Rastan - Another teased [UPDATE] to a fabulous WIP Amiga 500 and above Arcade game!

Amiga gamers here's a news story that doesn't feature any AI, and it's BasementApe's upcoming ambitious fan-made conversion of Taito’s 1987 arcade hit Rastan for the Commodore Amiga. Widely considered one of the definitive fantasy action-platformers of its era, the classic hack-and-slash title is being lovingly rebuilt for the platform by basementApe. This non-commercial passion project introduces completely re-worked character sprites and entirely re-imagined background environments. Remarkably, the engine is optimized to run smoothly on a stock Amiga 500 equipped with just a standard 512kb RAM expansion, successfully capturing the heavy-hitting atmosphere of the original arcade cabinet.

A Beat 'em up platformer is in the works by Basement Ape for the Amiga

A bit of a short news story for this one, as trawling through Facebook, we've found out through Earok who created the Scorpion Engine, that Basement Ape is working on what looks to be a new beat 'em up platformer for the Commodore Amiga, using yes you guessed it, the Scorpion Engine. While there is very little to go on, and the game doesn't even have a name yet, you can at least check out the early footage below, and the details from Earok himself.