Greetings all
You may remember me as the guy who wrote the last Panzer Dragoon article in GamesTM magazine. There were scans posted up I believe.
Anyway, I now have a fulltime job on Retro Gamer, and I’m about to start writing, today, a four page “Why You Must Play” article on Panzer Dragoon Saga.
I have a Saturn, S-Video lead, my mint condition copy of the game, and a save cartridge with save data from the end. Unfortunately the only PC at work which can use S-Video is owned by someone else meaning I need to take these during lunch, plus S-Video doesn’t do this magnificent game justice.
I would emulate it, but I haven’t got the needed emulation files or the time to finish it all over again (the articles needs to be done in like 3 days, tops).
So I have a favour to ask.
Does anyone have a save file for an emulated game of PDS, and would be able to provide high qaulity emulated screengrabs for the article?
I would of course credit Panzerdragoon.net
Also, who is in charge of the PD art website? I tried emailing him but the mail was bounced. Since I was hoping to use some of the art in the article too.
What I need for the article:
- Close up shot of each of the main dragon forms:
- MAX attack
- MAX defence
- MAX speed
- MAX spirit
- Neutral
- Light Wing (not essential)
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Some decent close-up shots of several prominent bosses. Grig-Orig, Azel’s dragon, some large biomonster bosses, and so on.
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High resolution scans of the artwork on the back of the PAL boxes. I’m dedicating a boxout to key characters like Edge, Zastava, Craymen, Azel, Paet, Gash, and so on. But I’d like to use original artwork not in-game screens. There are some large portraits on the PD art website… But they look handpainted by the owner, as opposed to scans of Sega-made art. Can I use these?
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Some close-up shots of either general monsters, OR, friendly creatures like the flying owl thing by the Uru ruins, and also the whale. Basically if I can get shots of 5 seperate five freindly creatures, I can dedicate a boxout to them.
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Expansive shots of key locales - desert ruins, forest, Uru ruins, mining area, and so on.
The way the article works is, I have 6 boxouts, each themed, with 6 shots for each. Right now I’m thinking of maybe the following:
Dragon Forms
Main characters
Big bosses
Creatures
Influences (Nausica, etc)
Locations
Also, does anyone have links to the online interviews where the guys behind the PD series stated what their influences were? I remember them mentioning Mad Max quite a few times, and other very interesting bits of info.
If you can provide images, my email:
john.szczepaniak(at)imagine-publishing.co.uk
Also, please keep this article confidential - I don’t want rival mags knowing what we’re planning at the moment.