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One Of The Rarest SNES Games Ever Is Making A Comeback​

Ziggurat hoovers up "more than 80" Rainbow Arts titles

Ziggurat Interactive has just announced that it has inked a deal that gives it the rights to "more than 80 titles" originally owned by famed '80s and '90s developer and publisher Rainbow Arts.

Founded in Germany in 1984 by Marc Ullrich and Thomas Meiertoberens, Rainbow Arts produced several games for the Commodore 64 and Commodore Amiga, with Logical, Lollypop, X-Out and Mad TV being some of the most notable. Rainbow Arts also published the Turrican series, but those games are not believed to be part of this agreement.

Out of Rainbow Arts' catalogue, it's Rendering Ranger: R2, an insanely rare 1995 Super Famicom title, which is perhaps most well-known amongst Nintendo fans. Designed by the legendary Manfred Trenz (Great Giana Sisters, Katakis, Turrican), Rendering Ranger: R2 makes heavy use of CGI visuals and is best described as a mix of Contra and Turrican.

Only 10,000 copies were ever made, and the game was exclusive to Japan at the time of release. Rendering Ranger: R2 – also known as Targa – is one of the titles included in the Ziggurat deal, and the company has promised an update on its plans for the game "later this spring".

Michael Devine, SVP of Business Development at Ziggurat Interactive, had this to say about the deal:

We are incredibly pleased to add a number of significant games from Rainbow Arts to Ziggurat’s growing catalogue of historic games. Rainbow Arts was a premiere and iconic European video game publisher of the ‘80s and ‘90s. Each game released during that time frame – mainly made for the C64, Amiga, and PC – evokes memories of 16-bit wonders, colorful graphics, and playful challenges the moment you see the rainbow logo appear. We can’t wait to revitalise these games and share them with today's classic gaming fans.

We reviewed Rendering Ranger: R2 in 2016, giving it an impressive 9/10. We said:

Rendering Ranger: R2 is a labour of love from a small and dedicated team that spent nearly three years making the Super Famicom do things people assumed impossible. It's a lovely hybrid of a regular run and gun game and superb shmup. It looks absolutely incredible with detailed backgrounds and bosses up to three screens tall, the controls respond flawlessly and as previously stated, there is no perceivable slowdown anywhere to be found. A technical masterpiece that is much more than just eye candy and a great way to prove that the Super Famicom could indeed handle shmups as easily as the Mega Drive or PC Engine in the hands of the right developers.

Do you think we'll see a digital release of Rendering Ranger: R2, or a remaster?




Source: Nintendo Life

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[blacktout]

Oh man, fuck yes. I've been wanting to play this but don't have the time or energy to screw around with emulators anymore. Hopefully it ends up on the eShop for ten bucks.

 

[ArthriticZombie]

Rendering Ranger is absolutely amazing. SNESDrunk did a great video on it.

 

[sinnergy]

I have this on my full sized arcade

 

[Fools idol]

I found a mint copy of this in an old lady's yard sale once in a box of 'videogame stuff' her grandson left behind for college for like $25 and I didnt buy it cause the console had no cables with it, biggest regret ever, that was probably worth a small fortune

 

[KungFucius]

Looks interesting. I'd play it. Heck I might emulate it if I can be arsed to get a SNES emulator running.

 

[Porcile]

That city level is absolutely insane

 

[Clear]

Umm that's just an off-brand Turrican lol.

Hey Manfred Trenz did it himself so its legit, but damn that's a lot of recycled code/assets !

 

[Polelock]

One Of The Rarest SNES Games Ever Is Making A Comeback​

Ziggurat hoovers up "more than 80" Rainbow Arts titles

Ziggurat Interactive has just announced that it has inked a deal that gives it the rights to "more than 80 titles" originally owned by famed '80s and '90s developer and publisher Rainbow Arts.

Founded in Germany in 1984 by Marc Ullrich and Thomas Meiertoberens, Rainbow Arts produced several games for the Commodore 64 and Commodore Amiga, with Logical, Lollypop, X-Out and Mad TV being some of the most notable. Rainbow Arts also published the Turrican series, but those games are not believed to be part of this agreement.

Out of Rainbow Arts' catalogue, it's Rendering Ranger: R2, an insanely rare 1995 Super Famicom title, which is perhaps most well-known amongst Nintendo fans. Designed by the legendary Manfred Trenz (Great Giana Sisters, Katakis, Turrican), Rendering Ranger: R2 makes heavy use of CGI visuals and is best described as a mix of Contra and Turrican.

Only 10,000 copies were ever made, and the game was exclusive to Japan at the time of release. Rendering Ranger: R2 – also known as Targa – is one of the titles included in the Ziggurat deal, and the company has promised an update on its plans for the game "later this spring".

Michael Devine, SVP of Business Development at Ziggurat Interactive, had this to say about the deal:



We reviewed Rendering Ranger: R2 in 2016, giving it an impressive 9/10. We said:



Do you think we'll see a digital release of Rendering Ranger: R2, or a remaster?




Source: Nintendo Life

I've never heard of this, it looks amazing!

 

[Rayderism]

Hmm....just looked.....I have this in SNES9x.

 

[Neo_GAF]

i dont want a simple remaster or port.
they should re-res the game, pimp it up, implement some modes and maybe a better character model etc.
especially commodore games have not aged well. i wonder if they simply make them a quick cashgrab or actually invest some money to make them more appealing. i loved a lof of games back in the 80s and 90s but man, i would not touch them today.

 

[RAIDEN1]

Apparently this was one of the games that ran the SNES to its limits...