The re-branded sequel, swapped the characters, and renamed Major Locke to Commander Serena who appears to have been influenced by the Taarna character in Heavy Metal. The game put you in a role of woman named Major Locke who has to rescue her boyfriend Arkon from the planet Phantis. It was better enough that outside of Spain, the game was officially published as Game Over II. It wasn’t a particularly remarkable game, but it was better than one of Dinamic’s earlier games, Game Over, which was a flip-screen adventure game. A game that melded Gradius style space shooting with flip-screen adventure gaming popularized by the Nodes Of Yesod. One of their noteworthy games in the European market was a game called Phantis. Based in Spain, the company put out a number of titles across several platforms. Vying to make original games in these genres. This gave birth to a wealth of independent developers, and major publishers on computer platforms.
Many of the best arcade games saw ports not only on systems like the Nintendo Entertainment System, and Sega Master system, but the Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit family, and the ZX Spectrum too. Arcade shmups, and action platformers were also very popular. Every genre continued to grow on home computers. As Nintendo was slowly capturing, and rebuilding the console market in the states, computers continued to hold their own. When I write, I project my own impressions as a rabid mega-fan, because nothing is more gratifying than listening to a finished piece and thinking, “Where can I buy this?” I try never to underestimate the listener's ability to pick out detail and layering and humor even if 98% of all players mute me in favor of a Justin Bieber album, I'll always go out of my way to thank the remaining 2% by melting their faces off with beams of collimated joy.Back in 1987 Home Computer gaming was bustling. This is why I go over-the-top, on even small projects. The thought that their icy, all-seeing gaze might one day turn toward my work is the only thing that gets me nervous. I know for a fact that there are thousands of poor souls who are as obsessed as I am with game music. I really do love it.Īlthough I'm amazed to have worked on some high-profile projects for huge publishers, my heart is still duct-taped into the indie and hobbyist communities in which I grew up, and I love to spend excessive amounts of time on creatively gratifying projects, regardless of their budget or prestige.
#ULTIONUS SOUNDTRACK PROFESSIONAL#
As luck would have it, the only thing I can do at a professional level happens to be something which involves what I just described, over and over. I find it almost impossible to stop and relax, and generally prefer to focus on a single task for 18 hours in one sitting. My wife, a very independent lady, married me knowing that I spend 95% of my life working. read moreĪs a self-educated music theory nerd, instrumentalist, sound designer, programmer, writer, and taco enthusiast, I'm a pretty busy guy.
I'm living my dream, working with incredible people all over the world, and often causing them to spontaneously headbang.Īs a self-educated music theory nerd, instrumentalist, sound designer, programmer, writer, and taco enthusiast, I'm a pretty busy guy. Hello, I'm Jake, and I really love my job. Enough with the third person POV - I just want to introduce myself to you.
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