Epyx returns on Wii, PSP, DS

its been exactly four years since this announcement and.....nothing.

Where does it say they won't be released in the U.S.?

OMG....no...oh this sucks!! I saw The Last Ninja and Impossible Mission mentioned in Retro Gamer..I was sooooo excited! Two of my favorite games ever on the C64, being remade for DS/PSP! I miss my C64: these games, Jumpman, Zork, the Apshai series, WAsteland, The Ultima games, M.U.L.E., Castle Wolfenstein, Jet Set Willy, Elvira... So, still doing a happy dance, I come to my PC, and find...that...there is NO planned release for the USA. :( NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! *sobs*

Cant wait, this has tobe one of the very first games i ever played for the PC. it was so hard but so fun!

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Nothing beats c64 game not even real people since the games were so damn hard to finish, but it make it worth you money at the time :). People today who just use cheat codes to run thru a game won't be doing that here, cause back in the day you had to use good ol skill...something that the new gamers are lacking. P.S Pitstop I&II have just been added to the list , and since c64 have over 10,000 games or so last time i checked they can keep adding them forever.

"Four words: PC, C64 emulator, originals." Doesn't this kind of make it you know, illegal?

great news hopefully wont mess them up kike street figher on the 360, i really hope the last ninja c64 music is inculed its some of the best!

WOW this is great news, i've played all those games to death. (yup that makes me old, i know) My last ninja 3 was busted so i never finished it, and now i finally get another chance. Hopefully they have also accuired the rights for a new last ninja, since number 4 was cancelled a few years ago. or how about the old Metal gears for the msx on the DS how cool would that be!! Are you listening Konami?? I know these were included in the metal gear solid 3 substance game but it would be soooo sweet on the DS. Top screen could be used for the communication and if you use the binoculars for example.

Im so happy to hear this :D The Last Ninja games were, and still are, some of the most beautifully crafted games ever. They were my favourite C64 games and always blew me away. I feel so happy System 3 are back together

I would like to see the game Chip's Challenge on the Virtual Consol... yes i know this was random.

sounds cool. i've no experience, except this story, with the game, but i'm interested

This is great. Now how about porting the Eye Of The Beholder series over to the DS?

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Sorry, the game seems to be new for me.

lol! yes! i wanna play hackysack on my DS!

Impossible Mission!!!!! SWEEEEEET! I can't wait to pick up a copy of that game.... then again... it could turn out to be just another game that once held a certain glory but now is just happy thoughts...

good to hear that!!!

man this makes me happy to see a lot of people and companys are focusing on game play and not the graphics all these games were good and look how they still hold up to the current gen games it be nice to see some old favs remade like crono trigger or soul blazer or blasting master so these lost kiddies game see what good games are made of

I find it interesting that anyone under the age of 28 would be as fascinated by this story as me. My joystick for my old IBM 8088 clone was the XJ. Only piece of Epyx hardware, if you don't count the Atari Lynx. Man...I'm old....

played california games many a years ago. be fun to see how good i still am at it.

I wasted so much time with California Games for the NES. I never could figure out how to do well with the skateboarding, though.

great

Bizarre.

very good news...I loved those games back in the day

more good news for me and Nintendo Wii

Sweet CG PSP would be great.

California Games. Nice. The surfing game is still the best surfing game done yet. Simple to pick up, hard to master, and fun.

Epyx...now there's a name I haven't heard of in a long time. They were one of the best producers of software in the early days of the pc, and they really hit their stride on the 64 (Commodore that is). Hopefully the games will be masterfully redone without screwing them up.

I remeber all these i got nowhere on all of them.

"I don.t understand why old games keep getting revamped " Then you're either too young or you got into gaming after these games. Otherwise the nostalgia and simplicity of the games would mean a lot more to you. I admit some do not need revival, but others such as SF2, and Galaga are pretty sweet on Live Marketplace. I'd probably buy Battletoads if that came out too ;)

I don.t understand why old games keep getting revamped

Loved California Games! I forgot about the UFO. Played the PC port and I remember the surfing was really hard. I mastered every game except for surfing. I have could even do the fancy moves on the hackey sack.

