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What's up with 90s Super GP aka 90s Arcade Racer?
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Game has been in development for a long time. Probably a part-time project for a lone developer, who doesn't have the time to finish it.
If it's really part-time project that's fuck you to all Kickstarter backers: "As this goal has been met it's now certain that game will remain a full time project unitil completion".
I thought the guy sold everything to Nicalis? Isn't he already working on his next project, The Take Over or something?
I'm guessing Nicalis didn't understand what to do with it.
I'm guessing Nicalis didn't understand what to do with it.
Yeah, the same devs released The TakeOver on Steam and soon on Switch.
A few years ago it seemed like old school arcade racers were about to make a comeback through the indie scene. What happened? Did any of those come out? Did any of them turn out to be decent? Feels like all of them were left unfinished. Shame I was really looking forward to them.
I remember he expressed the intention to take it back from Nicalis, but I guess that didn't come into fruition.
It feels like Nicalis just shelved this, which is a shame.
It's easy to make a prototype, it's hard to make a finished product.
Don't Kickstarter backers at least deserve an explanation though?
Let this be a lesson to only buy products and not ideas then.
Grip comes out November 6th for PC (out of Early Access) and consoles.
Wreckfest is already available for PC, 2019 for consoles. It's a good game.
Distance is out since September.
Horizon Chase Turbo is out and it's good.
The situation of 90s Arcade Racer is super frustrating, but other games are coming around fine.
Nah, I'm not saying they should get their money back or a finished product. That's part of the inherent risk of the platform and it's fine that way.
Just some communication. It's the professional thing to do.
My understanding is that the developer's not allowed to talk about the game anymore, as per whatever settlement was reached with the publisher. That publisher should definitely be telling people what's up but they're notoriously uncommunicative and come off as dickish on the rare occasions they do bother to talk to people.
I've heard a few conflicting things about the dev selling his game vs. being forced to hand it over to the publisher after a budget switcheroo. Maybe it'll all come out someday and my grandkids will be able to fill me in when they visit me on my deathbed.
Well the game looked almost complete so I think something beside "normal development cycle" happened.
Maybe Nicalis can't release the game for some reason? Or just they have limited resources and they give priority to other projects? (Always)
Maybe Nicalis can't release the game for some reason? Or just they have limited resources and they give priority to other projects? (Always)
Nicalis being a shitshow as usual. They've really pissed away the goodwill they originally got from officially localizing Cave Story. It's the main reason I'm avoiding them like the plague when it comes to publishing, indies should stay the hell away from them until they have provably cleaned up their act.
They must have released half a dozen games on Switch since launch and most of those were generally well-received, at least relative to the way their products are usually received.
Yes, I have been trying to get attention about this issue, buy it seems nobody is willing to talk about it. The situation is so weird.
However, some backers were able to get a refund.
However, some backers were able to get a refund.
As I recall, it was only speculation that '90s Arcade Racer had been rebranded as something else and not actually news.
But as for what happened to it, developer updates stopped right around the time the CPU cars were due to be implemented. I can only assume the developer hit a wall at that point, though there's no way to know for sure since there's been no news ever since.
But as for what happened to it, developer updates stopped right around the time the CPU cars were due to be implemented. I can only assume the developer hit a wall at that point, though there's no way to know for sure since there's been no news ever since.
The publisher had been showing the game, or at least a game, with the new name at closed-door events, and that was years ago now. The publisher really ought to say something, anything at all, even if it's a completely different game.
Man, that would be scummy as all hell. Then again, there would probably be a legal battle over a move like that. But since it's one dude vs a company, the original dev might be better off cutting his losses. As for Nicalis, I can't possibly tell where they stand in all this. They're the ones who stand to gain from releasing the game.
Since the thread was bumped recently, I'll pop in and bump it again versus making a new thread.
Yesterday, on April Fool's Day, Nicalis tweeted this.
Hours later, they tweeted this.
They also tweeted some other things about other subjects, but as a backer of T90AR who has felt like they're yelling into the void for years with no response, naturally this one stuck out to me. As of yet, there's no clarification on whether this is the real thing, if it was a joke and all the tweets were real things, etc.
Whether the tweet is real and it's actually coming, or whether it's not real, this has struck me as a profoundly shitty way to break the silence on this game. This is a game that was funded on Kickstarter over 6 years ago, with its last update on that page from Nov. 1st, 2015. A game they've apparently rebranded, changed systems for, and have barely whispered its new name since. This just sucks. If there's some pending litigation preventing anyone from talking, I can understand when those details finally escape, but at the moment this has just opened the wound again.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/editorial/50186/nicalis-2019s-april-fool
This article came about as a result, obviously a tweet I made is in it as I got in contact with the author over this very issue (just as a disclaimer or w/e in case it's necessary), but it puts things nicely as a refresher or introduction for people who are unaware. This debacle hasn't been given much coverage so I wanted to include it as well.
Yesterday, on April Fool's Day, Nicalis tweeted this.
Hours later, they tweeted this.
They also tweeted some other things about other subjects, but as a backer of T90AR who has felt like they're yelling into the void for years with no response, naturally this one stuck out to me. As of yet, there's no clarification on whether this is the real thing, if it was a joke and all the tweets were real things, etc.
Whether the tweet is real and it's actually coming, or whether it's not real, this has struck me as a profoundly shitty way to break the silence on this game. This is a game that was funded on Kickstarter over 6 years ago, with its last update on that page from Nov. 1st, 2015. A game they've apparently rebranded, changed systems for, and have barely whispered its new name since. This just sucks. If there's some pending litigation preventing anyone from talking, I can understand when those details finally escape, but at the moment this has just opened the wound again.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/editorial/50186/nicalis-2019s-april-fool
This article came about as a result, obviously a tweet I made is in it as I got in contact with the author over this very issue (just as a disclaimer or w/e in case it's necessary), but it puts things nicely as a refresher or introduction for people who are unaware. This debacle hasn't been given much coverage so I wanted to include it as well.
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