Victor Ireland - Head of Working Designs is Back!

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Originally Posted by Joe Redifer

I know most of you li'l wippersnappers probably don't even know what the TurboGrafx-16 is, but Vic really increased the difficulty to Exile 2 on that system. Exile 1 was very easy and the story goes that people complained about it. So when he brought over part 2, he increased the difficulty 100-fold to shut the whiners up. He didn't know that he was actually creating a new set of whiners. I can make it to the last boss... barely.

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Actually I read an interview with him somewhere (and pretty recently) in which he said that Exile 2's difficulty was a mess-up on their part. They had intended to alter the difficulty, but not to the extent that they did. Something about accidentally coding something to increase exponentially instead of linearly. It was discovered right as the game was about to go out so they just said "fuck it" and released it as-is. Supposedly, they weren't even sure if it was possible to beat the game in its state (and they still released it like that, what douchebags), and Vic was "relieved" a few weeks later when he finally found out it actually was possible to beat.

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Originally Posted by Alvatron

Victor Ireland is not as great as he thinks he is.

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This

You can beat Exile 2 but very few have. Also, when you obtain the last EXP level, nothing increases. That pissed me off because it took me forever to grind to that "level"!

I grabbed Blaster Master today; it'll be interesting to see if Vic releases the sales numbers on it.

I can't wait to get my hands on some of Working Design's early TG-16 games. I completely missed out on them way back when, and $6 per game is a fair price in my book.

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Originally Posted by Joe Redifer

You can beat Exile 2 but very few have. Also, when you obtain the last EXP level, nothing increases. That pissed me off because it took me forever to grind to that "level"!

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Yeah. That and the walking to close to the edge of the screen before it scrolls thing. I hated that, but I did beat the game. I always had a mild interest in hacking the game so you didn't have to walk so close to the edges to scroll it.

Please do! Also hack it so a wimpy person like me can see the ending! I am sooo close!

Really want to grab Blaster Master.

So anyone beat Blaster Master yet? Vic promised a surprise upon completion.