Features – Page 149

Interview: Michael Latham (Head of SOA Omega Group)

February 8, 2005 by Ken Horowitz 3 comments

The man behind the Eternal Champions series was Michael Latham, a Sega insider for nearly a decade, both as a designer and producer. Among his credits are Greendog: the Beached Surfer Dude and the Heat.net Game Network. As leader of the Omega Group (the largest U.S.-based development team and most wide ranging at Sega), Latham is recognized with having been involved with over 50 products, ranging from software on every console the company made to even Sega Toys. It is with the Deep Water label and Eternal Champions, however, that Sega gamers know and love him best.

Features, Forgotten Franchises

Forgotten Franchises: Eternal Champions

February 7, 2005 by Ken Horowitz 2 comments

Many of the fighting games on the SNES are also on the Genesis, and really only a few are only found on Nintendo’s console. Of them, none are equal to the complexity, plot, or all-out brutality that Eternal Champions brought to gamers everywhere. Developer Deep Water pulled no punches (hah!) and created a game that set out to beat Mortal Kombat at its own game. I think it really would have succeeded too, had Sega not pulled the plug on the franchise just as it was coming into its own.

Features, Interviews

Interview: Kevin McGrath (Electronic Arts Programmer)

February 1, 2005 by Ken Horowitz 0 comments

Kevin McGrath started his career in computer programming in 1982 at the ripe age of sixteen for the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) working on educational software for the Apple II. He has worked for or contracted with several of the game industries top companies, including Dynamix, Electronic Arts, SEGA of America and Microsoft. At EA he worked on several SEGA Genesis titles including Populous, The Immortal and Road Rash II.

Features, Stories from the Book of Genesis

Stories from the Book of Genesis Vol. 01

January 30, 2005 by Ken Horowitz 0 comments

Sometimes, trading with a friend can be a hassle, especially if his mother is his chief negotiator. Check out what happens when parents take an active part in trading games in the first installment of our Stories from the Book of Genesis series.

Features, Interviews

Interview: Mike Posehn (Creator of Strike Series)

January 27, 2005 by Ken Horowitz 0 comments

As the creator of Electronic Arts’ Strike series, Mike Posehn started a franchise that went on to sell millions and gave players the chance to mix strategy with arcade action. It also let them blow lots of stuff up. Sega-16 chatted with M. Posehn about his time at EA and his work on the Strike games.