Quinty (Mendel Palace) – 2014 Developer Interview (Patreon)

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This 2014 interview, held to commemorate the game’s first-ever reissue, saw Game Freak’s Ken Sugimori and Junichi Masuda reminiscing about the making of their first game, the panel-flipping, arcade-style Famicom action game, Quinty (released overseas as Mendel Palace).

Of particular focus is Quinty’s roots as a genuine indie game, developed by a loose affiliation of unlicensed hobbyists using home-grown development tools, and how that early experience compares to the current indie game landscape.