JEO 25/46
Jaguar Interactive
Date received: 1/17/98 12:12 from ad35-240.arl.compuserve.com (Doug Engel)
Subject: RE: Hyper Image
>I thought they were doing PlayStation game development.
>I remembered seeing them mentioned on a list of
>third-party developers that was flashed on a PlayStation
>promotional video back in 1995, just as the PlayStation
>was being released. So they were doing a Saturn game,
>too? Interesting.
No. You have it out of sequence.
They took the advance on royalties from Atari and used that to become
Saturn Developers. THEN they took the advance on royalties from THAT
project and used it to become a PSX developer. I'm not sure how much
money they have squandered without producing a single complete (or
near complete) product. The ironic thing is that honest people who
WANT to develop games can't get funding, while these guys can (even
with their reputation).
>Do you know what game(s) they were working on? Did that
>Saturn game ever get released, or did it suffer the same
>fate as Phase Zero?
My understanding is that they have yet to finish a project. I think
Scott has more info on what they were doing.
Thunderbird
Jaguar Interactive
Date received: 1/17/98 12:34 from pool044-max2.mpop3-ca-us.dialup.
earthlink.net (Mark Santora)
Subject: RE: Hyper Image
> Did that Saturn game ever get released, or did it suffer the same
> fate as Phase Zero?
>
>Sal Manfredonia (hysteria@gti.net)
The shmucks at Hyper Image/Magic Arts have NEVER relased ANY GAMES on
any platform. They've gotten MILLIONS of dollars and never produced
scrap one.  Sure, I've got Phase Zero for the Jag, it's a pretty good
engine, too bad the gameplay isn't all that interesting. And their
space shooter for the PSX is in limbo (another year of "Development"
down the tubes). Did I mention they fired one of the original team for
"creative differences?" I have no respect for those guys, especially
with all the bashing they did over/at Atari in their last days.
-Mark "Stingray" Santora
santora@earthlink.net
Jaguar Interactive
Date received: 1/17/98 13:18 from dynamic53.pm02.san-jose.best.com (Scott
Le Grand)
Subject: RE: RE: Hyper Image
Don't forget to mention that the guy they fired is the one who
initially funded them from the money he made from the auto accident he
was in which cost him his spleen. Can you get any lower than this?
Scott
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