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Showing posts with label remake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label remake. Show all posts

Monday, December 17, 2018

The chicken is back: "Tiger Claw" released!

If you don't remember "Bruce Lee" from the Commodore 64 you shouldn't even be here. If you do, on the other hand, rejoice!

Ok, if you don't remember "Bruce Lee", you're of course still free to rejoice, too: One of theee classic C64 games of all time has been remade as "Tiger Claw", originally for the C64, and is now being commercially released for the Amiga! (And Windows, MacOS, Linux, btw.)

"Bruce Lee" original C64 version title screen (1984)

Developers Lazycow and Saul Cross weren't lazy at all, and have updated their game since 2014 with extra features, a training mode, and even a deathmatch arena. Now they've created ports for the several platforms, including the Amiga (1MB RAM required). Heeeeeee-haw!

"Tiger Claw" Amiga in-game graphics (2018)

The release appears to be just perfect: you can download digital copies from itch.io for all platforms, in several different file formats (.iso, .adf, ...) - but the real fun starts with the awesome physical release: The beautiful box (see image below) contains a bootable, labelled CD-ROM in a jewel case, a floppy label for your private backup copy, stickers, a poster, a 20-page manual, pin-buttons, postcards - man, you even get a shuriken!
"Tiger Claw" box artwork - awesome!

This is a no-brainer, a must-have. "Tiger Claw" is probably the most lovely game release the Amiga has seen since "Frontier - Elite II". The game alone is really great, but the physical packaging is just outstanding. Check the links below (see "Sources") for more information if you're still hesitating.

In other words:
Yeeeee-eeeee!
Fight your way through to https://rgcd.bigcartel.com/product/tiger-claw-amiga and buy your copy!
Haaaaww!


Sources:
http://amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2018-12-00032-EN.html
http://www.lazycow.de/tigerclaw/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lee_(video_game) 
https://rgcd.bigcartel.com/product/tiger-claw-amiga
https://assets.bigcartel.com/product_images/228527633/anim.gif
https://assets.bigcartel.com/product_images/228527426/RGCD+Dec18-4.jpg

Thursday, November 8, 2018

Monday, May 29, 2017

It came from the desert - the movie!


Game cover art
Classic 1989 Amiga (later MS-DOS and other platforms) game "It came from the desert" by Cinemaware, heavily inspired by 1950s monster movies like "Tarantula", "The giant behemoth", and especially "Them!", gets a new treatment as a feature film production!

The Finnish production is directed by Marko Mäkilaakso ("War of the dead"). The script is written by Mäkilaakso, Trent Haaga, and Hank Woon Jr., and the film stars Mark Arnold, Claudia Trujillo, Vanessa Grasse, Harry Lister Smith, and Alex Mills, among others.

It's currently in post-production, a release date hasn't been announced yet.



Film poster art


The trailer - available on YouTube, see below - looks promising, hopefully we get another fun monster movie gem like "Tremors" (1990).







Watch the trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fumQ6XaL6kA

Sources: 
http://www.blastr.com/2017-5-16/new-trailer-it-came-from-the-desert
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4288674/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Came_from_the_Desert#Film