Where and what is Nazca?

LoneSage · Jan 16, 2005

After playing In the Hunt a coupla months back, I realized near immediately that the artwork is exactly alike Metal Slug. I then did some research and found out that Nazca did the art for the Metal Slug games, and perhaps even developed the first one?

Any information on these talented people, and what connection they have with Kokopeili (or however you spell it)?

Fran · Jan 16, 2005

nazca soft co = irem

nazca plains = peru

they're all dead now

Superfamifreak · Jan 16, 2005

Fran said:
nazca soft co = irem

Never knew that. I always thought SNK bought out Nazca.

Also, Don't Irem still make games? I thought they recently(last couple of years) released stuff like R-Type Final & Disaster Report?

dark penguin · Jan 16, 2005

Yep, it was indeed Irem that developed R-Type Final, although it was published by Eidos over here in North America..just last year, actually, so pretty recent.
Irem doesn't seem to do much these days, but every once in a while the odd game makes its way out.

Fran · Jan 17, 2005

Superfamifreak said:
Never knew that. I always thought SNK bought out Nazca.

Also, Don't Irem still make games? I thought they recently(last couple of years) released stuff like R-Type Final & Disaster Report?

no,wait

irem made games like undercover cops,gunforce or in the hunt back in 1992 / 93 / 94 or so

they are very very similar to slug 1 in style,you should check them out if you're arsed enough

i think a few people left irem and made slug 1 and btg under the name of nazca

then snk bought nazca,kind of what they did with adk

or so i like to think

it's not so uncommon for people to leave a company to gain artistic freedom or stuff like that

konami - treasure,for example

it's also a known fact that ex irem people made pulstar ( considering it's neo r-type and all )

Sumez · Jan 17, 2005

As far as I remember, In The Hunt has the Irem name on it? I noticed the Metal Slug like art too. In fact, that's why I bought the Saturn port.

The Nazca ~ Irem thing comes like a shock to me, though. So Metal Slug is actually an Irem game?? And why the other name? Why not use Irem? And where does Aicom fit in?
I'm confused..

Tacitus · Jan 17, 2005

http://www.neogeoforlife.com/reviews/metal_slug_2.shtml

Sumez · Jan 17, 2005

That doesn't clear anything up in my book.

Superfamifreak · Jan 17, 2005

So basically developers left Irem to form Nazca who were then bought out by SNK.

I knew Irem did In the Hunt, Undercover Cops etc, but they were crap!!!

2Dfan · Jan 17, 2005

The art in Undercover Cops and In the Hunt is really awesome.

Fran · Jan 17, 2005

Superfamifreak said:
So basically developers left Irem to form Nazca who were then bought out by SNK.

I knew Irem did In the Hunt, Undercover Cops etc, but they were crap!!!

correct

bold statement there - the one about irem games being "crap"

i personally reckon they're tops

Superfamifreak · Jan 17, 2005

No, not all Irem games.

Vigilante, Mr Heli, Lengend of Hero Tonma & Disaster Report are among the best games I've ever played. Just those never really did anything for me, especially In the Hunt.

barf · Jan 17, 2005

i absolutely loved in the hunt, got a cab with it for few weeks too in my garage (i really have great friends). The attention to details is phenomenal. On a PC screen you loose a bit of the magic (because computer screen doesn t blend pixels like an arcade monitor...) but in real it was "wow".
Irem verry seldom disapointed me anyway.

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