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RJ Mical On The DS, PSP, Current Game Hardware

Posted by simoniker on from the old-guard dept.

Thanks to 1UP for its interview with Amiga luminary and 3DO and Lynx co-creator RJ Mical, discussing many facets of portable gaming, including his views on the Sony PSP ("Well, the thing I dislike most about it is that I didn't get to do it"), possible disadvantages for the Nintendo DS ("The running joke in the [Fathammer] office [when touchscreens and styluses were being tested] was that we were actually funded by the screen makers; they could increase their sales, because indeed, people were always breaking their screens"), and lessons learned earlier in Mical's career ("Probably the most important thing I learned from the Lynx: never trust focus groups... They all told us to make it big, so we made it big.")

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  1. Industry insider. by Xenex · · Score: 3, Funny

    "...Amiga luminary and 3DO and Lynx co-creator RJ Mical"

    Amiga.

    3DO.

    Lynx.

    Long chain of success there!

  2. GOOD NEWS NINTENDO FANS by StingRayGun · · Score: 3, Funny

    The person who created lynx and 3DO doesn't think the DS will work! He likes the PSP instead!

    This is great news! The Nintendo DS will be a huge hit!