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(Update: Super Mario ESB!) ANOTHER batch of back-catalog games 24 Aug, 2009 / Comments: 36

By Kroms


LucasArts has gotten really good at that forgotten artform - the holdout. Their newest tease: "Got a back-catalog announcement on Monday. It's not X-Wing! I'm heading THAT rumor off at the pass!".

Interesting. Let's see which of the "heritage titles" will soon make their way to a new generation of gamers such as myself, and shine a light on their dark and lonely world.

Update: And it's Super Star Wars (original trilogy) heading to your Wii via Virtual Console! Anyone play these games? Never heard of them before; satisfy my curiosity. There's also this "Check Mii Out" channel, where you get to submit Mii versions of Star Wars characters; and the "Everybody Votes" channel, where you can stick it to the man and prove that you know it, we all know it: Han shot first.

JP Update: Super Star Wars is out TODAY on Wi Virtual Console (North America).

JP Update 2: Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back has now been released on Wii's Virtual Console service in North America. Still no word on when these LucasArts games will hit PAL territories.
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  • Udvarnoky on 11 Aug, 2009, 00:11…
    Alright, now let's get NES Maniac Mansion and Zombies Ate My Neighbors up there, please.
  • Giygas on 11 Aug, 2009, 00:55…
    And Zak for the C64!
  • clone2727 on 11 Aug, 2009, 11:29…
    And Loom TG16 and MI1 SegaCD and MM C64!
  • Giygas on 11 Aug, 2009, 12:43…
    And Labyrinth C64!
  • elTee on 11 Aug, 2009, 19:13…
    I think they should also start shippin arcade cabinets of those games from the 80s. And that one from the 90s where the joystick controlled a lightsabre against Darth Vader. Everyone would buy those, right?
  • Melancholick on 10 Aug, 2009, 22:12…
    Well... to answer the question regarding your curiosity, Krom, SSW is regarded as one of the finest platforming /action titles to grace the early 16-bit era.

    That said, I don't believe that it's aged that well. It's a hectic, sloppy shoot-em'-up that takes quite a few liberties with the source material; back in 199-whatever, it was mind-blowing to witness a game that actually took the Star Wars license and tuned it up to 11 and a half, but after years of KOTOR, Rogue Squadron and Masters of the Teras Kasai (HE WENT THERE.), its charm is mostly nostalgic.

    But that's just me.
  • Capn_Nacho on 10 Aug, 2009, 23:24…
    Masters of Teras Kasai=THE ULTIMATE GAME
  • jp-30 on 10 Aug, 2009, 22:23…
    There's more info in the < href="http://www.mixnmojo.com/php/site/gamedb.php?gameid=65">Mojo Database too.
  • jp-30 on 10 Aug, 2009, 22:24…
    Damn you lack of preview / edit / normal markup.

    Link
  • The Tingler on 11 Aug, 2009, 08:07…
    Yeah. I was hoping for more than just one game out of this, and out of all the games I would've wanted Super Star Wars wouldn't be on the list. Rogue Squadron and Shadows of the Empire would both be higher on a Star Wars Virtual Console list.
  • clone2727 on 11 Aug, 2009, 11:33…
    Mmmm... Shadows of the Empire. Too bad the PC version is very glitchy. I too was hoping for SotE and Rogue Squadron over all the others (minus perhaps the SCUMM games :P).
  • jp-30 on 11 Aug, 2009, 09:02…
    Well there are 3 games in this announcement - and it's a step in the right direction to getting more on console DLC services.
  • Melancholick on 11 Aug, 2009, 14:45…
    "Well there are 3 games in this announcement - and it's a step in the right direction to getting more on console DLC services."

    That's a good point, though the overall quality of the SSW titles got weirder and worse as the series went on, unfortunately. The best that can be said is that once SESB and SROTJ are out of the way, the auction block is clear for some titles that aren't getting by on the fumes of nostalgia.

    Like Defenders of Dynatron City.
  • hierohero on 10 Aug, 2009, 20:54…
    biggest let down ever..that twitter lucasarts guy is a real tease.. thought this was gonna be something big
  • SurplusGamer on 11 Aug, 2009, 11:28…
    Well, at least he's human. I'd rather listen to human PR that sometimes overstates things than robotic PR that says nothing of value. I'm looking at YOU, ***CENSORED***.
  • jp-30 on 10 Aug, 2009, 21:35…
    LucasArts games on Wii's Virtual Console / Wiiware service is pretty big news (even if the launch title's aren't everyone's cup of tea).
  • Scapetti on 10 Aug, 2009, 18:01…
    So are you going to update the post with the news of the Super Star Wars releases on VC ;) 'bout time they got on VC, now waiting for ZAMN which seems more probable now
  • Capn_Nacho on 10 Aug, 2009, 23:24…
    Seriously!
  • elTee on 08 Aug, 2009, 17:20…
    Obscure LucasArts game
  • Udvarnoky on 08 Aug, 2009, 17:07…
    Paul Parkranger & the Mystery of the Disappearing Ducks
  • QueZTone on 08 Aug, 2009, 14:33…
    Super Bombad Racing
  • Giygas on 08 Aug, 2009, 14:38…
    Speaking of which, anybody know why that was LucasLearning?
  • spotisdabombyo on 09 Aug, 2009, 00:00…
    Because it taught what "buyer's remorse" means?
  • Glo_kidd on 11 Aug, 2009, 17:13…
    just wanted to say this comment is gold
  • Haggis on 08 Aug, 2009, 10:43…
    I'm still hoping for Habitat. :P
  • The Tingler on 08 Aug, 2009, 10:03…
    If it's Knights of the Old Republic 1 or 2 I'll be annoyed, as I've just bought both of them!!
  • jp-30 on 08 Aug, 2009, 10:06…
    Uhh, you'd still have to buy them if they are on steam. So, you have a box, disc and manual.
  • The Tingler on 08 Aug, 2009, 14:23…
    Huh? What I meant was I just bought both of them boxed because I wanted to play them again, so I will annoyed if they show up on Steam next week because they're a bugger to get working properly.
  • hierohero on 08 Aug, 2009, 08:59…
    I'm hoping for Sam and max hit the road:SE surely with telltales releases thus would make the most sense
  • GodzillaX8 on 08 Aug, 2009, 19:27…
    That would require them to have the rights to the characters, which they don't. The only thing they can do with Hit the Road without involving Telltale would be a Steam re-release.
  • jp-30 on 08 Aug, 2009, 22:23…
    Who knows what provions for 'future enhanced editions' are in the original contract between LucasArts and Purcell?
  • GodzillaX8 on 08 Aug, 2009, 23:30…
    Considering they had to replace Sam and Max in MI:SE with Tentacle, I'm assuming they don't have those kinds of rights on anything.
  • The Tingler on 11 Aug, 2009, 08:05…
    They have the rights to the original game, but they can't update it to a Special Edition. It's an art thing - the Monkey Head in SOMI:SE counts as 'new art', and no one apart from Steve Purcell and his licensors can draw Sam & Max.

    So, Hit The Road could be on Steam, but it won't get a Special Edition.
  • jp-30 on 08 Aug, 2009, 08:36…
    Warth Unleashed. Woo
  • Melancholick on 08 Aug, 2009, 07:46…
    The long-overdue reboot of the Big Sky Trooper franchise!
  • woxel1 on 08 Aug, 2009, 07:05…
    Mortimer and the Riddles of the Medallion. I'm calling it right now.