NEW OLD PIXELS Signs Licensing Deal With Microids For The Legend Of JuJu Ports
A licensing deal aimed at original-code ports to hardware the game skipped in 1989 is a different kind of retro release than the 2018 remake, and it tests whether there is a market for cartridges and boards rather than emulated reissues.
Reporting from 1 source: 4Gamer.net.
NEW OLD PIXELS announced a licensing agreement with Microids covering The Legend of JuJu, the 1989 TAD arcade game known overseas as Toki. The plan is to port the original version to game consoles and computers it was not ported to at the time, rather than produce another remake. Specific platforms are undecided, though the company says it is evaluating multiple classic platforms built on Motorola 68000 and Zilog Z80 processors.
The agreement covers the 1989 TAD arcade game, whose protagonist JuJu is transformed into a monkey and sets out against Demon King Vookimedlo to win back Miho. It was ported to the Famicom in 1991 and the Mega Drive in 1992, and reached computers including the Amiga, Atari ST, and Commodore 64 overseas. A remake for then-current consoles followed in 2018. The new plan is to make the original version playable on hardware it was not ported to at the time.
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