Oct 16, 2007
Point and click. Inventory collections. Pixel hunting.
Depending on your age, those phrases either mean absolutely nothing, or they bring a nostalgic tear to your eye. Many of GamesRadar's editors grew up with the classic, item and story-driven adventure game, which is why the now dead and forgotten style was included in our recentTop 7 Genres We Want Back.
Well, we may have just received our wish. Today, the French developers of the PC point-and-click adventure Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle announced that they are bringing their creation to the Nintendo DS.
Substituting a mouse pointer with the stylus pen makes perfect sense... in fact, the idea is so obvious that semi-adventure Hotel Dusk and the Phoenix Wright series have already played around with it. Apparently, however, fitting an entire PC adventure game - with its detailed backgrounds, many cut scenes and complex character animations - is much harder. To see the developers demonstrate just how difficult the process is, followthis linkto the official website's behind-the-scenes video.
We'll be very interested to see how well the team pulls this port off. Their success could potentially unlock an entire library of old and beloved titles to a modern audience,merits of the mediocre PC version notwithstanding.
