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As we recently reported, Commodore (not that one, the other one) has just remade Taito's iconic 1988 platformer The NewZealand Story for Steam, and now that the game is available, we're seeing some early impressions hit the web – and they're far from promising.Ant / Tepidsnake has given an excellent breakdown of where the remake goes wrong, and it's quite a depressing thread."This is more a case of a game that's imitating an old game but with almost no understanding of how that old game works or what's good about it," begins the thread, before picking apart issues with collision detection, maps that haven't been changed to take into account new mechanics, missing elements from stages, hazards which blend with background detail and much, much more. Even the much-hyped new content fails to hit the mark."I know it's vague, but this remake is just soulless, not a soulful bone in its body," adds ...
SEGA Mania: "After our successful funding of Issue 9, we’re back with our 10th issue to celebrate our 5 year anniversary.Following Issue 9, this issue dives into the the second half of 1996 – the final twilight of the Mega Drive. We’re deep into the Saturn era and we'll be covering the last of the Mega Drive and 32X games before going full 32-bit in issue 11."
