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

[Unkillable Cat]

From the Retrospec website (whose download links for Head Over Heels are sadly dead, and have been for quite some time):

All games from this site are free and you should not have paid for them. If you have been sold this game please inform us and contact the distributer immediately for a refund.

 

[LESS T_T]

From the Retrospec website (whose download links for Head Over Heels are sadly dead, and have been for quite some time):

All games from this site are free and you should not have paid for them. If you have been sold this game please inform us and contact the distributer immediately for a refund.

Yeah that was written back in the time. Piko could have bought the rights to the remake. (I see the remake developers are still working in the industry, so this is pretty probable.) Then again given the history of Piko the opposite is possible, I guess.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

From the Retrospec website (whose download links for Head Over Heels are sadly dead, and have been for quite some time):

All games from this site are free and you should not have paid for them. If you have been sold this game please inform us and contact the distributer immediately for a refund.

Yeah that was written back in the time. Piko could have bought the rights to the remake.

Until evidence of that has surfaced, the quote from the Retrospec site still stands.

Meanwhile, I urge everyone to download the absolutely free (it even lacks DRM!) version I linked to above, while it's still there.

 

[LESS T_T]

Literally selling NES roms at this point lol

I actually hope more publishers to do the same. I still find it ridiculous that third-party publishers didn't dump their entire 8/16bit console library on Steam or some PC platform, similar to Virtual Console service.

 

[Valestein]

Literally selling NES roms at this point lol

I actually hope more publishers to do the same. I still find it ridiculous that third-party publishers didn't dump their entire 8/16bit console library on Steam or some PC platform, similar to Virtual Console service.

S/NES games with chievos on a convenient platform.

 

[newtmonkey]

Piko "ports" are literally ROMs playing on free emulators and none of them have achievements, so I wouldn't look forward to that feature.

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

I actually hope more publishers will be too lazy to implement achievements into re-releases of old games.

 

[Outlander]

8 Eyes cover art

 

[Curratum]

Why are those mediocre SNES games priced around 10 EUR?

Capcom is selling their Beat em Up bundle, which has SEVEN great ARCADE games in it, priced at 20 EUR. Why would anyone ever pay 10 for ONE very mediocre SNES game?

 

[LESS T_T]

Another Piko re-release, Brutal Sports Football:

Why would anyone ever pay 10 for ONE very mediocre SNES game?

I think most of their sales happen with heavy discount and bundles ('10 or so retro games for few bucks!') anyway.

Also probably because they sell repro cartridges of them at 20~50 USD (reportedly quality of their carts are not great though).

 

[Jarpie]

Another Piko re-release, Brutal Sports Football:

Why would anyone ever pay 10 for ONE very mediocre SNES game?

I think most of their sales happen with heavy discount and bundles ('10 or so retro games for few bucks!') anyway.

Also probably because they sell repro cartridges of them at 20~50 USD (reportedly quality of their carts are not great though).

Looks like DOS or Amiga-version, but there's also superior CD32 and Jaguar versions. Not sure why they even bothered releasing it as I doubt it'll sell many copies, and it wasn't great game even when it was originally released.

 

[LESS T_T]

Even more Piko.

Switchblade (1989, Atari ST and others), one of Core Design's early games.

Power Punch II (1992, NES), Beam Software's unofficial sequel to Punch-Out!!:

The Gadget Twins (1992, Genesis):

 

[LESS T_T]

From the Retrospec website (whose download links for Head Over Heels are sadly dead, and have been for quite some time):

All games from this site are free and you should not have paid for them. If you have been sold this game please inform us and contact the distributer immediately for a refund.

Yeah that was written back in the time. Piko could have bought the rights to the remake.

Until evidence of that has surfaced, the quote from the Retrospec site still stands.

Meanwhile, I urge everyone to download the absolutely free (it even lacks DRM!) version I linked to above, while it's still there.

Apparently they "went through the trouble" (hah) of buying this remake: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1134050/discussions/0/1639793203768156755/

Retrospec did the game without rights or license. We actually own this IP and went through the trouble of buying the game and the IP.

Then we went through the trouble of buying this version from Retrospec.

Also it has a new soundtrack.

Anyway Piko goes on.

Tinhead (1993, Genesis), MicroProse UK's cool-looking platformer:

 

[Unkillable Cat]

From the Retrospec website (whose download links for Head Over Heels are sadly dead, and have been for quite some time):

All games from this site are free and you should not have paid for them. If you have been sold this game please inform us and contact the distributer immediately for a refund.

Yeah that was written back in the time. Piko could have bought the rights to the remake.

Until evidence of that has surfaced, the quote from the Retrospec site still stands.

Meanwhile, I urge everyone to download the absolutely free (it even lacks DRM!) version I linked to above, while it's still there.

