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

[luj1]

Yeah, one had the best interface too.

 

[LESS T_T]

War never stops, Ziggurat releases KKND games on Steam.

 

[agris]

I wonder if those talking heads influenced Fallout, or vice versa? Some of the KKnD heads really remind me of Harold.

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[LESS T_T]

And interestingly Retroism re-releases NES version of Microprose's F-117A game:

So now they finally realized they can re-release console games too?

(DOS version was re-released a long time ago btw: https://store.steampowered.com/app/328920/F117A_Nighthawk_Stealth_Fighter_20/)

 

[newtmonkey]

To borrow from lightbane , scraping the bottom of the barrel, selling the bottom of the barrel, then trying to sell the dirt beneath the bottom of the barrel.

 

[catfood]

War never stops, Ziggurat releases KKND games on Steam.

How are these different from the GOG versions?

 

[LESS T_T]

Yet another Piko drama:



Stranger replies from Piko:

 

[LESS T_T]

Powerslide (1998) re-release on Steam. GOG re-release was done by Atari, but this one is by Cosmi/ValuSoft for some reason:

And ValuSoft shovelware Big City Rigs: Garbage Truck Driver (2009):

 

[Unkillable Cat]

And ValuSoft shovelware Big City Rigs: Garbage Truck Driver (2009):

Reminded me of this gem in the mud:

 

[Silentstorm]

Honestly, the thing that caused more of an impression was Powerslide being managed by Atari for GOG, somehow i keep forgetting that Atari still exists, even though that Pong RPG game(yes, really) just came out and they announced a Missile Command remake/new version.

Don't know why i keep forgetting about Atari still existing.

 

[LESS T_T]

Another day, another delists.
Again - from Retroism.

https://af.gog.com/forum/general/re...ng_2_lead_and_destroy_delisting?as=1649904300

Requiem - Avenging Angel and both Uprising games

Looks like this is to do with some company called Prism Entertainment.

They're also removed from sale on Steam, unlike Darklands.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/465360/Uprising_Join_or_Die/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/514050/Uprising_2_Lead_and_Destroy/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/493310/Requiem_Avenging_Angel/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/493320/Killing_Time/

These games are now back on Steam. Ziggurat as the publisher instead of Retroism. I guess they will back on GOG too sooner or later.

Actually Ziggurat outright bought them. They have acquired "more than 30 games" of 3DO catalog from Prism:
https://www.gamasutra.com/view/pres...DO_Games_Catalog_from_Prism_Entertainment.php

Is Ziggurat a budget version of THQ Nordic?: https://venturebeat.com/2020/06/15/...gurat-interactive-acquires-publishing-rights/

BloodRayne to return from the dead as Ziggurat acquires rights

Ziggurat Interactive has purchased the sexy vampire BloodRayne video game franchise and other properties from Majesco in a bid to bring some retro PC titles back from the dead.

Ziggurat is working with Terminal Reality, the original developer of the BloodRayne series, to improve some existing titles on the PC and to explore new games in the BloodRayne universe.

The original title was published by Majesco Entertainment in 2002. It combined Nazi killing with a highly sexualized female vampire — a formula in the good old days for a popular game. Ziggurat is the latest game company to test the evergreen appeal of sexy vampires, which persists in pop culture alongside zombies as our favorite frights.

Denver, Colorado-based Ziggurat Interactive was recently formed by entrepreneur Wade Rosen as a publisher of multiplatform retro and modern games. Ziggurat also purchased Advent Rising, Raze’s Hell, and Flip’s Twisted World, which now join Ziggurat’s catalog of more than 200 intellectual properties.

Ziggurat Interactive said it is working with Terminal Reality, to update the PC versions of the BloodRayne games for better compatibility and other improvements. Ziggurat is also developing plans to further explore and expand BloodRayne’s universe.

Rosen, president of Ziggurat Interactive, said in a statement that BloodRayne has a huge fan base (the original game spawned three games, a comic book series, and three Uwe Boll movies). He said players the world over fondly remember titles like BloodRayne and Advent Rising, and his company takes seriously the opportunity to bring these games to a new audiences and expand the universes.

Mark Randel, president of Terminal Reality, said in a statement his team is excited to revisit one of its favorite game series and make it available to a new audience.

The original third-person horror action series BloodRayne introduced gamers to Rayne, a brutal half-vampire beauty traveling the world to foil Nazi plans, battle supernatural threats, and uncover more about her own complex past.

Ziggurat Interactive was launched in late 2019 with the goal of preserving and expanding the legacy of video games.

 

[Kruno]

F29 Retaliator, Digital Image Design/Ocean Software's 1989 flight sim, re-released under the name of Cosmi/ValuSoft instead of Ziggurat for some reason:

Holy shit, my childhood!

