Paprium's Creator: An Interview | St1ka's Retro Corner
372An interview with the Paprium developer and Watermelon founder, Fonzie, also known as Gwénaël Godde. Here we talk about a wide range of topics, from people still waiting for their game, the studio's lack of communication, among many other topics.
00:00 - Introductions
01:15 - Fonzie talks about his past
4:05 - Why are people so angry at Watermelon?
5:55 - Lack of updates and Watermelon's aggressive tone
8:15 - How many paprium cartridges were made?
9:10 - Will Paprium launch on Steam, PS4 and Nintendo Switch?
14:14 - Finding a publisher to handle production and distribution
19:26 - Incompatibility with Model 1 Mega Drives
22:53 - Mega Wire features
24:28 - Watermelon's Money Issues
44:10 - Why didn't Watermelon change payment providers?
47:01 - What happened between the Studios' co-founders?
50:06 - Did Sasha Darko get payed?
55:21 - Why was Tulio uncredited in Paprium?
58:20 - Langrisser 2 / Vixen 357
1:00:04 - Project N
1:08:09 - How many characters does Paprium have?
1:09:10 - Will the Arcade stick be re-issued?
1:10:50 - Will Project N receive an arcade stick?
1:11:45 - Why is the Enemy AI in Paprium so weak?
1:14:06 - Will the Paprium reprints have AI fixes?
1:15:48 - Paprium Rom dump / Fonzie's take on emulation
1:23:50 - Pier Solar and Paprium Resistors and Level Shifters
1:27:40 - Why did the metal plate come off from the cartridges?
1:30:45 - Did the metal plate serve any purpose?
1:32:02 - Was the extra chip added for copy protection?
1:35:05 - Mega SG Compatibility
1:38:09 - Is there a way to unlock the minigame?
1:38:35 - When are the reprints being sent?
1:40:02 - Improvements for the Pier Solar Reprints?
1:42:06 - Were the Ex-Watermelon staff payed?
1:44:36 - Why did Paprium's price increase so much?
1:47:54 - AMB96 / Dolphin Game
1:52:54 - Fonzie's opinion on other Modern Mega Drive games?
1:54:30 - Could Sega sue Watermelon?
1:56:25 - Goodbyes
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