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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Re:ICO by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-25 09:51 · Score: 0, Interesting

I don't know that its the saddest, but SCEA made no secret of the fact that Ico was originally a PS1 title.
Re:ICO by nathanh · 2004-03-25 11:25 · Score: 2, Interesting

I was sad until I walked down the beach. That made it better. Then I was just sad it was over. One of the best games I have ever played. Can't recommend it enough.

I would have preferred an ending without the beach. It was a tragic yet moving ending without the beach. The beach scene made it Disney-esque.
That said, it was an astounding game. Easily my favourite PS2 game.