 

[Dodo1610]

Improved Bloodrayne PC versions

 

[Ivan]

Legacy of Kain when Nightdive?

 

[Dodo1610]

Legacy of Kain when Nightdive?

Sqaure Enix owns that franchise.

 

[LESS T_T]

Return of the Phantom (1993), re-release by Ziggurat:

The legendary Phantom of the Opera has returned! As Inspector Raoul Montand, you are the only one who can pursue the Red Death into the past and prevent him from terrorizing the present. This point and click adventure originally released by MicroProse in 1993 features a fully voiced cast of characters with fluid animations, a tense and thrilling story penned by James Bond novelist Raymond Benson, and an atmospheric soundtrack that sets the perfect mood for this new take on a classic story.

• Witness the tragedy that befalls the audience inside the famed Paris Opera House
  
• Search for clues along the catwalks, through the wings, and into the many backstage rooms of the opera house
  
• Step back in time as you explore the opera's labyrinth of catacombs

 

[LESS T_T]

Another Ziggurat re-release. The Train: Escape to Normandy (1987) by Artech/Accolade:

Also some firefighting game from 2012 too.

 

[Semiurge]

Blood 2: The Chosen remastered

 

[LESS T_T]

Ziggruat's another re-release from Atari catalog, 2003 mech action Battle Engine Aquila:

 

[Semiurge]

Someone please remaster The Longest Journey *wink wink*

 

[LESS T_T]

Another re-release from Ziggurat. Altered Destiny, Accolade's 1990 adventure game.

Put away the reality you've known: you won't be needing it on this trip.
One minute you're just a guy eating nacho-flavored popcorn. The next you're sucked through a TV into a fantastic alien world filled with exotic landscapes and lifeforms. Welcome to the strange destiny of P. J. Barrett.
Follow P.J. through a marvelous realm of acid pools and frags, quirls and fluboxes, floaters and wraiths. There's a deep mystery here that only he – with your help – can solve.

Encounter dozens of alien lifeforms on your journey to save the universe.
Unravel multiple layers of intriguing puzzles and solutions.
Immerse yourself in a hauntingly beautiful soundtrack with more than 25 songs.
Explore over 90 screens filled with vibrant colors and surprising animation.
Choose from point-and-click or arrow-key navigation at your choice of game speed.
Interact with the world through a text parser that recognizes full sentences and more than 1,500 words.

 

[Dodo1610]

Someone please remaster The Longest Journey *wink wink*

Well, that IP belongs to Funcom and they have recently been bought by Tencent...
Though there is a HD mod https://tljhd.github.io/ and the game is available on GOG

 

[LESS T_T]

Another Accolade re-release from Ziggurat, Gunboat (1990):

Deadly combat at full-throttle

Gunboat: an agile arsenal that can turn 29 knots in the swat of a mosquito. Eight tons of firepower crammed into a 30 ft. hull. For decades, the U.S. Navy has deployed the river patrol boat (PBR) for a most hostile and claustrophobic type of war: riverine combat. Now you’ve been drafted.

The Colombian drug cartel. Loyal troops of a deposed Panamanian dictator. Renegade Viet Cong. They’re on the river — waiting — around any river bend. Bullets rip through the thick jungle air as you maneuver your Gunboat through over 20 missions in hell. They swear the river will run red with your blood. But you’ve got other orders.

• Enter 3 sweltering combat zones: Vietnam, Colombia, and Panama
  
• Operate a U.S. Navy River Patrol Boat (PBR) in over 20 missions. Three different maps, identifying target destinations and key sites on the river.
  
• Step into the abyss known as “Riverine Operations.” Your M60 smolders, cocked for yet another round. Spotlights and radar are fully functional. Soldiers, bridges, mines, docks, sampans, APC’s and canyons are depicted in deadly detail.
  
• Get a first-person perspective from 4 battle stations. Fire salvos from the bow, stern and mid-section of the boat – or take the helm as pilot. All four men are cross-trained in each other’s tasks — redundancy becomes crucial if one or two crew members are wounded or dead.
  
• Open fire with authentic gunboat weaponry. Twin .50 cal. M2HB machine guns, .30 cal. M60D general purpose machine guns, Mini-TAT rapid-fire gatling gun, mortars and grenade launchers.

 

[Semiurge]

Someone please remaster The Longest Journey *wink wink*

Well, that IP belongs to Funcom and they have recently been bought by Tencent...
Though there is a HD mod https://tljhd.github.io/ and the game is available on GOG

It's notoriously incompatible due to poor design.

 

[LESS T_T]

Two more 80s entries from Ziggurat.

Guardians of Infinity: To Save Kennedy (1988) by Paragon Software:

Psi 5 Trading Company (1986) by Accolade: