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MinnMax Interview - Giles Goddard On Creating Mario 64's Face, 1080, And Zelda 64 Prototypes
🕑 Added 2021-05-24 18:18:29 +0000 UTCMinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews Giles Goddard from Chuhai Labs about working on games like Starfox, 1080, Super Mario 64, and more from within Nintendo back in the 90s. He also talks about programming tech demos for what would become The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on the Nintendo 64. Giles also talks about designing Carve Snowboarding for the Oculus Quest and returning to his snowboarding roots. Help support independent games media and unlock the podcast version of all of our interviews by checking us out on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
You can watch the video version here - https://youtu.be/zK66pX5Jw9o
To jump to a particular point in the discussion, check out the timestamps below...
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:37 - Giles Goddard’s island life
00:04:03 - Reflecting on his legendary career
00:05:54 - Carve Snowboarding
00:11:57 - Creating 1080 for the Nintendo 64
00:14:38 - Working with Miyamoto
00:17:46 - Steel Diver, Tank Troopers, and thoughts on modern Nintendo
00:23:35 - Creating Super Mario 64’s big opening face
00:29:13 - Crunch within old Nintendo
00:36:12 - Zelda 64 prototypes
00:42:13 - Who was Link to the Past’s original director?
00:47:03 - Giles’ personal history archives
00:49:56 - The design of the Nintendo 64 controller
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Comments
Suhail Chada
Loved the interview, so cool to get such rare insights from devs like these :D
Nick!!
Ben, one thing you do during interviews is call out noise on their end— like the birds in the background here. I know you’re concerned by how it might impact the listening experience, but I think pointing it out is worse. I think folks understand these interviews are being done remotely and there’s an inherent acceptance of a certain level of noise or interference. But pointing it out makes it more noticeable to me. Just my two cents, I know you’re often asking for feedback.
