NES Works #85: Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode
Added 2021-10-13 12:00:00 +0000 UTCI bumped this week's topic ahead one episode from its proper spot in the chronology as a small tribute to the creator of Golgo 13, Takao Saito, who passed away a couple of weeks ago. Fittingly, this episode nearly killed me—not only is it (I believe) the longest single video episode I've ever created for a single game, it also involved pulling together and incorporating a TON of non-game material. But I think the effort was justified: Not only did Saito recently pass, but ALSO this game is kind of incredible in hindsight! A bit of a disaster, no question, but it does so much with such a small creative staff behind it, and channels the original comic property so effectively. Where would the NES, and game evolution as a whole, be without ambitious messes like Top Secret Episode? A whole lot less interesting, that's for sure.
Comments
Very cool episode. A lot of history of the series I never knew about, especially in the Gekiga side of Japanese comics.
Loren Helgeson
2021-11-01 19:27:39 +0000 UTCIs there any chance you could upload this to another service than Youtube? I'm getting the Age Restriction as well and I'm not really thrilled about the idea of sending an image of my passport or credit card to Google to verify my age (surely they've stolen enough of my data to know my age by now anyway).
Frederik Lauridsen
2021-10-22 11:13:49 +0000 UTC
