26th March 2012, 9:18 PM
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1920...enture-mys
It's from some of the original developers, who have apparently acquired ICOM's game library. Why they're starting with this one I don't know, I'd think they'd start with a more popular ICOM game like Shadowgate, but hey, you have to start somewhere.
They do have a ways to go -- it's at only $4,500 of the $55,000 they want, with 33 days to go -- and it's an FMV game so I don't know how many people will donate given the dislike many people have for the genre (rightfully so too, I think) -- but while they are live-action video, the Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective games aren't too bad... they are adventure games, with video. Watch the video in the kickstarter page; it's kind of amusing. They've got tiers from $9 to $600. He mentions making a new one too, maybe after the first nine are redone, with live actors and everything.
Anyway, the idea is to remake the 9 mysteries and release them individually on PC, Mac, iOS, and Android. The original games were three titles, each with three mysteries, but while they're selling them individually this time the price will of course be much lower for each...
Oh, and they joined the "Kick it Forward" thing Brian Fargo started up, too.
Returning to Shadowgate though, the FAQ also says this:
It's from some of the original developers, who have apparently acquired ICOM's game library. Why they're starting with this one I don't know, I'd think they'd start with a more popular ICOM game like Shadowgate, but hey, you have to start somewhere.
They do have a ways to go -- it's at only $4,500 of the $55,000 they want, with 33 days to go -- and it's an FMV game so I don't know how many people will donate given the dislike many people have for the genre (rightfully so too, I think) -- but while they are live-action video, the Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective games aren't too bad... they are adventure games, with video. Watch the video in the kickstarter page; it's kind of amusing. They've got tiers from $9 to $600. He mentions making a new one too, maybe after the first nine are redone, with live actors and everything.
Anyway, the idea is to remake the 9 mysteries and release them individually on PC, Mac, iOS, and Android. The original games were three titles, each with three mysteries, but while they're selling them individually this time the price will of course be much lower for each...
Oh, and they joined the "Kick it Forward" thing Brian Fargo started up, too.
Returning to Shadowgate though, the FAQ also says this:
Quote:Yes! I have obtained the rights to all of my adventures including Shadowgate, Deja Vu, and Uninvited. The great part is that we still have the designs for sequels to Shadowgate (for instance) that were never published. We plan on rolling these out after the Sherlock Mysteries.There were actually two published sequels to Shadowgate from ICOM -- Beyond Shadowgate (TurboGrafx-CD exclusive) and Shadowgate 64: Trials of the Four Towers (N64 exclusive), but I assume that there must have been more too... I am pretty sure that a Shadowgate 64 2 did start production, before being cancelled as ICOM fell apart and the N64 neared the end of its life.