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BeeVee
03-14-2003, 09:07 AM
Hi,

I spoke with Dino "Mascio" Mascitelli from Atlanteq in Italy about his work on new sideways scrolling shoot-em-up T-Zwei and the inspiration behind his work.

You can read the interview here in English: http://www.newtek-europe.com/uk/community/lightwave/atlanteq/atlanteq_1.html

or here in Italian: http://www.newtek-europe.com/uk/community/lightwave/atlanteq/atlanteq_it_1.html
OZ
03-14-2003, 12:57 PM
That guys ROX!!! kmon!!! U KNOW! IM UR FAN NUMBER ONE!!!!:bounce: :buttrock: :applause:
proton
03-14-2003, 03:14 PM
DL game right now.....looks awesome!

Thanx for the profile!
proton
03-14-2003, 03:24 PM
That game is amazing.....must make some free time available to play it
BeeVee
03-14-2003, 03:41 PM
I've been playing the demo a lot - purely for research into the story, of course - and I particularly love the subtle twist of the screen once you've been playing for about 40 seconds...

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Confracto
03-14-2003, 06:09 PM
While I'm hoping this is NOT true, so far, this game looks like a blatant ripoff of Einhander, down to the strikingly similar ship design, and switchable gunpods.

I loved Einhander, and still do, and am quite saddend that anyone would try to rip it off and pass it as their own game.

http://www.squaresoft.com/web/games/einhander/
ehpawk
03-14-2003, 06:51 PM
does Mascio have a website? of his own im having a little trouble and not coming up with anything in my searches..

it does remind me of einhander which was an amazing game..
imitation is the sincerest form of flattery...
m_luscombe
03-14-2003, 09:30 PM
You'll also note that Einhander is a direct rip-off of R-Type, which also had a gazillion sequels. Right down to the interchangeable gun pods. There have been so many side scrollin shooters, they are all derivative.

I think the game looks very good, although there's no Mac version, of course :annoyed:
proton
03-14-2003, 09:31 PM
I thought of R-Type as well.....
BeeVee
03-14-2003, 10:53 PM
In my chats with Dino, both R-Type and Einhander were talked about glowingly - on both sides of the conversation. He freely admits inspiration from both games along with even older sideways scrolling shoot-em-ups like Denaris, Z-Out and many others on the Amiga.

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ehpawk
03-15-2003, 04:17 AM
im not saying it is a bad thing, einhander was amazing and also r-type...
i played the demo and this is really great too
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