scroller fanboy. Shit day at work? I can vicariously beat lots of enemies up as a genius baby riding on a mech of his own creation. I reach for a classic Capcom coin op the same way others would do comfort food. For some of us though, the belt scroller never went away. It may have come to your attention that the scrolling beat ‘em up is very much back in the public consciousness, thanks to big hitters like Streets of Rage making a comeback.
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