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Title: Newly translated interview with the lead programmer on Rondo!
Post by: gosokkyu on March 21, 2014, 10:07:30 PM: Hiya, CV Dungeon!

I've just launched my website (http://gosokkyu.com), which I plan to use to host new and translated developer interviews, articles, etc--I'm focused on classic and/or Japanese games, but anything goes. There are only a few things online at the moment, but I'm pushing for more content that'll be posted in the coming weeks and I'm really hoping to establish a regular schedule.

Anyway, one of the initial posts includes a translated developer interview from Shogakukan's "Akumajou Dracula X: Chi no Rondo Official Guide Book", which you can read here:

http://gosokkyu.com/post/79456686343/akumajou-dracula-x-chi-no-rondo-interview-lead (http://gosokkyu.com/post/79456686343/akumajou-dracula-x-chi-no-rondo-interview-lead)

The interviewee goes by the pseudonym "Nyajiou" and is listed as lead programmer, but just going off the development roles he lists in the interview, I'm guessing it's Toru Hagihara, a CV veteran whose credentials probably don't need to be repeated here.

I'm a big CV fan and would love to be able to provide more CV-related material in the future, in particular pre-SOTN stuff, so if you source anything cool, feel free to let me know, either here on the forums or via twitter (@gosokkyu) and I'll see what I can do. Any general feedback/suggestions you might have for my site are welcome, too, by the way.

Enjoy!
-GSK
Title: Re: Newly translated interview with the lead programmer on Rondo!
Post by: Gunlord on March 22, 2014, 01:53:38 AM: This looks pretty awesome, thanks GSK!
Title: Re: Newly translated interview with the lead programmer on Rondo!
Post by: Nagumo on March 22, 2014, 01:55:56 AM: Awesome! I know there's an interview with Akumajo Dracula X68000's director.

ttp://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~kikux68k/x68k_interview_ohx2.html
Title: Re: Newly translated interview with the lead programmer on Rondo!
Post by: gosokkyu on March 22, 2014, 05:27:36 AM: Quote from: Nagumo on March 22, 2014, 01:55:56 AM
Awesome! I know there's an interview with Akumajo Dracula X68000's director.

ttp://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~kikux68k/x68k_interview_ohx2.html

Neat, thanks for this!

I have another x68k-related document somewhere, come to think of it... I think it's an omake file from the disc.
Title: Re: Newly translated interview with the lead programmer on Rondo!
Post by: Nagumo on March 22, 2014, 05:34:06 AM: You're welcome. :)

Do you mean this:

http://tcrf.net/Akumajou_Dracula_%28Sharp_X68000%29 (http://tcrf.net/Akumajou_Dracula_%28Sharp_X68000%29)
Title: Re: Newly translated interview with the lead programmer on Rondo!
Post by: gosokkyu on March 22, 2014, 08:18:47 PM: Quote from: Nagumo on March 22, 2014, 05:34:06 AM
You're welcome. :)

Do you mean this:

http://tcrf.net/Akumajou_Dracula_%28Sharp_X68000%29 (http://tcrf.net/Akumajou_Dracula_%28Sharp_X68000%29)

Looks like the same one, yeah.

I also have a SOTN-era interview/discussion with Hagihara/IGA/Yamane but the transcript is quite tough to read so I don't know how I'm gonna handle that one. Hopefully I can find some Bloodlines-related material, too.
Title: Re: Newly translated interview with the lead programmer on Rondo!
Post by: Nagumo on March 23, 2014, 02:57:41 AM: About Bloodlines, you may want to check out MegaDriveFAN. They covered the game quite extensively back in the day. They even held a contest where people could contribute enemy and trap designs.

http://castlevania.wikia.com/wiki/MegaDriveFAN (http://castlevania.wikia.com/wiki/MegaDriveFAN)

Also, there is this blurb about the game from the Rondo strategy guide. Supposedly it says the game was intented to be a gaiden and spawn its own franchise.
Title: Re: Newly translated interview with the lead programmer on Rondo!
Post by: gosokkyu on March 23, 2014, 06:00:43 AM: Oh, cool! Once again, thank you!

I can't guarantee I'll be able to get to this stuff anytime soon--I already have a huge backlog, and I don't wanna drop too many CV-related articles one after the other--but we'll see how it goes.
Title: Re: Newly translated interview with the lead programmer on Rondo!
Post by: X on March 23, 2014, 10:35:03 AM: Just take your time and do what you can. It'll be done when it gets done ;)
Title: Re: Newly translated interview with the lead programmer on Rondo!
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on March 23, 2014, 05:49:28 PM: Yay! More translated stuff!

Don't worry about the time it takes to translate stuff, people here are patient.
Title: Re: Newly translated interview with the lead programmer on Rondo!
Post by: Kale on March 23, 2014, 06:00:37 PM: You should add dates of the interview. It'd be helpful in figuring what is relevant to what and when.
Title: Re: Newly translated interview with the lead programmer on Rondo!
Post by: Morning star on March 23, 2014, 10:31:34 PM: Even if i don't care about the content (in this case, i do). I always appreciate the time and effort that goes into this kind of thing. Nice work.