LucasArts Thinking About Re-releasing Classic Games
In news that made me as giddy as a school girl, LucasArts is thinking about re-releasing some of their classic adventure games on the Nintendo Wii. Lucas Arts is quoted as stating:
“We have looked at it,” admits Norris. “It is something we are continually looking at - new venues to put out our library of games on. We’re not announcing anything about that because honestly I don’t know anything about it.”
“The cart size of the DS makes it impossible to put out ports of any of our old graphic adventures,” claims Gullett. “There’s literally not enough room on those carts to put the games out.”
“It could still happen,” rallies Gullet. “We’ve got a lot of pride in our heritage and it’s definitely something we’re still leaving open.”
If there was any way possible to do so, it must be done. Newer generations should be exposed to games like Day of the Tentacle and Full Throttle (I still have my Corley Motors T-shirt). Hell, there’s even licensed games like Sam and Max Hit the Road or Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis that need to see the light of day again. The Nintendo DS would be a fantastic platform for these kinds of games, but if the cartridge is too small then there’s not much you can do about that. The Nintendo Wii would be a decent way to play these games considering their point and click interface, so why aren’t these available as downloads on the Wii Virtual Console yet?
Thanks to: Gaming Today
June 6th, 2008 at 8:45 am
Not enough room on DS cartridges? Bull pies! Maybe a full ‘talky’ game like Full Throttle or DoTT CD-ROM wouldn’t fit, but Monkey Island? Come on!
June 6th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Hmmm I suppose you’re right. I completely forget that not all of those games didn’t involve talking. I’m just so used to not having to read when playing games now…