Adriano Arcade Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Faran Thomason - Podcast Interview Questions Needed! He worked on Cybermorph, Bubsy, NBA Jam & Supercross 3D! Retro, Atari and Jaguar legend Faran Thomason has kindly agreed to appear on a future Arcade Attack podcast! He has appeared on our site before with a text interview, but it'll be a true honour to pick his brains further! He helped created Bubsy, NBA Jam, Cybermorph, Baldies and Supercross 3D on the Jaguar. He also worked on loads of great Gameboy games including R-Type DX, Bionic Commando and also produced a lot of quality Disney games. Do you have any questions you would love me to ask? Thank you all for your help. Here is our original text interview with Faran a few years back: https://www.arcadeattack.co.uk/faran-thomason/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagMod Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Faran was also involved with: Evolution: Dino Dudes Tiny Toon Adventures Trevor McFur in the Cresent Galaxy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 (edited) Also producer on Mortal Kombat 3. Ask him what the difference is between producing something 'in house' and being a producer for something not 'in house'. 1. Everything he can remember about MK3. Every little detail. Who were the coders. How far along did it get? Did he ever see an Alpha build?Problems with getting source codes from Williams etc. Also the MK3 sources we have for him now. Tell him sorry about being late but we expect him to get right on this last month. Or so. 2. Does he still have a Jaguar/hardware. When's the last time he played it. Edited July 2, 2020 by JagChris 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 How far along was Mindripper? Who were the developers? Does he have any Alpha or beta builds of it? Does he have any alpha/beta builds in his possession of any Jaguar games he is keeping secret? Highlander 2-3 etc. Anything. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jeremiahjt Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 If he worked on Baldies, ask him why the car did not make it in the game and if there are any warps like it was claimed. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVE 1 GAMES Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 What exactly was his role in the creation of Cybermorph and what is his best memory from working on that project 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adriano Arcade Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 All of these questions WILL be asked! Thanks all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cubanismo Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Does he think the industry obsession with 3D/polygon-based games at the time was helpful to game technology development and game experience quality in the long run? In the short run? Did the marketing outrun the hardware and/or developer capabilities in this area? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 There is a story going around that during an Atari company meeting that Jack or Sam or someone picked up a Jaguar and threw it against a wall. Then told everyone they were fired. What does he know about this? My bet is on Sam. if he allowed himself to get that worked up you can kinda see where the heart attack came from. Was he around when the heart attack happened? Any Lance Lewis anecdotes he has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 (edited) Just bought Mind Ripper off Amazon Prime. According to IMDb Lance is 'embarassed' by his involvement in this film. Ask him if he seemed embarrassed at the time. Edited July 6, 2020 by JagChris Spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Faran is a great guy and was a lot of fun to interview. Naturally a fan of his work on Bubsy (which I seem to enjoy more over time). Love hearing stories of days working at Atari, and people he worked with, if nothing else to get an idea of other people to find and interview. I think I wanted to ask him more about Baldies I believe was the other one that he was involved with. And Brett Hull Hockey for sure. Again, Kudos to him and Andrew Seed (programmer) for actually getting one Accolade "port" (Bubsy) out to market out of all the titles that Atari bought from Accolade. And Brett Hull was sooo far along both cartridge and CD versions. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1955799/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Ask him about the Jane Whittaker debacle Master Cast TV podcaster on. Ask him what his experience with Andrew is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 In an earlier interview I found out he answered the question about having a jag anymore and the answer was no. But he has all these other retro consoles. I believe he has 3d0 and others. Ask him why no Jag? Why did he not keep it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Dragon Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 He's fantastic to chat with. Thanks for continuing to do interviews like these, they are very much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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