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This 30-year-old Game Boy platformer is getting a colourised PC makeoverTrip World DX is coming back after three decades
Trip World DX is coming back after three decades
Carboncast Episode 1 | Limited Run GamesWatch on YouTube
Carboncast Episode 1 | Limited Run Games
The re-release, Trip World DX, includes the original game in all its 8-bit glory, alongside a fully colourised version and a banging remastered soundtrack. A museum mode also contains design documents, video interviews with the original devs, box scans, and other never-before-seen stuff that, let’s face it, should really be included in every remaster, remake, and re-release.
What’s more interesting, to me at least, is how Trip World DX came about, and what’s next. Trip World DX is returning thanks to the Carbon Engine, a development tool that “uses emulation as a base” to help studios bring old games onto modern systems. The engine was previously used to bring back the very first Shantae game and beat ‘em upRiver City Girls Zerojust last year. The clue’s in the name: the tool is used to create carbon copies of old games, with a little extra sprinkled on top. Limited Run say it’s used for games “that are rare, highly sought-after, or otherwise no longer available.”
Limited Run say “we’re losing history on a daily basis,” which led to them trying to preserve games such as Trip World. Yakopoo’s journey won’t be the only revival, though, as they tease some “shocking” reveals coming over the next year in their Carboncast video. Any form of game preservation is a plus, and I’m excited to see what other weird things get pulled out of limbo.
Like Shantae and River City Girls Zero before it, Trip World DX will release digitally too, but if you want a physical copy, you’ll need to order oneherebefore June 11th on PC, Switch, PlayStation, and best of all, Game Boy and Game Boy Colour. There’s unfortunately no word on an actual release date yet, though.
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