Favorite Old School Developer

KingKRool · Post by **KingKRool** » Tue May 10, 2005 6:56 am

I don't mean developers that aren't here today, I mean the best developer from the past.

I'd say Rareware. They made Donkey Kong Country, Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Diddy Kong Racing, and so much more.

AIDS · Post by **AIDS** » Tue May 10, 2005 10:08 am

I like Rare's older stuff better: Wizards and Warriors, Anticipation, Battletoads, Donkey Kong Country, Killer Instict and etc.

My favorite developer from the past besides Nintendo is probably Treasure. My favorite of their older titles include Gunstar Heroes, Dynamite Headdy, Alien Soldier, Sihouette Mirage, Sin and Punishment, and Mischief Makers.

Afrotect · Post by **Afrotect** » Tue May 10, 2005 11:07 am

I'm a born and raised Squaresoft man. I suppose Squeenix now...

Dragon Warrior is a godsend. Final Fantasy II (4 in Japan) is the best game ever made...I'm playing through Chrono Trigger right now because it rocks.

Squeenix FTW

Jack Burton · Post by **Jack Burton** » Tue May 10, 2005 11:35 am

I gotta go with old-skool Konami.

How can you go wrong with Jackal, Metal Gear, Rush 'N Attack, Goonies II, Castlevania, TMNT, and Contra?

Old-skool Capcom was really good, too. Commando, Trojan, and Megaman.

-Jack

AIDS · Post by **AIDS** » Tue May 10, 2005 2:27 pm

Actually, technically, some of those Konami titles were published under Ultra.

Also, the teams that worked on Contra and Castlevania supposedly eventually became Treasure.

Don't forget Tecmo and titles like Ninja Gaiden, Rygar, and Tecmo Bowl.

They just don't make 'em like they used to.

Zephie-chan · Post by **Zephie-chan** » Tue May 10, 2005 4:46 pm

True that, weezer. I'd have to say Capcom... with MegaMan: All the way! I can still taste the excitement of playing my first MegaMan game, MegaMan 3, for the forever cool Nintendo. Gives me goosebumps.

Tecmo's Ninja Gaiden's as well. Those were kick ass. Painfully annoying for me, but kick ass nonetheless.

kitsune · Post by **kitsune** » Wed May 11, 2005 10:48 am

i love capcom, techmo, and konami. all great great great.

but i can't forget technos. i love them too.

Post by **BreakmanX** » Wed May 11, 2005 11:59 am

Konami, Tecmo, Nintendo, and Capcom are probobly my favorite. This is including the various off shoots. Nintendo had some really backwards thinking (money raping) ideas about licensing at this time, and so companies like Konami had to figure out ways to make more games and not get destroyed financially by the other huge behemoth corporation. Ultra was birthed in this operation.

AIDS · Post by **AIDS** » Wed May 11, 2005 2:45 pm

I wrote:They just don't make 'em like they used to.

I was wrong...

http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3140199

http://www.1up.com/do/download?cId=3139811

KingKRool · Post by **KingKRool** » Wed May 11, 2005 3:29 pm

Hmmm...who developed the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games?

Post by **BreakmanX** » Wed May 11, 2005 5:46 pm

The new one, or the good ones from the 80's and early 90's?

Konami made the new ones and the old ones, BUT the old ones were developed by the Treasure people.

KingKRool · Post by **KingKRool** » Sun May 15, 2005 3:29 pm

I now love Treasure.

Post by **BreakmanX** » Sun May 15, 2005 3:38 pm

As you should.

LikkleBaer · Post by **LikkleBaer** » Thu May 26, 2005 1:55 pm

Konami all the way ^_^

Back in the SNES days, if you could only get a few games a year, you knew that if you went for a Konami title your money wouldn't be wasted. It was as if they couldn't make a bad game.

Mothergoat · Post by **Mothergoat** » Thu May 26, 2005 2:42 pm

Acclaim, Data East, Enix, Sunsoft and Taito

Each of these publisher/developers had several games I played to the bone such as -

Data East

Werewolf
Bad Dudes
Captain America
Caveman Games
Kid Niki
Joe & Mac
Al Unser Jr. Turbo Racing

Taito

Renegade
Qix
Power Blade
Operation Wold
Elevator Action!!!!
Bubble Bobble
Demon Sword

Sunsoft

Xenophobe
Blaster Master
Fester's Quest
Lemmings
Journey to Silius

Acclaim

Cybernoid!!!
Smash TV
Wizards and Warriors
Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors 2
Wizards & Warriors 3
Tiger Heli
Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants
Narc
Double Dragon 1, 2 and 3

Enix

Actraiser
Dragon Warrior 1-4