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Originally Posted by Guest

A classic game indeed.

I'm very tempted to try a remake myself - I have this idea for simple pre-rendered backdrops for the various menus and choices.

I'm wondering how much little to change in terms of the rest of the game. I'm worried that if I tried to change too much its not going to retain the simple charm of the old game - but I'd really like to avoid it being as simple as a direct graphical upgrade.

What do you think? What would you change?

Guys! Anybody still read this?
I've never been much of a gamer but I did enjoy coding and modding games once upon a time. I always thought this game was great, not only because of the actual gameplay (though it gets repetitive), but because it could be made into a 'learn japanese the easy way' game. I remember my 5yo nephew playing this and knowing lots of Japanese words. I think the game could go further and throw in more Japanese (maybe some verbs) as you go further in the game - eventually the whole screen may be japanese and yet you'd know what it was about!

Of course, the concept could be extended to other games for other languages too.
I know we've all seen games that 'reward' you for learning to spell or multiply, always for little kids or far to boring for teenagers and up, but I don't think there's any, 'learn another language' program that tackles it in quite this way.

Now there's a project for someone with a little time on his hands. I wouldn't mind a little credit when the money starts rolling in though.

Shannon Wheeler
Fort McMurray, AB