Monthly Archive for December, 2009

Perhaps this story is true, it may be a marketing campaign on steroids, the fact is that Dark Void Zero will be a reality in 2010 and a proof that retro gaming is still ever-present in the video games industry.

Capcom as one of the companies with a major legacy retro bet it is normal for this type of initiative (similar to Mega Man 9 and 10) and will definitely get positive results with this new title.

It is the transcript of the press release:

As the '80s Were drawing to a close, the developers at Capcom Began work on a top secret project That Aimed to set new standards for the platformer genre. That game was called "Dark Rift", and it blended the intense shooting action of Section Z ™ with the latest innovations in platform jumping from Mega Man ​​Properly In order to Fulfill the producer's vision for Dark Rift (later renamed Dark Void), the hardware engineering team at Capcom was enlisted to design and produce an all-new chipset That would be included in every cartridge, enabling huge numbers of sprites and never-before-seen special effects to be displayed on the aging NES ® platform and the PlayChoice- 10 NES arcade cabinet.

Alas, time waits for no man and game developers are the exception. The dawn of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System ® made ​​the additional hardware Requirements for Dark Void redundant. Capcom suspended development on Dark Void As It Began to Evaluate the SNES. Before long, the game was shelved and drifted into the annals of gaming history. Even the internal tape-based archives Were lost due to an unfortunate incident magnet Which even today is best left un-discussed. Dark Void Became a legendary "lost project" at Capcom ... until now.

Nearly twenty years later the next gen version of the game, Dark Void, is back on the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC! But to commemorate the game's humble origins, Capcom has commissioned this recreation of the original 8-bit classic, now re-titled "Dark Void Zero," on the DSi platform. You play Rusty, the first human born in the Void, who must take on the Watchers in the quest to stop Their domination of Earth. With the aid of Nikola Tesla, and his state-of-the-art rocket pack, Rusty must take down the Watchers and Their minions across three levels of intense action and intrigue.

Dark Void Zero come to the Nintendo DSi Shop for 500 points in January 2010.