LucasArts To Re-Release Old Games Through Steam 147
LucasArts today announced that they will soon be releasing games from their back catalog through Steam. The releases begin this Wednesday with a group of eight games, including Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, The Dig, LOOM, and Star Wars: Battlefront II. This is apparently just "the first round of releases," so we can doubtless expect to see more of their old games before long. Joystiq spoke with LucasArts CEO Darrell Rodriguez, who said the company is considering updated versions of the old games, depending on how well next week's launch of Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition goes. He also hinted at the possibility that some games could be ported to mobile gaming devices, such as the PSP Go and the iPhone.
Ballblazer? (Score:3, Interesting)
The Dig (Score:3, Interesting)
And thank you TellTale Games... (Score:1, Interesting)
Worthless humans... (Score:3, Interesting)
I'd love an updated version of Day of the Tentacle.
That is all.
Grim Fandango? (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:The End Of The Abandonware Golden Age? (Score:3, Interesting)
The titles you see appearing in places like GOG and Steam are almost all well-known big titles by companies that still exist. This is only a very small part of what most abandonware websites offer. There's a huge number of great games that never gained any real following due to various reasons, or are owned by companies which no longer exist now.
In short, the real meaning of "abandonware" is exactly what its name implies: software which can be considered abandoned, preferably because there is no (clear) copyright holder anymore.
Then again, I can probably be considered biased, since I am webmaster of an abandonware site myself
Re:Grim Fandango? (Score:3, Interesting)
What I dont get... (Score:5, Interesting)
Why not create games based on older models? I mean...Megaman 9 showed us that even legacy games are still desired by older generations.
Rather that put thought into graphics and such, you could focus your minds on what makes the game fun, and such...
Me personally, I'd LOVE to see another old school RPG game involving sprites and such.
There is a market out there, and developers should take advantage of it.
Re:Bring back... (Score:5, Interesting)
Tie Fighter is still one of my absolute favorite games of all time. Even as I upgraded my computer for years I'd make sure I could still play it somehow. Its also the only reason I have a joystick.
So yes, I'd love to see it come back. I love Tie Fighters version of space combat.
Get X-Wing Alliance. Seriously. It's the last of the Original Trilogy space games, or so LucasArts pledged when the nuTrilogy was coming out. All the yummy Tie Fighter goodness with a much better story! Worth playing.
Re:Excited, but... (Score:4, Interesting)
I hope they *do* use DOSBox. It's practically guaranteed that you'll be able to run those DOS games without any of Steam's DRM sitting on top of it. Just point your own DOSBox at the data files. I run XCOM: UFO Defense this way.
Whatever one might say about Steam's DRM scheme and how it's supposed to work or not, I appreciate that I can sidestep the issue completely by running it in my own DOSBox install.
Re:Bring back... (Score:3, Interesting)
Heh, that'd be the fourth rehash of TIE Fighter. First was the floppy MS-DOS version, then the CD-ROM MS-DOS "Collector's Edition", and then a Windows 9x version with 3D effects.
I think X-Wing had the same number and types of re-releases.
Re:Bring back... (Score:3, Interesting)
another vote for TIE Fighter, or X vs T. I played the bejesus out of TIE Fighter, X wing was good, but broadband wasnt quite available enough for me to enjoy X vs T
I dont have a copy of any of those anymore, but Id gladly buy them if they got a revamp and were available as a set for a decent price