Gameware Studio Diary

Oh my Cod!

We've been surprised and delighted to see that our very own James Pond takes centre stage on the cover of this month's Official PlayStation Magazine (in the UK, at any rate). The first version of James Pond: RoboCod graced several front covers back in the winter of 1992, when the game first came out on Commodore Amiga, Atari ST and Sega Genesis (Megadrive) - that's 11 whole years ago. Although this game includes some significant enhancements for the PSOne (as does the GBA version which will also be released imminently) and features an entirely new set of level maps, I'm wondering if that might be some kind of record for a time gap between the first and latest versions of what is, in effect, the same game!

As if this wasn't incredible enough, observant readers will also notice that this same issue features a preview of the second Creatures game for PSOne! Confusingly, the cover refers to this as 'Creatures 3', though this title is, in fact, called 'Creatures: Raised in Space'. Quite a well-kept secret, this one, but basically it's a follow-up to the last PSOne version, and is produced and developed by the same German team, ELO Interactive. Not really aimed at the hardcore Creatures fan, but still, according to OPM 'very addictive'.

So, back on the covers again. Let's hope it's a taste of things to come!