Bringing retro games to modern consoles may sound like a snap, but it's a more complicated task than you might think.
Retro games are back in fashion. Over the past several years, many developers have made a name for themselves by releasing high-quality remasters, collections, or ports of gaming classics. These retro revivals go above and beyond, adding quality-of-life visual and gameplay enhancements and featuring museums full of information on the games’ creation. These rereleases do a net good for the video game industry, but there’s a catch for developers: They require proprietary technology.
KEX Engine – Nightdive Studios Nightdive Studios has made a name for itself over the past several years with remasters of first-person shooter classics. Its most recent release is Killing Time Remastered. In an interview following the release of Doom + Doom II, Larry Kuperman, Nightdive’s director of business development, explained that the studio’s vision for its remasters is that they “should look and feel the way you remember the original game looking and feeling.
Syrup Engine – Implicit Conversions Implicit Conversions, best known for its work on the PS Plus rereleases of classic PlayStation titles, is also making an emulation engine of its own. It’s called Syrup Engine, and a game using it just came out this week. That game is Micro Mages, which was originally designed for NES, but is now available on PlayStation 5, with added online game lobbies using rollback networks, rumble and widescreen support, and more, all thanks to Syrup Engine.
Eclipse Engine – Digital Eclipse Digital Eclipse is known for its Gold Master series of video game collections, which also serve as interactive exhibits that provide historical context for the featured games. To achieve this, Digital Eclipse uses an engine it calls Bakesale internally .
Carbon Engine – Limited Run Games Limited Run Games is a company at the epicenter of modern physical releases and revivals of retro classics. In recent years, it’s made a more active effort to get into game development and publishing, restoring series like Rocket Knight for publishers with a vast back catalog of retro games like Konami.
Carbon Engine Digital Eclipse Doom + Doom II Eclipse Engine Implicit Conversions KEX Engine Limited Run Games Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story Micro Mages Nightdive Studios Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked Syrup Engine Tomba! Special Edition
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