Holy nostalgia Infendo, there’s classics coming to the Wii and DS! And when I say classics, I’m not talking SNES or NES, I’m talking MS-DOS, keyboard attached to the console Amiga and Commodore 64. And no, the fact that my neighbor and I played Commodore 64 as kids does not mean I’m a caveman.
Anyway, the newsworthy portion isn’t that U.K.-based System 3 is developing Wii titles, it’s that they are developing two Wii launch titles that weren’t on the fabled “list of 27” that made the rounds this week. According to U.K. magazine Retro Gamer, the titles are Gottlieb Pinball Classics and a golfing simulation called Leadboard.
But the news doesn’t end there. Also getting some love is Impossible Mission which will return to the DS and PSP with two new characters and an ad hoc co-op mode (a PSP version?! Did they lose a bet?!). And no Tom Cruise isn’t in this one, read that title more carefully.
And last but not least, there’s mention of California Games, a game which resulted in many a broken controller as I fruitlessly tried to complete the BMX level without falling on my face.
Yike-a-saurus!Very, very good news indeed. Impossible Mission was amazing at the time (it had real speach gasp!) BUT may not stand up to modern scrutiny.However – there was some awaesome C64 titles – Paradroid, Green Beret, Iridian etc…BUT if this swings over to the Spectrum 48k (brits 'of a certain age' will know about this) then that's it, I'm never leaving the house!This scene is being lead by 30-somethings – we were all around 11/12 when these home systems came out – the DS mod scene is starting to pick up interest and is porting a lot of these old games to the system:Manic Miner, Sabre Wolfe (by the original RARE company, Ultimate Play The Game), Knightlore, Underwurlde etc etc…All of which can easily fit onto a DS.I've got all excited now as I'd love to get into DS mod scene but it's complicated and expensive. This is the answer 🙂
"Stay awhile …. STAY FOREVER!!!"I'll have to go dig up my C=64 emulator…
And don't forget Broderbund announced they are working on a DS version of the 80's darling LodeRunner, which will include both classic mode and modern, spiffy graphics mode!I really hope they will include the build-your-own map feature like in the PC version, and that we will be able to exchange our creations via Wi-Fi!
This is fun news if not that great for overall hype.What will be coming next? A fully Wii-mote capable version of M.U.L.E.? If you remember that game, then you are old like me.As for loderunner, I first played it on a friends apple computer.I remember going over to his house after school and playing the light bike tron ripoff and a weird Bruce lee game where each room had a ninja and a sumo guy and you had to punch out the light bulbs. Am I insane or can some other old schooler back me up here?Also, didn't loderunner on NES also have the "build your own map" in it? I seem to recall making some maps that didn't quite work or trapped your or were just shitty but it was fun.
What no mention of California Games! The game was freaking awesome and I too never landed that BMX bike correctly. Was it even possible?