Ultra Vortek
Ad Blurbs
Ultra Vortek - The Making of Ultra Vortek - The Crew [ add images ]
BeyondGames.com, January 1997 (ARCHIVED) https://web.archive.org/web/19970117060700/http://www.beyondgames.com:80/vortek/crew.html
Ultra Vortek - The Making of Ultra Vortek - The Crew
Kris Johnson and Jim Meier, the programmer and lead artist for Ultra Vortek. Kris also owns the company, so Jim's trying to look busy.
Ultra Vortek - The Making of Ultra Vortek - The Crew
Kris presides over a fairly low-tech set during the first round of filming.
Ultra Vortek - The Making of Ultra Vortek - The Crew
Jim trying out the lighting against the blue screen. Lighting the characters against the screen proved tricky, especially since their moves could take them several feet in any direction.
Ultra Vortek - The Making of Ultra Vortek - The Crew
Director Kris and lighting director Sean Anastasian survey the set.
Ultra Vortek - The Making of Ultra Vortek - The Crew
Playing Buzzsaw was a fraction of Tymm Huntsman's contribution to Ultra Vortek. Tymm worked on everything from helping to design the gameplay itself to writing the background scenario that appears in the manual.
Ultra Vortek - The Making of Ultra Vortek - The Crew
Chris Hansen created a latex costume for Buzzsaw that looks every bit as realistic when you're standing in front of it as it does in the game. The costume evolved over the course of filming the characters--this was an early version.
Ultra Vortek - The Making of Ultra Vortek - The Crew
Tragedy strikes the set when Lucius decides he's heard enough suggestions from Tymm and Kris.
Ultra Vortek - The Making of Ultra Vortek - The Crew
After a long day of filming, one's patience with the paparazzi wanes.
Official screenshots, art and magazine advertisements are considered promos.
Are we missing any images? Click "add images" next to the relevant group above.
Are we missing a group? [ add new group ]