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When the martial arts met Bond: The story of Saboteur
A look back at the making of Saboteur - a blend of ninja stealth and James Bond.
Townsend grew up in 70s Somerset, the home of Ian Botham, cider and Cheddar Gorge, although it's perhaps apt for this sleepy county that he remembers little of this time bar 'climbing trees with my mates'. Nevertheless, in a market dominated by simple arcade clones and platform games, Townsend produced something quite remarkable for the time: a vast open world, with the player free to wander as they wish, complete with a regenerating energy counter, famously used by Bungie's Halo series almost 20 years later. The idea of a West Country teenage programmer working at a local software house and challenging the big boys of London, Manchester and Liverpool also appealed to the regional press and TV.
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