Marvel Trading Card Game

This is the place where the designers and developers of the Marvel Trading Card Game have the opportunity to tell you more about the ideas that went into developing the Marvel Trading Card Game.

Cross-Platform Compatibility and Story Mode

Hey everyone! I’m back. In this entry of the Marvel Trading Card Game dev diary, I’ll spend some time talking cross-platform compatibility and the evolution of the Story Mode game. PC/PSP Cross Platform Compatibility From the inception of the Marvel Trading Card Game , we were determined to make the multiplayer game playable across multiple platforms. You would be able to play on your PC when you were at home, and on your handheld when you were on the road. We …

MTCG - The Beginning

Hey, everybody. I’m Dave Ellis, and I was the lead designer on the Marvel Trading Card Game (MTCG) for the PC and PSP. I’ve been in the video game industry since 1992, when I started as a customer support rep at MicroProse Software in Hunt Valley, MD. I moved up the ranks through QA, test lead, and assistant manager, then finally got into game design after several years. In the 8 or so years I worked at MicroProse, I was involved in the design of a lot of games, including …