Nightdive Studios, SNEG, Ziggurat, Piko Interactive and others rereleasing classic games

[LESS T_T]

Two more Beam Software re-releases from Piko.

Nightshade (1992), a superhero adventure with some action, originally released on NES:

Radical Rex (1994), a platformer where you control "a fire-breathing Tyrannosaurus on a skateboard". Rads! Originally released on SNES and Sega Genesis, I assume this release is SNES version:

Yeah, they still don't give a shit about aspect ratio. Again they just took and stretched screenshots posted on Mobygames.

 

[LESS T_T]

And this is the first game from their new PC big box label:

And another upcoming Piko re-release is from this failed Kickstarter:

 

[Jarpie]

And this is the first game from their new PC big box label:

And another upcoming Piko re-release is from this failed Kickstarter:

Minskies Furballs originally appeared on AGA Amiga's back in the 90s, it even looks very similar:

 

[Tehdagah]

Nightdive Kick burning bridges, and musing:

He does have bad taste.

 

[Turtle-Zone 3000]

 

[BLOBERT]

FOR THE BROS WHO LIKED FORSAKEN

https://github.com/ForsakenX/forsaken/wiki/Download-and-installation

 

[LESS T_T]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krisalis_Software

Looks like most games are ports, licensed games, or sports games, and a few remaining original games don't look too interesting. (Arabian Nights, Mad Professor Mariarti, Soccer Kid, Legends)


Anyway, Spellcasting games re-releases are coming to Steam too:

 

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[LESS T_T]

Wot, Piko got Softdisk catalog?:



What do they have, I wonder? I think some of its games were already sold off to others or owned by original creators (Dangerous Dave is owned by John Romero himself, for example).

From the looks of the tweets, they have at least 2D Catacombs games (Sylvan Idyll, Ether Quest)?

Hovertank 3D? Dark Designs series?


In other news, Piko will release a Taiwanese RPG originally released for Sega Genesis on Steam:

Piko originally sold this as some physical packages.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

I thought Blade Runner was one of those things that was buried under so many layers of copyright-hell that it could never crawl out. It'd be cool if that could surface again.

 

[LESS T_T]

Some obscure console games from Piko: https://pikointeractive.com/new-wave-of-games-12-titles-up-for-a-short-pre-order/

New Wave of games, 12 titles up for a short pre-order!

45 Day Pre-order of AWESOME RETRO GAMES!

If you like to play retro games in their original format, we have the best news for you! Piko Interactive has prepared 12 different titles for consoles like NES, SNES, Genesis, Jaguar, GBA and Nintendo 64! All the games produced in high quality cartridges with box and manual like back in the 90s! There are different gameplay genres available, from Turn Based RPGs, To Beat’em up, Platformers, Shooters and Puzzles!

They have announced that they have 12 new games on their store ready for pre-order! Pre-orders will start shipping on April 15 2019! Only 45 day pre-order! $5 price hike will apply on and after April 15 2019! Take your chance now and get them at DISCOUNT!

Pre-Order HERE!

Here are the list of titles available for sale:

40 Winks – Nintendo 64
Gourmet Squad – Super Nintendo
Tinhead – Super Nintedo
Little Lancelot – NES
Pyramids of Ra – NES
Exploding Fist – NES
Impossamole – Atari Jaguar
Head Over Heels – Atari Jaguar
Canon: Legends of The New Gods – Genesis
Switchblade – Genesis
Thunderbolt II – Genesis
Custodian – GBA

Games come with box, instruction manual and game cartridge!

We have also acquired inventory from 3-4 stores. Including over 1000 FACTORY SEALED video games for consoles like GB, GBC, Jaguar, SNES, N64, PS1, Dreamcast, PS2, Xbox, 360, and PS3. We will be launching a new e-commerce AND physical store to sell all the inventory that we come up with in our retro gaming adventures!

I have so much to tell you and I will compile it in a one large blog post or a series of blog posts. For now, please support our cause by pre-ordering one of our new 12 retro games!

That Canon: Legends of The New Gods is another Taiwanese RPG that was never released in west.


In othe news, Piko is controversial as ever, are their cartridges have risk of damaging consoles?: http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showth...fficial-Thread&p=838164&viewfull=1#post838164

I can't say who is right on this subject, but that Piko guy's passive aggressiveness is really something.

 

[Solid Snail]

Why Blood is never on sale on Steam? I missed that Fanatical bundle and never got the chance to buy the game again.

 

[Don Peste]

https://www.fanatical.com/pick-and-mix/tommo-pick-and-mix

1 for $1.49, 5 for $6.99, 10 for $9.99. Probably not worth it for a bunch of rebundles (with the exception of Falcon 4.0).

 

[Morgoth]

Great, just after I finished replaying NOLF a couple of days ago the motherfucker is posting this:

 

[Infinitron]

I think he's just participating in that Avengers Endgame meme.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Some obscure console games from Piko:

New Wave of games, 12 titles up for a short pre-order!

