EP CLASSIC #13 - DAIKATANA / NBA LIVE 98 / BRUCE WILLIS - Electric Playground S1E13 (1997)

#Daikatana #castlevaniasymphonyofthenight #brucewillis

In the final episode of our first season from 1997 we pull out all the stops!

First, Tommy Tallarico dives into the story of GameWorks and we hear from Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, SEGA president, Bernie Stollar, (rest in peace), GameWorks Ontario general manger, Steve Murphy, John Snoddy, the Senior VP of Design, VP of Design, Mark Stutz, and Ed Haro, a senior computer artist for the arcade entertainment center.

Then Victor Lucas heads to Act Labs to check out how they make their controllers and connects with Brandon Crick, product analyst and Nigel Sanderson, product tester.

After the break, Kelly Benson talks with Dean Hagland, an X-Files' Lone Gunman, about a game based on his show, The X-Files: Unrestricted Access.

Following that, Vic heads to Dallas and visits Ion Storm to chat with co-founder, John Romero, about his new first person shooter, Daikatana.

Then Kelly speaks with Nintendo of Canada General Manager, Ron Bertram, and gets an update on Nintendo 64 games scheduled for 1998: Yoshi's Story, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, F-Zero X

After that Kelly connects with Michael Coulson, creative director at Real World, to find out more about Peter Gabriel's CD-ROM project, Eve. We also hear from Peter Gabriel and musical director, Richard Evans.

Then Vic hits the Vancouver Grizzlies / Orlando Magic game with NBA Live 98 Producer, Tarrnie Williams Jr. and the pair talk about how the game was made. Afterward, Vic talks with basketball stars, Penny Hardaway, Bo Outlaw, Derek Strong and Darryl Armstrong,

After the break Vic connects with Sarah Mason. VP and General Manager of Heat and she talks about cyber diversion theory.

Then our Question of the Week, "What's The Deal with that Bruce Willis Videogame, Apocalypse?" is answered by by the game's director, John Spinale and Bruce Willis himself!

In Reviews on the Run we look at:

Dark Earth for PC
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for PlayStation
Lambourghini 6 for Nintendo 64

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