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| Review by PJ Hruschak |
Reviving old properties is an effective way to try and cash in on nostalgia. Case-in-point is Capcom's recent release of DuckTales Remastered, a modern-day makeover given to a late-1980s game based on the popular animated television series.
OLD IS NEW AGAIN
The original, simply titled DuckTales, was a virtual masterpiece of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) era. It included relatively innovative design elements including (semi) non-linear gameplay and multiple endings based on your stats. It was also able to escape the curse of licensed products in that it was actually an enjoyable experience while being faithful to Disney. (Unheard of, I know.)
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| A look at the classic game. |
When we hear something has been "remastered," that typically means original elements were re-recorded - often visual and/or audio - to give the purest, closest to the original experience possible, fixing issues that crept into the version consumers experiences.
For video games, however, remastering really means replacing, re-doing or otherwise recreating with more modern techniques. Often this means simply adding polygons and rendering things out at a higher resolution (and maybe adding some sound effect and a better compression algorithm for the audio).
For DuckTales Remastered, however, Capcom, has taken a much, much more aggressive approach.
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