45 Day Pre-order of AWESOME RETRO GAMES!

If you like to play retro games in their original format, we have the best news for you! Piko Interactive has prepared 12 different titles for consoles like NES, SNES, Genesis, Jaguar, GBA and Nintendo 64! All the games produced in high quality cartridges with box and manual like back in the 90s! There are different gameplay genres available, from Turn Based RPGs, To Beat’em up, Platformers, Shooters and Puzzles!

They have announced that they have 12 new games on their store ready for pre-order! Pre-orders will start shipping on April 15 2019! Only 45 day pre-order! $5 price hike will apply on and after April 15 2019! Take your chance now and get them at DISCOUNT!

Pre-Order HERE!

Here are the list of titles available for sale:

40 Winks – Nintendo 64
Gourmet Squad – Super Nintendo
Tinhead – Super Nintedo
Little Lancelot – NES
Pyramids of Ra – NES
Exploding Fist – NES
Impossamole – Atari Jaguar
Head Over Heels – Atari Jaguar
Canon: Legends of The New Gods – Genesis
Switchblade – Genesis
Thunderbolt II – Genesis
Custodian – GBA

Games come with box, instruction manual and game cartridge!

We have also acquired inventory from 3-4 stores. Including over 1000 FACTORY SEALED video games for consoles like GB, GBC, Jaguar, SNES, N64, PS1, Dreamcast, PS2, Xbox, 360, and PS3. We will be launching a new e-commerce AND physical store to sell all the inventory that we come up with in our retro gaming adventures!

The highlighted games interest me because while they're far from being obscure, the versions they mention most certainly are. MobyGames doesn't have any of them on their site, for example.

Very strange. About as strange as the outrageous prices they're asking for them (30-60 USD), seeing as the Jaguar releases are just Atari ST ports.

 

[newtmonkey]

Impossamole and Head Over Heels for Jag are also straight Atari ST ports, sadly, ported in 2019 by a guy on Atariage forums. He usually adds something worthwhile to take more advantage of the hardware (such as Amiga soundtracks), but these would only be of appeal to Jag collectors who simply have to get every Jag homebrew title no matter what.

 

[LESS T_T]

Nightdive created a channel named "mystery-game" on their Discord, the description being "100 days."

Powerslave remaster, I wonder?

 

[Silentstorm]

Blood is always good, and what the hell, Head Over Heels is coming to Steam!?

That's something i never thought possible, guess i will buy that just because i am curious, i know it's not the OG Spectrum game, but it's one game i heard good things about and never played.

And Impossamole is that one more normal console platformer version of Monty that isn't as good right?

Anyways, kinda cool to see 8-bit and 16-bit computer games(that aren't DOS necessarily) on Steam and other places...even if they are homebrew ports to other systems, but you can't have everything i guess.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

what the hell, Head Over Heels is coming to Steam!?

That's something i never thought possible, guess i will buy that just because i am curious, i know it's not the OG Spectrum game, but it's one game i heard good things about and never played.

This is the Jaguar port, whose origins can best be described as "dodgy". If you want to play Head Over Heels, you can't go wrong with this PC remake from 2002 (EDIT: Links on webpage are dead, try this one.) though purists might be interested in the original Spectrum or Amstrad CPC versions.

And Impossamole is that one more normal console platformer version of Monty that isn't as good right?

It's not a bad game in and of itself, it's just such a departure from the other Monty Mole games. They were screen-to-screen platformers focused on collecting items and circumventing hazards. Impossamole is a side-scrolling beat'em-up with some platforming thrown in.

 

[Silentstorm]

I know it's a homebrew port, but i thought whoever owns the rights to Head Over Heels just allowed them to sell the Jaguar port...who even owns the IP now that Ocean is gone?

Also, on a random note, Rare is letting some guys make a remake of one of their old ZX Spectrum games, Atic Atac, going to something called ZX Spectrum Next and PC of course:

With both versions being shown on the video, it's...huh, didn't expect that game to come back at all.

 

[Infinitron]

KEX Engine ad:

Nightdive Studios is proud to invite you to try our new game engine, the KEX Engine.

It has previously been used in remastered or enhanced versions of the titles you love. This includes games like: System Shock, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, Turok 2: Seeds of Evil, Forsaken, Blood: Fresh Supply, plus many more!

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

System Shock Remake switch to Kex Engine when?

 

[LESS T_T]

KEX Engine ad:

Nightdive Studios is proud to invite you to try our new game engine, the KEX Engine.

It has previously been used in remastered or enhanced versions of the titles you love. This includes games like: System Shock, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, Turok 2: Seeds of Evil, Forsaken, Blood: Fresh Supply, plus many more!

That logo suspiciously implies Powerslave remaster.

Also a not-so-subtle kick from Kick:

 

[LESS T_T]

Nightdive created a channel named "mystery-game" on their Discord, the description being "100 days."

Powerslave remaster, I wonder?

Now the description is "In a black hole, and I'm spinning, as my wings get shot away." Which is lyrics from an Iron Maiden song Back in the Village, from the album Powerslave.