Mad Doc Software and Star Trek Legacy (Channel 9)

Mad Doc Software and Star Trek Legacy

Posted: Nov 16, 2006 at 1:17 PM

By: Duncan Mackenzie

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I flew to Boston last week and sat down with Dr. Ian Davis, the Mad Doctor himself, CEO and Founder of Mad Doc Software to talk about their upcoming game "Star Trek Legacy" for the PC and the 360. We chatted about Star Trek games, Artificial Intelligence and Bulldogs... not in any particular order. This is just part 1 of my trip to Mad Doc, more gameplay footage of both the single and multi-player game is coming soon!

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Matthew Mushall

Nov 16, 2006 at 11:28 PM

Great interview, Duncan. I'm really looking forward to Star Trek Legacy. I'm still a little uncertain of the gameplay, but what I've seen looks good. It's disappointing we can't name our ships, but I was expecting that.
Matthew Mushall

Nov 16, 2006 at 11:28 PM

Great interview, Duncan. I'm really looking forward to Star Trek Legacy. I'm still a little uncertain of the gameplay, but what I've seen looks good. It's disappointing we can't name our ships, but I was expecting that.
Lord Zimbu

Nov 17, 2006 at 12:50 AM

I love this video.
It's too easy for jaded gamers to call game coders (those that rely on scripts and "canned" animation) lazy, but to hear it from the horses mouth, and seeing the hardware specs of 360 and multicore processors that will be powering even more entry level machines in the next year.. I hope MadDoc and others (Bioware, Bungie, EAM, Lionhead, etc) can bring out impressive AI for 360 and games for the Windows platform.
Lord Zimbu

Nov 17, 2006 at 12:50 AM

I love this video.
It's too easy for jaded gamers to call game coders (those that rely on scripts and "canned" animation) lazy, but to hear it from the horses mouth, and seeing the hardware specs of 360 and multicore processors that will be powering even more entry level machines in the next year.. I hope MadDoc and others (Bioware, Bungie, EAM, Lionhead, etc) can bring out impressive AI for 360 and games for the Windows platform.
Chris "Avid X" Erickson

Nov 17, 2006 at 2:54 AM

nice, looked like fun.
you were really excited when you got back from the event, its gotta be a good game!
Chris "Avid X" Erickson

Nov 17, 2006 at 2:54 AM

nice, looked like fun.
you were really excited when you got back from the event, its gotta be a good game!