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On this special episode of the show, Dan interviews Larry Kuperman of Nightdive Studios. Larry is an veteran of the games industry and he's been working with Nightdive Studios for years on projects like the System Shock remake, Shadow Man Remastered, Forsaken Remastered, Doom 64, and so much more. This conversation touches on everything from the early days of digital distribution, to the headaches that go along with making games playable on modern hardware, to the technical side of reverse engineering the original versions of their games. • Follow us @wiowpodcast on Twitter and Instagram for more retro game content as well as updates on the show! • Join us on Discord: https://discord.com/invite/kQ9nV6f • Everything else that we're doing: https://linktr.ee/wiowpodcast SHOW NOTES: _______________________________________ Nightdive Studios: Nightdive's Website https://www.nightdivestudios.com/ System Shock Remake on Steam (non-affiliate link) https://store.steampowered.com/app/482400/System_Shock/ Nightdive Studios Games on Steam (non-affiliate link) https://store.steampowered.com/developer/NightDiveStudios _______________________________________ Research: Larry Kuperman's Bio on His Website http://www.larrykuperman.com/biography/ System Shock on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Shock Nightdive Studios on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightdive_Studios _______________________________________ Segment Break Music: Track: Go Straight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuGC9fH8nWA&list=PLnat4jcJP4079OCfTZP2D4dnwRqmAm9lz&index=1 Artist: Doni https://www.youtube.com/Donimusic Album: The Streets (of Rage) https://gamechops.com/streetsofrage/ Label: GameChops http://gamechops.com/ ___________________ Track: Underwater (Super Mario World) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwQDDGd8oUA Artist: Helynt https://helynt.bandcamp.com/music Album: Super Lofi World 2 https://gamechops.com/super-lofi-world-2/ Label: GameChops http://gamechops.com/ _______________________________________ • GameChops music is provided with a Creative Commons License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ _______________________________________ Giveaway Info: For the month of August 2021, one lucky participant has the chance to win a $35 Nintendo eShop code (North American). To enter, simply listen to the "Bounty" segment of the episode and submit your answer in the form of a direct message or email to any of our social media profiles or to one of the hosts on Discord (links above/info in the episode). Entries will be accepted until August 31st, 2021. After which a random winner will be chosen and announced on an episode of the podcast in September 2021 (the winner will be contacted after the episode goes live). Extra entries can be earned from joining our Discord and leveling up on the server by chatting! This does require the participant to enter the main bounty segment via a DM still. The Discord entries will not be counted if the user does not submit an appropriate DM entry.