EP CLASSIC S2E7 (1998) - E3 1998 / POKÉMON / METAL GEAR SOLID / ZELDA 64 / - Electric Playground

#MetalGearSolid #E31998 #Pokémon This is a big one! 1998 was one of the biggest and best years in gaming and E3 1998 rocked! We start the episode with a trip to the Nintendo booth and Howard Lincoln, NOA's chairman introduces Nintendo development legend, Shigeru Miyamoto. Then Victor Lucas speaks with NOA super agent, Alan Belardinell about The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Zelda 64). Afterwards Vic asks Alan about the brand new Game Boy game, Pokémon and F-Zero X for the N64. Vic also speaks with Erwin Kernel, the producer of Mission Impossible and LucasArts' Brett Tosti about Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, both for the Nintendo 64. After the break, Kelly Benson asks people what E3 stands for. Then Tommy Tallarico meets up with lead programmer, Will Botti from Black Ops Entertainment to talk about Tomorrow Never Dies for the PlayStation. Then Tommy chats with Naughty Dog co-founders, Jason Rubin and Andy Gavin about Crash Bandicoot 3, while Victor chats with Troy Horton, producer of Tomb Raider III. After that Victor meets up with Jon Sloan from Konami to find out about Metal Gear Solid and Tommy chats up Kazunori Yamauchi. creator of Gran Turismo, about his innovative new racing experience for PlayStation. Then Tommy connects with Richard Beston, the managing director of Pitbull Syndicate to discuss the upcoming Test Drive 5. After the break, Tommy meets up with Seamus Blackley, the executive producer of Trespasser, the video game sequel to Jurassic Park: The Lost World. Then Westwood's Chris Rubyor takes Tommy into the specifics of Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun, Lands of Lore 3 and Dune 2000. Then Angela Edwards, PR manager at Microprose, takes us on a speed tour their booth to check out Mechwarrior 3, Mech Commander, Star Trek: Klingon Honor Guard and Falcon 4.0. Then Tommy talks with Pete "Boomer"Bonanni, F16 Pilot and game consultant on Falcon 4. After that Vic catches up with the president of Surreal Software, Alan Patmore, to find out about the dragon riding game, Drakkan. After that Victor chats with Ultima Ascension's Richard "Lord British" Garriott and catches up with Cliff Bleszinski, lead level designer, and James Schmalz, lead designer, from Epic Games to talk about their game, Unreal. Then Tommy gets into a hush-hush meeting with Paul Provenzano, from Fox Interactive, about The X-Files: Trust No One. Our look at E3's PC games continues with Tommy's conversation with Douglas Adams, the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the game designer of Starship Titanic. Immediate following, Victor connects with Chris Holden, the CEO of Kesmai to talk about their games, Godzilla, Starship Troopers: Battlespace, Aliens Online, MultiPlayer Battletech: Solaris and Air Warrior 3. Our question of the week is a good one, "WHO CAME UP WITH THE TERM MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER?" When we return from break, Victor chats with media personalities in the game industry about their favorite games from E3 1998 and the list includes: Chris Charla, editor in chief, from Next Gen Magazine Noah Massey, editor at PSM Magazine Jon Storm, editor at Game Informer Todd Mowatt, editor, Games Mania Magazine Wataru Maruyama, editor, PSX Magazine Andy McNamara, editor in chief, Game Informer Then our Tekken 3 Move of the Week is awesome - Tommy meets up with the Tekken 3 development team and chats with Masanori Yamada, assistant manager, Yoshinari Mizushima, artist, Masahiro Kimoto, senior VP development, Hajime Nakatani, manager. Afterwards, Tommy tries to break into a secret meeting room but SEGA Of America's Dan Stevens stops with a look at a pretty intriguing peripheral and a chat about the future for the gaming juggernaut. Then Victor heads to ESPN Digital Games, hangs out with Radical Entertainment's Ian Verchere and gets a quick look at National Hockey Night, with a convo with creative director, Justin Sheffield. Then NBA Tonight's creative director, Peter Lowe, talks to Victor about the game. After that Tommy gets in the ring with Jeffery Hasson, assistant producer of Knockout Kings from EA Sports. Then Tommy hangs out with NFL quarterback, Brett Favre to chat about the amazing looking sports games of 1998. The Electric Playground episodes are digitized and upscaled by the University of Toronto Mississauga Library. The wider EP Media Ltd. archive is located at the Library where it is preserved and digitized for long term access. Inquiries regarding the archive and the wider digitization process can be sent to [email protected]. Classic Episodes of The Electric Playground are brought to you by ‪‪‪@PNPGamesOfficial‬ Support EP Classic by shopping at: https://pnpgamesonline.com EP on Facebook (for contests): Facebook.com/ElectricPlayground EPN Live: Twitch.tv/EPN EPN Shorts: tiktok.com/@theelectricplayground Official EPN Merch: EPN.tv/Merch If you'd like to support the EPN team by becoming a member and sponsoring our content, click the JOIN button! Thanks so much for your support!