Tag: DMA Design
The relationship between man vs. machine has always been an ever-increasing source of contention. Our ability to create devastating technological weapons has been explored many times within sci-fi literature, films and games. And in 1993, DMA Design and Psygnosis unleashed their vision on Amiga owners. Stomping our way into the first level, the first thing that strikes you is the…
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/473319603″ params=”color=#ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=true&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] In today’s episode of Retro Island Diskettes we chat with Steve Hammond of DMA Design. He shares his story of the founding of the company, working on hits like Lemmings and their relationship with Psygnosis as well as personal struggles and their effect on his career. Steve tells a fascinating story from behind the…
The Retro Hour is a popular English Retro Gaming Podcast run by Dan Wood, Ravi Abbot, Joe Fox and Paul Kitching. The guys have interviewed various famous people in the Retro Gaming Scene, including big names such as Rob Hewson, Jonathan Cauldwell, The Oliver Twins and Jim Bagley. Episode #106 features the highs and lows of DMA Design with Steve Hammond….
Mike Dailly has put together a quick demo for the ZX Spectrum Next, showing what can be achieved using Copper. For those of you that have maybe never heard of ‘Copper’, it’s a display list processor. Most famously known and used on the Commodore Amiga, and uses very little CPU overhead. Below you will see a short video showing a…
RVG Website (Retro Video Gamer) has interviewed Steve Hammond. Steve Hammond started his career as one of the founding members at DMA Design. You all remember Lemmings and Grand Theft Auto right? ;) Read the Interview: http://www.retrovideogamer.co.uk
Rich Stanton wrote a blog about the making of Lemmings. The story is about David Jones who lost his job at the Timex company in 1988. David bought an Amiga 1000, and started making games. Later he created DMA Design and the legendary game Lemmings. Let’s Go! http://readonlymemory.vg/the-making-of-lemmings/
