/vr/ - Retro Games

>be Tom Hall
>stuck in a shitty software company with no future
>annoying coworker wants me to make kiddie games instead of working
>tell him I already have a job
>he keeps insisting every day with that dumbass smile of his
>whatever, fucking Romero I swear
>agree to help him on the side >he makes me game designer, no idea what that means
>other nerd coworker found a way to simulate console behavior on pc, something about pictures scrolling on screen
>big fucking deal
>Romero reveals his masterplan: cloning Super Mario on PC and send a copy to Nintendo, probably as a threat
>this absolute retard wants to start WW3 or something
>good thing we have no computers to work on

>Romero promptly suggests we should steal PCs from our own company
>legitimately speechless
>somehow he drags me with him
>it's 2 am and we're stealing from our own employer
>this is my life now

>I'm forced to waste the night copying Japanese toys because "Nintendo will surely hire us guys!"
>we bring computers back before anyone notices
>once we're done, Romero sends a copy to fucking Japan
>eventually hear back from them
>nip guy ironically congratulates us, actually tells us to fuck off
>signed: Shigeru Miyamoto
>literally who
>whatever, at least we avoided a diplomatic disaster
>maybe Romero will leave me alone after this colossal waste of time

>"It doesn't matter guys, we'll just make our OWN Super Mario!"
>shit,here we go again

>he makes me the "mind" of the project, as everyone else involved is either a codemonkey or a failed artist
>we're back to stealing computers
>risking my job and ass for this bullshit, might as well put some effort into it
>have to come up with everything, from level design to story, characters, etc

>it's done
>we release the first 1/3 of it on the internet for free, asking people to pay for the rest
>holy hell, what a retarded business model
>we even need to pay a "publisher" to spam our game on BBSs and handling sales

>it makes us 30.000$ in a month
>well shit