Author Topic: Working Designs is gone! (Read 1235 times)

DragonmasterDan · « **on:** December 12, 2005, 07:47:58 PM »

Victor Ireland posted the final fate of working designs on their message board today, being a Turbo publisher in the US, I thought it would be of interest to the board. http://workingdesigns.com/forum/showthread.php?t=118916

GUTS · « **Reply #1 on:** December 12, 2005, 08:05:06 PM »

f*ck that's the absolute worst video game news I've heard in ages, even though pretty much everybody knew it was coming. f*ck Sony and their policies that let shit like Supercar Street Challenge get through but not Goemon, I mean who the f*ck is running that department?

I really really hope Microsoft kicks their asses this next generation.

Keranu · « **Reply #2 on:** December 12, 2005, 09:05:35 PM »

Rest in Peace, Working Designs

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Go to HELL, Sony

.

TR0N · « **Reply #3 on:** December 12, 2005, 09:22:34 PM »

R.I.P WD even if Victor Iseland 'was a jerk i did like what his company standed for

Taking a interest in, Japanese games that other.. companys wouldn't even care to publish in the U.S.

Still i'm not shocked, WD has gone kaput given there delays how much company had on domestic release.

Also every time they got a hard time getting there games 'aproved by the company they publish for.

SCEA any one

TR0N · « **Reply #4 on:** December 12, 2005, 09:36:12 PM »

Quote from: "GUTS"

I really really hope Microsoft kicks their asses this next generation.

In the U.S yeah but not in Japan reports are coming in.

Sales for the 360 there are doing poorly

FM-77 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 13, 2005, 12:04:13 AM »

Quote from: "Tron"

Quote from: "GUTS"

I really really hope Microsoft kicks their asses this next generation.

In the U.S yeah but not in Japan reports are coming in.

Sales for the 360 there are doing poorly

Of course they are. They sold 250 regular Xbox units in Japan during the six first months of 2005. Now THAT's a success, now isn't it?

The Japanese hate the Xbox. And I don't blame them. I hate it too. Zero (0) interesting titles.

This is me speaking! NOTHING you say will change my mind so just don't quote me, okay.

KingDrool · « **Reply #6 on:** December 13, 2005, 04:20:36 AM »

Idiotic console hating aside...

This is a sad, sad day for me. Working Designs was always one of my favorite companies. Cosmic Fantasy 2 was the first RPG I played through, and Parasol Stars remains one of my favorite games of all time. Their reworking of Lunar for PSone was fantastic, and Growlanswer was great as well.

On a personal note, a few years ago I wrote for a very small, very humble website. We had few readers to speak of, and not much in the way of experience or publicity. Yet Victor Ireland took the time to do an interview with me, send me a load of product, and his PR rep, Chris, responded to all my inquiries. They were great people, and I hope they get something going again somehow.

esteban · « **Reply #7 on:** December 13, 2005, 07:02:11 AM »

GODDAM. I wonder how long the WD website will stay up?

Ahhhh, I knew it couldn't last forever, but they lasted a lot longer than many thought they would.

damn.

NeoFreak · « **Reply #8 on:** December 13, 2005, 02:38:10 PM »

oh, Dragon Force...oh, Albert Odyssey, your days have come and gone; but when I look at your shiny spines upon my shelf, I still smile.

Working Designs, you were always a "10" in my book, no make that "11".

TR0N · « **Reply #9 on:** December 13, 2005, 05:18:31 PM »

Quote from: "Seldane"

Quote from: "Tron"
Quote from: "GUTS"

I really really hope Microsoft kicks their asses this next generation.

In the U.S yeah but not in Japan reports are coming in.

Sales for the 360 there are doing poorly

Of course they are. They sold 250 regular Xbox units in Japan during the six first months of 2005. Now THAT's a success, now isn't it?

The Japanese hate the Xbox. And I don't blame them. I hate it too. Zero (0) interesting titles.

This is me speaking! NOTHING you say will change my mind so just don't quote me, okay.

mmkay i don't care any ways.

I just said that for the fun of it

Ninja Spirit · « **Reply #10 on:** December 14, 2005, 02:39:29 AM »

I to this day still can't understand how to play Dragon Force for Saturn.
The only character i've tried is Wein.

Isn't the other Saturn game Iron Storm the only game out of the Japanese "Daisenryaku" series to make it to the US?[/i]

nodtveidt · « **Reply #11 on:** December 14, 2005, 02:44:14 AM »

This sucks.

I imagine their forum is gonna get a major influx of new members though...I signed up, but haven't gotten the email yet.

_joshuaTurbo · « **Reply #12 on:** December 14, 2005, 03:54:04 AM »

I really think that this sucks!!

WD will always go down as one of the coolest game translators!

How cool would a Cosmic Fantasy collections for PS2 been??

oh well, at least we have the memories.

L8r,
TurboSage

esteban · « **Reply #13 on:** December 14, 2005, 04:25:44 AM »

Quote from: "Ninja Spirit"

Isn't the other Saturn game Iron Storm the only game out of the Japanese "Daisenryaku" series to make it to the US?[/i]

Yup, as far as I know it is.

Ninja Spirit · « **Reply #14 on:** December 14, 2005, 05:51:00 AM »

Frankly, I knew a few people that hated WD for their localization practices. Especially when it comes to Silhouette Mirage.

And let's not forget good ol' Working Designs humor. There was as much of that as funny quotes seen in old school Konami instruction manuals. Some memorable moments:

>Nall's references to tenement buildings in South Central LA in Lunar

>A Nutty Professor-esque "Yo Mama" joke stand off in Albert Odyssey (Sega Saturn)

EDIT: Turbo Sage how the hell did you get a huge avatar? Oh never mind. Link to off site avatar from photo hosting program in the profile.

Oh my gawd, now that I think about it, the hip hop music board I post at (The Breaks.com) is also under the same forum service PCEFX is. That's why they look the same!

Author Topic: Working Designs is gone! (Read 1235 times)

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