History Trivia / SlaveZero

* SequelGap: ''Slave Zero X'' was unveiled nearly 23 years after the original's release.

** The game's evolved out of a pitch titled ''[[http://kencapelli.com/gameart.shtml MindFuck]]'', which was a pedestrian TPS starring a female hacker.

** The original idea for the game featured mechs that were much more alien in design, with the titular Slave Zero being equally monstrous to convey the theme of a human "becoming a monster to fight the monsters" and had the pilot having a much more involved internal struggle over having sacrificed his humanity. Unfortunately, the higher-ups rejected the direction of both the story and the art, wanting a less bleak narrative and more conventional militaristic mechs. The borderline ExcusePlot of the final game and Slave Zero's final design were the compromise.

* CreatorBacklash: The game's art director, Ken Capelli, is [[http://kencapelli.tumblr.com/post/839341119/concept-art-for-the-slave-zero-project-used-to rather bitter]] about the final design of the titular mech, stating it was a clear case of design-by-comitee and that it failed to convey the theme of "becoming a monster to fight the monsters".

* WhatCouldHaveBeen
** The game's evolved out of a pitch titled ''[[http://kencapelli.com/gameart.shtml MindFuck]]'', which was a pedestrian TPS starring a female hacker.

* HeAlsoDid: Sanguinar and the Old One are voiced by Creator/CharlesMartinet, much better known as the voice of [[Franchise/SuperMarioBrothers Mario]].

* CreatorBacklash: The game's art director, Ken Capelli, is [http://kencapelli.tumblr.com/post/839341119/concept-art-for-the-slave-zero-project-used-to rather bitter]] about the final design of the titular mech, stating it was a clear case of design-by-comitee and that it failed to convey the theme of "becoming a monster to fight the monsters".