Interview 01: The Business of Retro Gaming Remakes and Remasters w/ Nightdive Studios’ Larry Kuperman [Turok, Doom 64, System Shock Enhanced Edition & Remake]

Worth it or Worthless: A Retro Game Podcast

On this special episode of the show, Dan interviews Larry Kuperman of Nightdive Studios. Larry is an veteran of the games industry and he's been working with Nightdive Studios for years on projects like the System Shock remake, Shadow Man Remastered, Forsaken Remastered, Doom 64, and so much more.

This conversation touches on everything from the early days of digital distribution, to the headaches that go along with making games playable on modern hardware, to the technical side of reverse engineering the original versions of their games.

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SHOW NOTES:

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Nightdive Studios:

Nightdive's Website

https://www.nightdivestudios.com/

System Shock Remake on Steam (non-affiliate link)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/482400/System_Shock/

Nightdive Studios Games on Steam (non-affiliate link)

https://store.steampowered.com/developer/NightDiveStudios

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Research:

Larry Kuperman's Bio on His Website

http://www.larrykuperman.com/biography/

System Shock on Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Shock

Nightdive Studios on Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightdive_Studios

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Segment Break Music:

Track: Go Straight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuGC9fH8nWA&list=PLnat4jcJP4079OCfTZP2D4dnwRqmAm9lz&index=1

Artist: Doni

https://www.youtube.com/Donimusic

Album: The Streets (of Rage)

https://gamechops.com/streetsofrage/

Label: GameChops

http://gamechops.com/

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Track: Underwater (Super Mario World)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwQDDGd8oUA

Artist: Helynt

https://helynt.bandcamp.com/music

Album: Super Lofi World 2

https://gamechops.com/super-lofi-world-2/

Label: GameChops

http://gamechops.com/

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• GameChops music is provided with a Creative Commons License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Giveaway Info:

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