I'd like to play them good ol' Thalamus games on my PSP... Like Clyde Radcliff in Creatures i & ii... What about Citadel, one of my alltime favourites on the C64... Kickstart would be nice, just think of it racing down those tricky circuites and 2player modes, and the possibility to share tracks (if a track editor would be included) across the wifi connection... Man, I miss 'em those good ol' days n all that, but not the cassette deck though... Luckily I had a diskette station and a Final Cartridge 3 for my C64 system :)

Does anyone remember the boxed Last Ninja with ninja face mask and a plastic throwing star? Did they expect us to wear it while we played?

man i miss my comadore 64. i think when i go home tonight i am going to dig it out of my storage and plug that baby in. show my gf the glory of old school games.

WOO HOO. Man I love them games. I didn't realise there were so many old people like me here. All the kids must be wondering what the fuss is all about. "destroy him, my robots!" Impossible Mission was great. Platform action with puzzle solving. Trying to search an item before the robot came back and zapped you. So much cooler than it sounds. Californian Games, Surfing and the Bean Bag were my favourites but dont forget the halfpipe and BMX events. Take that Neversoft. Last Ninja. If you've never had to dip a chicken leg in opium to fed to a jaguar to knock him out then you've missed out. Truly ground breaking and the graphics were incredible. (at the time.)

What is Nintendo turning into the New "GUNIT">>>(For all You Rap Fans =)) They are taking old talents and revamping them into well sometimes good stuff sometimes bad stuff. PS Fifty has a GUNIT Nintendo DS....is the whole world going NINTECRAZY....HELPPPPPPPPPPP

I never had commadore 64 (too poor) but i would hold that last ninja box in the store and jsut stare at the back!

mkreku, they do need to bring back Wasteland. They need to bring back that kind of game and they need to do so soon.

The Last Ninja was groundbreaking when it came out. The Last Ninja 2 was bigger, better and prettier. But then Last Ninja 3 came.. it has fancier graphics, but was buggy, boring and not at all as good as the first two. I think it was made by another team of coders also. The Impossible Mission games. The first one is a true classic. Basic graphics (except the fantastic animations of the main character), really difficult puzzles and unforgiving gameplay. The second was, of course, bigger, had better graphics but lacked the amazing gameplay of the original. I wish they would remake the old Gold Box games too! I absolutely loved Pool of Radiance, although the series interface got better as the series continued to develop. So a Pool of Radiance with spoken dialogue, real 3D in the cities (it had step-by-step 3D), and the more advanced GUI of the later games would be awesome. Unfortunately, Wizards of the Coast would never allow a 2E game to be released today, so it would have to be converted into the crappy 3.5E instead. That's what kills the project. I would love a Wasteland on any of the handhelds too.. something which is equally doomed to never happen since InXile Entertainment owns the rights to that name now.

WOW!!! Can;t believe it! Epyx "is back"!! Sadly I only have a Ps2 And a 360... No plans to buy the Wii on a DS or PSP...

I'll be alright with a new California games as long as they don't license "The Thong Song" for it.

sweet, my mom got rid of my C64, last year, it was a sad day, but this news brings me hope that other c64 games will be released, come on Bubble Bobble and Carman Sandigo.

I would love to see G.I. Joe for the C64 come to the Wii. That was a great game (minus the load times) But people should stop counting VC games as launch games, or actual Wii library. They're nice for sure, but it's nothing new and you really could play them on your old system.

Ahh...Impossible Mission and Last Ninja. Brings back memories.

Karjah "holy crap. Is it just me or does it almost seem like half dead companies are now even rising from the grave and joining nintendo. I smell necromancy afoot." HA! Necromancy........outstanding. :)

I think I was too young to understand what to do in Impossible Mission the last time I played it. But I do remember that voice. Wow, that was cool! Anyway, this is definetly gonna be in my DS as soon as it comes out.

I'd love to see a new california games with some cool party/multiplayer games in it.

Cant they make their own games? im fed up or remakes or "classics", i want creativity in the games, especially with the psp theres hardly any original games worth playing.