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Hi everybody :)

After almost 20 years the best Amiga shooter appears again, in a real physical computer magazine! The large and well known Retro Gamer magazine has an article in this month issue 107 about "The Making of Battle Squadron". :)

Snip Retro gamer issue 107 - http://retrogamer.net/
"Denmark... the country that brought us The little Mermaid, brooding TV dramas, Carlsberg, and classic Amiga shooters Hybris and Battle Squadron. Mike Bevan talks to Martin Pedersen and Torben Larsen, the duo behind these scandinavian shootfests..."



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Very cool :) have you developed this game?

Thanks, yes :)
and together with Hybris. We pretty much set the technical blitter and sprite standard on the Amiga back in 1988. :)
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I have the iOS version, but I would kill to use a controller with it.  If it came out on PSN or Xbox Live or PS Vita, I would buy it again.


What about iCade support??


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The magazine is still full of errors and bias, but it's nice to read some of the interviews and sometimes, very occasionally, see something about a game I might not have known about before, although that hasn't happened for a while now. I collect every issue even though I don't think the writers care much about the content they fill it with, and it'll be nice to read about the making of Battle Squadron, one of my all-time favourite games on any system.


The current issue looks great and also on a iPad. Actually I am really impressed on the level of depth in some of the articles. Perhaps they cleared out issues in the past with claimed errors etc., but from here it looks like a mighty fine mag and one of the few left that still enters a printing press :banana:

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@TorbenLarsen

Even though I'm not entirely sure I laid my hungry hands on those games (I did know about them at least, from magazines I still have) it's nice to see you post here. You know what would be nice additionally ? I always enjoy reading the life chronology of old school game programmers.

Cool Einstein, here is the article on "The making of Battle Squadron" from Retro Gamer issue 107 :)


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@Torben

A little painful to read, but hey it's the thought that counts :D
It must feel nice to have your old game featured in mags and uploaded/viewed/commented in youtube etc eh ? :)

You are right :)
Considering how competitive the game market is today it really is a joy, to see one of the famed Amiga shooters having a second coming. :angel: