Pac Man, Ico Creators Discuss Classics At GDC

Posted by simoniker on Thursday March 25, 2004 @08:03AM from the relevant-icon dept.

Thanks to GameSpot for its article covering a lecture by Pac Man creator Toru Iwatani at Game Developer's Conference in San Jose, during which the long-time Namco employee discussed his role in the company's Incubation Center, and "cited Namco's travel photography site NamcoPolo and Counter-Strike LAN cafe LEDZone as two examples of past projects" from the department he heads. Elsewhere, GameSpy has coverage of a lecture by the creators of Sony's ICO, in which its revealed that the PlayStation 2 game "was originally developed as a PS1 title" - however: "When a question was posed concerning the oft-rumored sequel to ICO -- commonly referred to as Nico -- Ueda gave an expected 'no comment' response." Update: 03/25 22:39 GMT by S : There's more comprehensive coverage of the ICO lecture over at 1UP.

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ICO by Carlos+Rodriguez · 2004-03-25 10:33 · Score: 5, Informative

There's another article about the ICO conference at 1up.

ICO is one of the most amazing games I've played, and much of that is due to the attention to details. The first time I held Yorda's hand and I felt the tug through the Dual Shock I was sold on the game. A pity it didn't do better in the market, though - it really deserved to do better.