In what could also be one of many extra fascinating tales you learn at present, Konami has simply introduced that after a yr they’ve chosen the winner of their contest that might carry again one in every of their outdated IP’s. Takumi Naramura, the grand prize winner and the La-Mulana director of each the primary and second video games, has determined to revive The Maze of Galious. While we have coated contests earlier than, this grand prize result’s positively one thing new. Let’s take a better take a look at this, lets?

What is The Maze of Galious?

The Maze of Galious was initially launched in 1987 for the MSX house pc. It later went on to encourage titles corresponding to La-Mulana and Unepic, and may maybe finest be described as a “platform-adventure recreation”. In The Maze of Galious, gamers management two characters which have two completely different skills, with one with the ability to push stones and heavy doorways whereas the opposite can survive longer underwater and shoot extra projectiles. There are ten worlds hidden all through the sport, and every stage can have gamers combating enemies and defeating bosses whereas additionally amassing gadgets and power-ups.

The contest ran from September thirtieth final yr to January sixth this yr, and individuals have been instructed that the theme of the competition was the planning and improvement of “new ‘motion video games’ and ‘capturing video games’ primarily based on Konami recreation software program”, which might’ve been something together with remakes, sequels, and much more. Basically, if Naramura had wished to solely use a selected character and create a recreation round that character, that might’ve been completely acceptable. For video games that creators wished to commercialize, Konami provided to take a position “30 million yen in improvement funds”, which is about $209K USD. Not all that a lot, nevertheless it’s so much higher than nothing.

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