Jeff Minter, the reclusive designer of trippy, unique game games like Tempest 2000, Space Giraffe, and also Polybius, has actually revealed his following task: a “hypnotic new wave shooter” (shock!) called Akka Arrh, being available in very early 2023 to Atari VCS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and also 5, Windows COMPUTER, and also Xbox Series X.
Akka Arrh rejoins Minter with Atari, the business with which he worked together on Tempest 2000, his scorching 1994 reimagining of the 1981 vector-graphic gamegame Tempest Minter and also Atari later on befalled, and also the business effectively blocked the release of his spiritual follow up TxK on some systems. But it appears present Atari boss Wade Rosen has actually covered points up with the fabulous programmer.
Akka Arrh, explained by the news release as “a chaotic explosion of synthwave madness” and also “a frenzied kaleidoscope of neon insanity,” is an adjustment of an incredibly rare 1982 Atari arcade cabinet— a model that was evaluated however never ever totally launched after gamers located it as well tough. Only 3 initial Akka Arrh closets are recognized to exist, however the game was lately offered as component of the 2022 collection Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration.
Minter, that resides in a remote location of country Wales and also has actually been making games because he was a teenager in the very early 1980s, seeks to have actually supercharged this vintage curio with his hallmark bleary acid-trip visuals, casual wit, and also disorderly power. It’s not his very first time adjusting a fabulous shed game game, either– although the motivation for Polybius, his 2017 virtual reality shooter, remained in reality an entirely fictional urban legend.
.Source: Polygon
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