Cinemaware had some really dope games.
My favorite as a kid was: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Came_from_the_Desert
Loved that game. But I never finished it.
This was the only game that we had for a Gameboy that was given to us. It was well played but not well loved. Trying to conquer the board was impossibly difficult and the “rescue the princess” swordfight missions could be beat by holding right and pressing “BBBBBBA” repeatedly. The jousting was fun though. I had no idea it was based on an older game.
I played that on the NES long ago. I sucked at it.
Once I managed to unify England and win the game and I still have no idea how that happened and I’m sure dumb luck must have been part of it. It certainly never happened again.
There were several games like that for me when I was growing up in the 90s and early 2000s. :)
Played that on the Commodore. Going to have to see what the remake will look like.
Edit: wonder if they’ll still have the tits.
@Agent_Karyo it’s the game that showcased what the #commodore #amiga was really capable of.
I must confess I always have mixed feelings about remakes of classic videogames of the past.That was a bit before my time. I started playing computer games in 96 with Simcity 2000, although the Amiga scene at the time sounded like a lot of fun (and you could still see the Amiga influence even in the mid 90s).
I think it depends on the remake and how it is done.
Wow I feel old, I played it on apple 2c
I can hear the music in my head
One of my favourites 🤩
Omgomgomgomgomg
I played the hell out of this game on my commodore.
Isn’t this a Remake rather than Remaster?
I’d say remaster to remake exists on spectrum. On one side you can have a “strict” remaster with graphical / modern compatibility updates and bugfixes, on the other side you can have what is essentially a different game, but one with common gameplay/themes/narrative. And then you have everything in-between.
Haven’t played the original, so it’s difficult for me to accurately judge, but I think this is some what universal.
To me there is a clear distinction between both types. Sometimes it gets blurry if they use different techniques from both sides. There is also the term “Port”, which is less of a “Remaster”. So its even more blurry, even when I try to formally describe it. Here is my definition:
- Remaster: Basically taking the same code and base and “recompile” it for a new version. Graphics are usually not remade, programming code is the same (but with touch ups off course). Rather it has higher resolution output from original graphics, like higher res textures compiled from original resources, adding functionality to make the game compatible with modern hardware and features like HDR and gamepads in example.
- Remake: Making a new game from scratch, programming it again (off course they can take over old stuff), with new graphics to approximate the same game. Sometimes they even manage to make the game look and feel the same, where people think its a Remaster. But in fact it is programmed from scratch and has no common source in anymore, it is just faithfully recreated.
Off course this is just one mans definition. And both terms are used somewhere in between, and people don’t share my opinion. Therefore I never know if the game is a Remaster or Remake actually.
