Restricted Run Video games has introduced that the NES side-scrolling platformer Little Samson will probably be coming to Swap in 2026. The announcement was made throughout the firm’s tenth anniversary broadcast.
Initially launched for the NES in 1992 and directed by former Capcom designer Shinichi Yoshimoto (Strider, Ghouls and Ghosts), Little Samson places you in charge of one in all 4 characters: the eponymous Samson, a dragon referred to as Kikira, Golem Gum, and a mouse referred to as KO.
Every character is managed slightly in a different way and has totally different talents. For instance, Kikira can breathe hearth, and Samson can climb partitions and throw bells. Outdoors of the primary 4 tutorial-like phases, you possibly can change the character you management at any time throughout the recreation. There are 20 phases to defeat, and a real remaining boss that may solely be accessed for those who full the sport on Regular issue.
In recent times, Little Samson has turn out to be one thing of a collector’s merchandise. It is notoriously probably the most costly NES video games on the market, promoting for a whole bunch (if not 1000’s) of {dollars} on-line.
That is not an issue, as Restricted Run Video games’ Carbon Engine port makes it extra accessible to everybody. Amazingly, we truly requested LRG’s Josh Fairhurst about Little Samson once we interviewed him in 2022. Here is what he needed to say then:
“There are a variety of video games that I need to play, however nobody is aware of the place the rights are. I contacted Taito and so they stated, ‘Perhaps it is with the homeowners.’ So we discovered the proprietor (which was actually laborious to search out) and he stated, “I do not know who has the rights.” So proper now we’re principally at an deadlock. Who owns the rights to Little Samson? I do not know. β
I am glad the staff did one thing effectively!
Nonetheless, it is price highlighting that Restricted Run Video games has come below hearth in latest months for causes equivalent to bodily product delays, some objects being substandard, and NES cartridges that may injury the console. Josh additionally not too long ago spoke about these points on our sister website Time Extension.
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