At least NCSoft isn't *THIS* bad. (A game from 25 years ago just got released)

Started by Blackgrue, June 01, 2015, 09:19:09 AM

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Blackgrue

June 01, 2015, 09:19:09 AM
Thought some people might get a kick out of this. A top-down logic-puzzle game from 1995 (Chip's Challenge 2) just got released on Steam after 25 years of negotiations with the company that held its rights and wouldn't release the bloody thing.

NCSoft are terrible but I doubt they'd hold out that long. A review of the product and more details can be found by following this well-crafted link.
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#1
June 01, 2015, 01:02:52 PM
Nice history lesson for this game.
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#2
June 01, 2015, 01:59:36 PM
Quote from: gruegirl on June 01, 2015, 09:19:09 AM
Thought some people might get a kick out of this. A top-down logic-puzzle game from 1995 (Chip's Challenge 2) just got released on Steam after 25 years of negotiations with the company that held its rights and wouldn't release the bloody thing.

NCSoft are terrible but I doubt they'd hold out that long. A review of the product and more details can be found by following this well-crafted link.
This is far from only such case. Take System Shock and System Shock 2 for example.
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#3
June 01, 2015, 02:41:58 PM
Quote from: gruegirl on June 01, 2015, 09:19:09 AM
Thought some people might get a kick out of this. A top-down logic-puzzle game from 1995 (Chip's Challenge 2) just got released on Steam after 25 years of negotiations with the company that held its rights and wouldn't release the bloody thing.

NCSoft are terrible but I doubt they'd hold out that long. A review of the product and more details can be found by following this well-crafted link.

Well, at least we have a timeline between now and 24 years now.

duane

#4
June 01, 2015, 03:39:28 PM
A little longer than the Kings Quest reboot

LaughingAlex

#5
June 01, 2015, 04:09:55 PM
The difference is between a game with to my knowledge almost no publicity released in a time where publicity was nearly impractical to get and a game that had a ton of publicity and is still fresh in the minds of many people.

Course, if CO shut down, i'd expect the next game for the champions ip to take 25 years to release because I'm sure the fanboys of the last game will actually prove to be a complete hinderance to that IP's return.  They are the complete opposite of us.

Edit: With 25 years being the soonest as odds are good that games community will have to die of old age before the champions IP is free of their corruption and mass troll problems.
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#6
June 02, 2015, 03:22:59 AM
Quote from: The Fifth Horseman on June 01, 2015, 01:59:36 PM
This is far from only such case. Take System Shock and System Shock 2 for example.

Let us also remember the 15 years it took for DUKE NUKEM FOREVER to be finally released.
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June 02, 2015, 03:28:18 AM
Quote from: Sinistar on June 02, 2015, 03:22:59 AM
Let us also remember the 15 years it took for DUKE NUKEM FOREVER to be finally released.

Ugh, don't mention that game, it's among the worst of all time, up there with Dai Katana and ET.
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#8
June 02, 2015, 05:36:20 AM
Well, look at things this way.  This could be about the release/discovery of a working Polybius cabinet.

Sinistar

#9
June 02, 2015, 05:52:10 PM
Quote from: LaughingAlex on June 02, 2015, 03:28:18 AM
Ugh, don't mention that game, it's among the worst of all time, up there with Dai Katana and ET.

I thought it was fun to play.  Granted not worth waiting 15 years for of course

As to E.T., I suggest watching the documentary Atari: Game Over.  It was very illuminating about what really caused the downfall of Atari and also showed the excavation of the landfill and what was in it.

Dai Katana: Truly an awful game, Romero deserved all the flak he received over it.
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#10
June 02, 2015, 09:28:26 PM
If it makes any difference to anyone I once saw a bear.

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#11
June 03, 2015, 02:21:37 AM
Quote from: Baja on June 02, 2015, 09:28:26 PM
If it makes any difference to anyone I once saw a bear.

I once saw a bear up in a fir tree in the woods and it sky shat while it was there, forever answering that question.
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#12
June 05, 2015, 09:09:40 PM
Quote from: Remaugen on June 03, 2015, 02:21:37 AM
I once saw a bear up in a fir tree in the woods and it sky shat while it was there, forever answering that question.
So what's the answer? Is he Catholic or not?
:P

Blackout

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June 05, 2015, 10:46:19 PM
Quote from: Remaugen on June 03, 2015, 02:21:37 AM
I once saw a bear up in a fir tree in the woods and it sky shat while it was there, forever answering that question.

...Sky shat?...0_0

Remaugen

#14
June 05, 2015, 11:37:11 PM
I was trying to politely say he crapped in the air while up a tree and it did indeed drop into the forest, shaped like clockwise curlicues. (Which I assume is like the Catholics do it!)
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#15
June 06, 2015, 05:47:01 AM
Quote from: Sinistar on June 02, 2015, 03:22:59 AM
Let us also remember the 15 years it took for DUKE NUKEM FOREVER to be finally released.

That wasn't because of any publisher shenanigans, though. That was all down to an incompetent developer who didn't know when it was time to lock down a feature set and couldn't settle on which bloody engine he wanted to use.

People like that shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a computer.

FloatingFatMan

#16
June 06, 2015, 05:47:58 AM
Quote from: Baja on June 02, 2015, 09:28:26 PM
If it makes any difference to anyone I once saw a bear.

Was it taking a poop in the woods? :P

Baja

#17
June 06, 2015, 07:46:40 AM
Quote from: FloatingFatMan on June 06, 2015, 05:47:58 AM
Was it taking a poop in the woods? :P

If it was I'd turn my back in awkwardness. Watching an animal take a crap is like having a stranger walk into your bathroom to watch you do your business then leave. It's a lose lose situation.

FloatingFatMan

#18
June 06, 2015, 08:18:23 AM
Quote from: Baja on June 06, 2015, 07:46:40 AM
If it was I'd turn my back in awkwardness. Watching an animal take a crap is like having a stranger walk into your bathroom to watch you do your business then leave. It's a lose lose situation.

Duuude...

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/does_a_bear_shit_in_the_woods

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