Ecco the Dolphin and the Secrets of the Universe

[zhai]

Looking for answers? Dianetics, The Secret, The Seven Deadly Foibles of Unrepentant Sociopaths? The revelations that you seek are in Ecco the Dolphin.

Produced by Ed Annunziata and developed by the international Novotrade International team (later Appaloosa Interactive), the first Ecco the Dolphin came out early in the age of Sega Genesis.

Comments

[eclipsegryph]

Wow. I honestly have never looked at the Ecco games in such a light. I mean, I have always admired the games for their uniqueness and beauty and fun, but... wow. Thank you for writing this.

[zhai]

argh late reply argh.

Thanks for your comment. :) This is the kind of reaction that makes writing this stuff up worthwhile. :)

[eclipsegryph]

*chuckles* And thank YOU! Honestly, you've got me looking into Ecco and Kolibri again now, thanks to this. :p

[zhai]

omg late comment reply argh.

I didn't know that Ecco specifically was what got you into art. :) I knew you and vantid made beautiful dolphin art.

Speaking of which, I need to poke Chelsea again about lunch...

[stoda]

I could rant for a long time about the current state of games... but... it would just go on and on, and the choir doesn't need THAT much preaching at.

[zhai]

The actual console industry is in the process of spiraling inward upon the destiny it has chosen for itself. There is neat stuff happening on iphones, though. And I have some vain hope that there will be very interesting things happening on social platforms in the next couple of years, and when game developers manage to retire without being completely crushed and start making small art games on the scale of the old Genesis games. I'm starting with some branching story experimentation for a kindle choice adventure story set in Andovar, and hope that has valuable prototype takeaway for branching narrative in a future 2D top-down RPG. :)