Sixty Hertz

Unfortunately it is mostly written in Jp, but there are some slides from GDC in english and a couple of .zip files that I can’t seem to open. Tri-ace is known for what (i think) is one of the most technically advanced games on the PS2 market: Radiata Stories… as well as Star Ocean series and the Valkyrie series… featured in this article is a breakdown of the tricks used in Valkyrie Profile Silmeria (PS2)…

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20060911/vp2.htm

Movies of VPS

http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?fs=1&id=2785

A very unique take on Real-time strategy genre from Sega. This game is a DS port of the very popular (in JP) Collectible Card Driven Arcade Game Sangoku Taisen. Browse through the site below to see how the touchscreen emulates the arcade games flat card reader. Some of the demo’s are interactive. Lets hope that we get this version here in the states, after all RTS are very popular here… Maybe a WW2 variant of the Arcade would work here in the states???

http://www.sangokushi-taisen.com/ds/index.html

Link to Screen Shots of DS Version

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20060911/san.htm 

Stream of Arcade Version

http://asx.pod.tv/am-sega/free/hagyo3y_sibugi03.asx

It happens to be about Board Games, but still a very good read. One of my favorite chapters is one of the appendices that objectively analyzes what makes a good connection game (which can be extended to all types of games):

• depth
• clarity
• drama
• decisiveness and…
• interaction (especially amongst 2 people in a 2 player game…)

http://www.akpeters.com/product.asp?ProdCode=2248