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[JohnnyTropics]

Christ lads you had to go and bring 2024 identity politics into 80/90's pictures FFS, can't you just enjoy the snapshot back to simpler times when we where all kids loving the games these guys where making

"identity politics" is what is preventing the simpler times, bruh.
we will continue to bring it up everywhere, until the slow learners amongst us can connect the dots themselves.

 

[tommib]

Roberta Williams (right) with fellow On-Line Systems employees Maria Stahl (left) and Diane Siegal (middle) at a celebration of the company's first anniversary in 1981.

Roberta Williams
Game Designer & Co-owner of Sierra On-Line
1979-1998

King’s Quest
Mystery House
Phantasmagoria

 

[Insane Metal]

This is super cool, thanks for posting.

 

[Scotty W]

 

[intbal]

Ion Storm Austin
(not pictured: Warren Spector)

 

[intbal]

Looking Glass Studios
(Couldn't find group photo. Only this Office Party photo)

 

[intbal]

Black Isle Studios
(best I could find)

 

[intbal]

Another team photo of Black Isle Studios (top right). Although that's the Planescape team. Not sure how much overlap with the Fallout team I posted above.
Also, original Interplay team, and modern Obsidian Entertainment (partial team, obviously).
Found online and I didn't feel like chopping it up.

 

[mansoor1980]

Another team photo of Black Isle Studios (top right). Although that's the Planescape team. Not sure how much overlap with the Fallout team I posted above.
Also, original Interplay team, and modern Obsidian Entertainment (partial team, obviously).
Found online and I didn't feel like chopping it up.

nice M.bison cameo in the second pic

 

[intbal]

Epic (Epic Megagames back then)
Unreal development team

 

[Terenty]

Would you look at that, men and women all together in those pics, smiling and having a good time.

I wonder at what point all those teams became racist, sexist and homophobic, so that our brave progressives had to interfere and save the industry from turning into a vehicle for fascist propaganda.

Truly we should all be grateful for having such a diverse and multicoloured industry now teaching us that racism is bad, otherwise our kids would grow up into far right thugs killing women and LGBT members.

I salute you, brave soldiers of justice!

 

[intbal]

DMA Design
Original Grand Theft Auto team

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Great pictures here. Keep them coming.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Camera technology sure has come along way.

 

[intbal]

Bungie
Halo 2 dev team

 

[intbal]

Starbreeze Studios
Chronicles of Riddick dev team (from an easter egg inside the game)

 

[Hudo]

Westwood Studios


Oddworld Inhabitants: Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee dev team


Akira Toriyama (RIP), Yuji Horii and Hironobu Sakaguchi.


Ensemble Studios (probably shortly after Age of Empires II was released)


Blizzard Entertainment before they fucking sucked (during WarCraft: Orcs & Humans development):


Rollercoaster Tycoon 1 & 2 dev team (Chris Sawyer outsourced the sprite work and music, tho):

 

[intbal]

Bungie West
Team leaders for Oni
(photo from a Macintosh compilation disc)

 

[gaming_again]

It gets even funnier when you consider that the actual creator of AC is just hanging out far back to the left (the guy with the glasses and green shirt)

She was such a smokeshow though. Put your best foot forward and all that.

 

[intbal]

Valve
Half-Life dev team

 

[Arsic]

What a coincidence of a thread, I just saw this while browsing twitter:


Also since Assassin's Creed is so hot right now, here's a picture of the original dev team that made AC1:

There is no I in team.

 

[cash_longfellow]

Fricken nerds!

 

[Madflavor]

It was a magical time.

 

[willothedog]

Ocean software

 

[poppabk]

Distinct lack of arm sleeve tattoos too.

And half-shaved heads.

And dungarees / doc martin combos

And nose rings...

Men with long hair though. That was the blue hair at that time.

 

[tommib]

Dona Bailey and Ed Logg
Centipede
1981

Dona Bailey at Atari

 

[mrqs]

Amazing thread.