Apparently they "went through the trouble" (hah) of buying this remake: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1134050/discussions/0/1639793203768156755/

Retrospec did the game without rights or license. We actually own this IP and went through the trouble of buying the game and the IP.

Then we went through the trouble of buying this version from Retrospec.

Also it has a new soundtrack.

Anyway Piko goes on.

And does one better:

There is a sequel being worked on [of Head Over Heels] by one of the original creators. We gave them a license. It is actually made for Atari ST then they will port to other retro and modern systems.

"One of the original creators" can only be Ritman as he handled the coding aspect of the game, while Drummond handled the graphics.

This is HUGE news for the retro gaming community.

 

[duke]

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw games by Legend Entertainment on steam. Some of these titles have been abandoware for years, but you could still get them from those abandoware sites for

Spoiler

free

if you don't feel like paying five bucks to show all your friends how many hours you have spent on Spellcasting 101. Frederik Pohl's Gateway series might be included in that license unless Pohl's family owns the rights to his name.

 

[LESS T_T]

Apparently they "went through the trouble" (hah) of buying this remake: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1134050/discussions/0/1639793203768156755/

Retrospec did the game without rights or license. We actually own this IP and went through the trouble of buying the game and the IP.

Then we went through the trouble of buying this version from Retrospec.

Also it has a new soundtrack.

From one of the remake developers:



Also, I wonder GOG kinda rejected this? Is this "more than 100 wishlists" a thing?:

 

[Baron Dupek]

Also I'm glad Kaiser getting paid for his work.

while you mention him... when we get this Powerslave/Exhumed re-release and console port TC they C&D few years back?

 

[LESS T_T]

Also I'm glad Kaiser getting paid for his work.

while you mention him... when we get this Powerslave/Exhumed re-release and console port TC they C&D few years back?

I'd like to know that too. They (Kaiser himself, Stephen Kick, NDS community manager) have been implied and teased it few years.

 

[LESS T_T]

I guess I should have put this here:

Mirrorsoft returns, as another re-release label apparently.

DEVELOPER: Image Works
PUBLISHER: Mirrorsoft

Who's behind this? Throwback Entertainment, who probably acquired Mirrorsoft assets while buying Acclaim IPs, registered Mirrorsoft trademark in 2017. But Liquid Media Group bought 65 Acclaim titles from Throwback in 2018. Since Throwback has been doing (seemingly unsuccessfully) re-release business under its own name, I'd guess this Mirrorsoft thing is that Liquid Media Group's label.

Apparently they will have more: https://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/348873/Bombuzal_Returns_to_Steam.php

Lookout for more classic Mirrorsoft titles in the coming weeks.

About Mirrorsoft

After nearly 30 years, Mirrorsoft™ returns with a mission to bring back your favourite games from the past to modern platforms and stores.

For more information, visit us at https://mirrorsoft.com

The website has nothing but a logo.

But snooped around a bit, looks like they have bit more interesting re-releases soon: The Final Battle and Blade Warrior, both were released or acquired by the old Mirrorsoft.

 

[Infinitron]

Hell, might as well make this thread for all of these companies.

 

[LESS T_T]

Another Piko re-release.

Impossamole by Gremlin:

 

[LESS T_T]

But snooped around a bit, looks like they have bit more interesting re-releases soon: The Final Battle and Blade Warrior, both were released or acquired by the old Mirrorsoft.

Blade Warrior (1991):

The beast was present in the land and from tower to tower the sorcerers voice called upon him. As night encroached and set the sun to flight, so his legions made ready to conceal the tablets that would see daylight banished forever.

So, as the same last bloody light drained from east to west, the paladin came forth, ready to do battle against the legions of the night, using all his might and skill in this tale of swords and sorcery.

FEATURES

• Explore a strange and deadly world where the minions of Murk roam throughout the land
  
• Defeat your enemies with advanced swordplay mechanics
  
• Collect artifacts to increase your strength and to trade with the 7 Wizards
  
• Craft spells using ingredients scavenged throughout the world
  
• Find the ancient stone archways to traverse across paths

 

[Unkillable Cat]

I faintly remember Blade Warrior, but seeing it now I see why it makes for a good choice - that game oozes style.

 

[LESS T_T]

More re-releases from Mirrorsoft.

Legend of the Sword (1988):

And its sequel, The Final Battle (1990):

Who's behind this? Throwback Entertainment, who probably acquired Mirrorsoft assets while buying Acclaim IPs, registered Mirrorsoft trademark in 2017. But Liquid Media Group bought 65 Acclaim titles from Throwback in 2018. Since Throwback has been doing (seemingly unsuccessfully) re-release business under its own name, I'd guess this Mirrorsoft thing is that Liquid Media Group's label.

It was Throwback Entertainment after all: https://mirrorsoft.com/

 

[LESS T_T]

Another one from Mirrorsoft, Annals of Rome (1988):