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the Nordic's largest retro convention
19th - 20th of August 2023, Sandefjord
09:00 – 17:00

David Doak (GoldenEye 007)

David Doak (GoldenEye 007)

David Doak is a British developer, who's previously worked at the development studio Rare, where he assisted with things level design and artificial intelligence for GoldenEye 007. His face was famously used for the NPC scientist Dr. Doak in the game.

After leaving Rare, he established the company Free Radical Design, which is probably best known for developing the Time Splitters series.

Kevin Bayliss (Battletoads)

Kevin Bayliss (Battletoads)

Kevin Bayliss isn't just any graphic designer. You know Donkey Kong, how he looks today? It was Kevin who designed him. Pretty mad!

Kevin has been working in the industry since the days of 8-bit pixels, but he is perhaps best known for being the graphic designer behind the Rare game series Battletoads, where he was responsible for the graphics.

Today, Kevin works for the company Playtonic, which develops the Yooka-Laylee series among other things.

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