 

[Clear]

And now you know why I just laugh at all the journo's making out that game-dev is some sort of frat-house/locker-room environment!

Way more Chess Club than Fight Club!

 

[TVexperto]

What a coincidence of a thread, I just saw this while browsing twitter:


Also since Assassin's Creed is so hot right now, here's a picture of the original dev team that made AC1:

who is the hot chick?

 

[BouncyFrag]

 

[Kurotri]

who is the hot chick?

Jade Raymond, she was the producer.

 

[nush]

Harmonix, Guitar hero 2005.

 

[Dr. Claus]

Christ lads you had to go and bring 2024 identity politics into 80/90's pictures FFS, can't you just enjoy the snapshot back to simpler times when we where all kids loving the games these guys where making

Imagine being so triggered you post this cringe.

 

[squidilix]

Naughty Dog, 1999

Naughty Dog, Today

 

[ahtlas7]

This is so awesome! Thanks for the look back at history.

 

[SpearHea.:D]

So many legends who pour passion and hardwork in my fav. hobby. Respect to all of them.

 

[RJMacready73]

Imagine being so triggered you post this cringe.

Triggered? ffs lad the only thing in this world that triggers me is the damn kids

 

[Shut0wen]

Matthew Smith

Looks more like robert smith

 

[Shut0wen]

from the official Japanese Super Mario World guidebook.

Lef to right:

• Hideki Konno
• Toshihiko Nakago
• Shigeru Miyamoto
• Takashi Tezuka
• Koji Kondo

Nintendo Official Guide Book - Super Mario World : Nintendo : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Super Mario bros.4 (Wonder Life Special Nintendo Official Guide Book) Scanned by Scanbro.

archive.org

Konno is one of the most under rated nintendo workers of all time

 

[buenoblue]

No blue hair in sight. Beautiful.

Fun fact. Back then there was no blue hair dye, until Shuji Nakamura invented it in 2009

 

[StereoVsn]

I guess dev teams have to have increased a bit, but there is a lesson there in the creative element - the fewer the people involved in the creative element, the better for the end product.

More games, better choice and let the good ones shine - that is what we need, rather than fewer massive releases that try to pander to absolutely everyone - end up costing a fortune - and fall flat in their faces, resulting in huge layoffs.

A good example is Jedi Survivor costing $300million to produce and then God of War Ragnarok $200million, and then Stellar Blade $50million. Can anyone really tell those games cost multiple times more to make?

Survivor was goddamn $300 million!? And still managed to have huge technical issues. PC side is still kind of crap to this day.

 

[Dr. Claus]

Triggered? ffs lad the only thing in this world that triggers me is the damn kids

 

[LordOfChaos]

Without them we briny think PC gaming would be where it is now.

Also no CoD.

This was what I thought of immediately

Also clearly what the Blackberry movie was referencing, not any picture RIM actually had

 

[gaming_again]

Konno is one of the most under rated nintendo workers of all time

His CV is immaculate.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

This thread is a straight reminder of why this used to be the best hobby in the world.

 

[jufonuk]

This thread is a straight reminder of why this used to be the best hobby in the world.

Used to be a game for passionate devs, nerdy people. Who love to push the limits. Not money hungry people.

 

[nush]

Used to be a game for passionate devs, nerdy people. Who love to push the limits. Not money hungry people.

You can pinpoint in time the exact console that put us on this path. 3D0.

 

[Rat Rage]

Naughty Dog, 1999

Naughty Dog, Today

This right now is the problem with modern game design.

Back in the day, you had smaller teams, better games, and games made from gamers for games - it was truly the golden age of gaming.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Kirby dev team

 

[JimmyRustler]

Without them I don’t think PC gaming would be where it is now.

Also no CoD.

Legendary team.

God, I miss the days when gaming was the nerd hobby. It was doomed to get bigger with the whole audience growing up but still… man, such good times. Glad I was there.