NES WORLD:
I just got this Home Entertainment Suppliers cartridge with a game called Little Red Hood,
written by Joyvan. Did Joyvan ever show this one to you? It has got to be the worst NES
game I've ever seen.
PHIL MIKKELSON:
Yea it sucked. We thought about publishing it.
NES WORLD:
Well Richard Frick told me that Cuestick was the last game and that it was finished. Well was
it boxed and ready to ship to retailers or was it just the game which was finished and ready
to go into production.
PHIL MIKKELSON:
We had just decided on a logo and started to art for the box.
NES WORLD:
Who programmed CueStick?
PHIL MIKKELSON:
Art Cesstarto (I think I spelled the name wrong) of Odyssey software
NES WORLD:
You sold the Maxi15 to Home Entertainment Suppliers in Australia
(I've managed to get a copy of their Maxi15). Their Maxi intro is
different from the one released in the US plus 2 games are different
from the US version, Pyramid(US) -> Blackjack(AUSSIE) and
Double Strike (US) -> Blackjack (AUSSIE). Any reason why the
two carts arent identical?
PHIL MIKKELSON:
Many of these games are from different developers. So their Licensing Agreements are
different.
O yea, Mike Levie (of Television Infomersial Fame) put together a ½ hour commercial with a
live audince, Hulk Hogan and a bunch of other wrestlers and Richard Frick. It's very funny.
I have a copy of it floating around. I think the show was aired once and none of the product
was sold. I have a copy on VHS somewhere.
NES WORLD:
Were any of the following rumored games ever finished?
Backgammon
Big Mouth Bass
Poker
PHIL MIKKELSON:
Well, the boxes where made, the game was completed but I don't think we shipped any.
NES WORLD:
I've been told that another collector has found an AGCI version of
Wally Bear and the NO! Gang. Wasnt this game sold to AVE? (My
cart it the AVE version)
PHIL MIKKELSON:
I don't know if they shipped it commercially but there are some AGCI cartridges floating
around.
NES WORLD:
I've talked with Jon Valesh from Color Dreams who said that he
once had seen a beta of Hellraiser running, is it true or just his
imagination? :)
PHIL MIKKELSON:
I doubt it. Unless it was the title screen that I made.
NES WORLD:
What was Fred Hoots position in AVE?
PHIL MIKKELSON:
Quality Control, making sure we had everything we needed to make the games.
NES WORLD:
Could you tell me a little bit about Joyvan as well as Sachen, how
did you find those companies?
PHIL MIKKELSON:
I believe Sachen made Pyrimid, and Jovan did some game we published at both companies
(remember Bunch Games, Galactic Crusader, O boy) I think that was a Jovan Game.
NES WORLD:
And now the usual question (I just gotta know). You wouldnt
happen to have a huge box of AVE prototypes would you? :)
PHIL MIKKELSON:
Yea I have some old stuff floating, that's for sure.
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