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General discussion (archive)Your questions about Crusader answered by Tony Zurovec(74 posts)(74 posts)
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Posted September 21, 2011
It's been a while, but we've finally found the time to post the full interview with Tony Zurovec, the master mind behind the [url=http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/crusader_no_remorse/]Crusader games. There were some very good questions from the community, and we've added a couple from our team, but the answers from Tony are just outstanding! We really encourage you to check the full Q&A session, even if you didn't like Crusader games (why wouldn't you?), as it gives a great insight at how the games industry looked like in the 90's and how games were made back in the days when Origin made some of the best titles ever.

Once again we'd like to thank Tony for his time and answering all those questions, and Vagabond for making this Q&A possible. Enjoy your read!
Posted September 21, 2011
I came to the PC from the Amiga and I always thought that the music quality on PC games was pathetic. Most Amiga games used digital instrument samples for their music. The samples were modified on the fly in order to create different notes. That allowed for high quality digital music – far better than the FM synthesis or MIDI samples you’d typically hear in PC games – with only minimal memory requirements. I happened to mention my dissatisfaction with PC music capabilities to one of my programmers, Jason Ely, and it turned out that he had been working on a MOD player – which works pretty much like I just described - in his free time. I then shuffled the programming schedule around so that I could give him enough time to finish that system.
I was sold prior to reading this, but that, right there, says I am now buying this game, right now. And then throwing GUS emulation right at it. (Hey, if I can't play it on an Amiga, it's gotta have a GUS.)

(Yes, I own 2 GUS cards still.)
Posted September 21, 2011
Great article. Thanks Tony for answering these questions so candidly. As always, I look forward to reading others like it in the future.
Posted September 21, 2011
A very interesting read. Thank you for taking the time to get it done.
Posted September 21, 2011
Funnily enough, I bought this last week on GOG and can't stop playing it. I first played it on the playstation years ago and it has been lodged in my mind ever since. Will No Regret come to GOG?
Posted September 21, 2011
Thank You GOG, and thank You Tony! ;)
Posted September 21, 2011
Very cool interview. I haven't played the Crusader games, but it was interesting to read about them.
Posted September 21, 2011
The info in here is a goldmine for Crusader fanatics like me. Going to analyze it for my website.
Posted September 21, 2011
Cool read.
Posted September 21, 2011
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Vagabond: The info in here is a goldmine for Crusader fanatics like me. Going to analyze it for my website.
There aren't Crusader fanatics like you, there's just you.
Posted September 21, 2011
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jefequeso: I haven't played the Crusader games, but it was interesting to read about them.
You can play the first part now *wink wink nudge nudge ;D
Posted September 21, 2011
Awesome article. And the answer to my question really threw me. I had no idea the teams drove so hard back in the day.

Thanks GOG!
Posted September 21, 2011
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jefequeso: I haven't played the Crusader games, but it was interesting to read about them.
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Cook: You can play the first part now *wink wink nudge nudge ;D
Nonsense, everybody knows that one would take literally years of searching to find. I mean it's not like there's a copy on a site that we've heard of.
Posted September 21, 2011
Oh man, Crusader is still my all-time favorite action game. Great interview!
Posted September 21, 2011
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jefequeso: I haven't played the Crusader games, but it was interesting to read about them.
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Cook: You can play the first part now *wink wink nudge nudge ;D
FOR THE LOW, LOW PRICE OF $5.99, ONLY ON GOG.COM.

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