Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Cinemaware is back at it with a Kickstarter campaign for Wings: Director's Cut]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/12/cinemaware-is-back-at-it-with-a-kickstarter-campaign-for-wings/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/12/cinemaware-is-back-at-it-with-a-kickstarter-campaign-for-wings/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/12/cinemaware-is-back-at-it-with-a-kickstarter-campaign-for-wings/#comments Cinemaware is back at it with Kickstarter campaign for Wings Director's CutCinemaware recently announced plans to remake its 1990 Amiga game Wings (no, not that Wings), and hopes to fund it with a Kickstarter campaign. The developer's goal is to reach $350k on the funding platform in order to complete Wings: Director's Cut, which would include new missions and story elements not seen in the original game.

Per its Kickstarter page for the project, the game is in development for PC and both Android and iOS mobile platforms. Additionally, the company noted its excitement for the Ouya console (which finished its own crowd-funding campaign at $8.5 million this past week), saying it "became official supporters of the Ouya campaign on Kickstarter, and are in line to receive a development kit." Ouya support is in the works for Wings: Director's Cut since Cinemaware has to use that development kit for something, after all.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>amigaandroidCinemawareiosipadiphonemobilepcremakewingswings-directors-cutwings-hdSun, 12 Aug 2012 12:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Cinemaware doing iPhone games, Defender of the Crown now available]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/12/cinemaware-doing-iphone-games-defender-of-the-crown-now-availab/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/12/cinemaware-doing-iphone-games-defender-of-the-crown-now-availab/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/12/cinemaware-doing-iphone-games-defender-of-the-crown-now-availab/#comments For those of us of a ... certain age, the name Cinemaware summons up images of some of the most stunning graphics of the mid-to-late-80s, whether that be in Rocket Ranger or It Came From the Desert!. Now, the futuristic citizens of 2011 can experience the company's most popular release, Defender of the Crown, with a $2.99 iPhone port of the Amiga version, just released by Cinemaware.

Our hope is that the youth of today won't too harshly what we once thought to be the bleeding edge of graphical fidelity. Remember: Judge not, lest ye be judged by the snot-nosed, hologrid-loving kids of 2025.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>cinemawaredefender-of-the-crowniosipadiphoneitunesmobileFri, 12 Aug 2011 16:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Virtually Overlooked: The Three Stooges]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/17/virtually-overlooked-the-three-stooges/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/17/virtually-overlooked-the-three-stooges/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/17/virtually-overlooked-the-three-stooges/#commentsFiled under:

There is approximately zero chance of Cinemaware's The Three Stooges ever making it to the Virtual Console. Nobody's going to bother to reacquire the publishing rights to the likenesses of a comedy act of (sadly) decreasing relevance, just for the purpose of reselling an awful game for five dollars.

That's what we thought, before we remembered that The Three Stooges, originally an Amiga game, had actually been resold recently on both the Game Boy Advance and the PlayStation, and even remade for the PC. Who knows? Maybe there is a market for antiquated licenses!

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JoystiqVirtually Overlooked: The Three Stooges originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Indie PC game developer/publisher Stardock has picked up a brand-new remake of the 1986 Cinemaware smash hit Defender of the Crown. Storm enemy castles! Win jousting contests! Make out with princesses! And now, experience all these things which would never be possible for most geeks (especially that making-out part) in glorious modern graphics that look even better than the original Amiga version (but only barely). This game is so old, you can legally get it drunk!

JoystiqDefender of the Crown is back, and ready for more jousting originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 02:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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