Fans of obscure scroller The Red Star might be very interested to learn that the OFLC has recently re-rated the game for a multiplatform release. Our tipster checked to make sure this wasn't just an old rating for the PS2 and Xbox version, and was happy to find that the original rating is still listed, meaning this is entirely new.
The OFLC hasn't revealed very much outside that, so we don't know exactly what this means. A PSP version was supposed to arrive at some point, but it never arrived, and with the OFLC listing it as a multiplatform game, a release on just the PlayStation Portable seems somewhat unlikely. This would indicate a console release, and if that's the case, it would make sense of the game to launch on XBLA and PSN.
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i am in. I just want them to put the original game. i was interested in this after the offical playstation magazine demo disc with it on there. I just never got around to getting it. The one time i saw it, it was in a bargin bin at a grocery store... i assumed it sucked even though the demo was promising... so i forgot about it. I think im gunna go play that demo again after this news.
I own the PS2 version so I hope they add some stuff to it to make it a worthwhile purchase (please be $10). Is this the first time a PS2 game will be "ported" over to XBLA? (The XBox version never materialized beyond a demo).
Kind of off topic- but I hope they release a re-done version of the Futurama game around the same time the show returns on air. Or any new Futurama game for that matter, but beggars can't be choosers.
Recap: This game was in development at Acclaim Austin at the point when they went Chapter 7. Their landlord locked the doors at that point and wouldn't allow employees inside to take their stuff back.
A friend of mine has a demo reel with some Red Star scenery, near the beginning: http://toxicpond.com/
Oh man, how sweet this would this be? I got my copy about a year or so off Goozex from somebody here at Dtoid (forget who, but I recognized the username) and still pick it up every now and again.
I bought this on playstation 2, they need to change the leveling up system.
Each stage, depending on rating you get, you get points to level up.
So if you play poorly you'll get stuck halfway through the game as you character isn't powerful enough to deal with the increasingly more difficult enemies.
I remember i got stuck on some sandwarm thing spraying bullets, and i couldn't be bothered to start all over again.
Hope they add more characters, there was only two (i think their was a third unlocked after completion)
It was a good game, I own the Xbox demo and the PS2 version. If it does come out for the PSP (maybe with the tweaks mentioned and ooh, ad-hoc multiplayer support) then that would be very nice.
The game was fun, the comic was amazing, shame it never got expanded further. I think a nice story-telling game would do the Red Star world some justice.
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I own the PS2 version so I hope they add some stuff to it to make it a worthwhile purchase (please be $10). Is this the first time a PS2 game will be "ported" over to XBLA? (The XBox version never materialized beyond a demo).
Kind of off topic- but I hope they release a re-done version of the Futurama game around the same time the show returns on air. Or any new Futurama game for that matter, but beggars can't be choosers.
A friend of mine has a demo reel with some Red Star scenery, near the beginning: http://toxicpond.com/
Love the comic it's based on though.
cheers comrade
Each stage, depending on rating you get, you get points to level up.
So if you play poorly you'll get stuck halfway through the game as you character isn't powerful enough to deal with the increasingly more difficult enemies.
I remember i got stuck on some sandwarm thing spraying bullets, and i couldn't be bothered to start all over again.
Hope they add more characters, there was only two (i think their was a third unlocked after completion)
The game was fun, the comic was amazing, shame it never got expanded further. I think a nice story-telling game would do the Red Star world some justice.
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