News The most-delayed video game ever is finally out — Kien releases after 22 years for Game Boy Advance

[Admin]

Kien, an Italian video game from AgeOfGames has finally released 22 years after development began on the Game Boy Advance. The delay came not from production troubles, but capitalistic misfortune.

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[bit_user]

I don't understand why they didn't just release it on phones. Was it that difficult to port? Even then, it seems like there should've been some porting tools & libraries, not to mention full-blown emulators, as phone got fast enough. Heck, GBA was even ARM-based, so any assembly language they wrote for it wouldn't have had to be rewritten.

 

[FoxtrotMichael-1]

I don't understand why they didn't just release it on phones. Was it that difficult to port? Even then, it seems like there should've been some porting tools & libraries, not to mention full-blown emulators, as phone got fast enough. Heck, GBA was even ARM-based, so any assembly language they wrote for it wouldn't have had to be rewritten.

By releasing it for the GBA, you can still play it on just about every platform in the world (including the web browser) via emulation. In addition, many of us have functional GBAs, DSLs, or Game Boy Macros that we can play the original title on. This really was the way to get to the widest audience in my opinion.

 

[brandonjclark]

Is it just me, or does that look REALLY good for a GBA game?

 

[bit_user]

By releasing it for the GBA, you can still play it on just about every platform in the world (including the web browser) via emulation. In addition, many of us have functional GBAs, DSLs, or Game Boy Macros that we can play the original title on. This really was the way to get to the widest audience in my opinion.

I get that. What I don't get is why they had to sit on it for 22 years! During that time, the whole "gaming on phones" phenomenon blew up. So, why didn't they just port it to one of the popular phone platforms of the day, instead of just continuing to sit on it?

 

[drtweak]

And here I was hoping it was HL3, but I'll be on my death bed before that games comes out haha

 

[TerryLaze]

Is it just me, or does that look REALLY good for a GBA game?

Nah, pretty nice but not really special.
Now this on the other hand...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GVSLcqGP7g