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In the corner of a crowded convention hall filled with the latest game-building technology, Louis Castle happened upon an old Apple II with a black-and-white monitor, running a game off a floppy disk.
The game was Karateka — an early martial arts game, published years before the arcade hit Street Fighter II took fighting games mainstream. And it reminded Castle of a story.
"They actually did a lot of rotoscoping," he explained. "They took films and drew over the top of film cells to get the motion of the characters."
Situated amid booths where actors and dancers performed eye-catching stunts for digital motion capture cameras, here was one of the games that pioneered the technique 40 years ago using film and paper.
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The game was Karateka — an early martial arts game, published years before the arcade hit Street Fighter II took fighting games mainstream. And it reminded Castle of a story.
"They actually did a lot of rotoscoping," he explained. "They took films and drew over the top of film cells to get the motion of the characters."
Situated amid booths where actors and dancers performed eye-catching stunts for digital motion capture cameras, here was one of the games that pioneered the technique 40 years ago using film and paper.
Play me like Atari: Retro gaming and the push to preserve video game classics
For decades, the video game industry has pushed the limits of technology, forging ahead into the future. But now, there’s a movement afoot to preserve old classic games for the next generation of players — and it includes a new console from Atari.
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