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CELEBRATING FACTOR 5
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The team discuss what gave Factor 5’s games their appeal
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DARRAN JONES
NICK THORPE
TIM EMPEY
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After making its name with astonishinglooking Amiga and Atari ST games, Factor 5 soon moved over to consoles and found great success, before winding down in 2011. It’s since been resurrected, but the team are focussing on those earlier years.
DARRAN
So what’s the first Factor 5 game you remember playing?
TIM
It was Katakis on the Amiga and I flipping loved it, possibly more than R-Type, even though it’s a bit of a rip-off.
DARRAN
I think R-Type on the Amiga was the first game I played and I remember being impressed with it. Turrican II: The Final Fight was really good as well. What do you think made its earlier 16-bit games stand out?