Topic: Would Haunted Castle Come Out for Game Room?

[Reinhart77]

I've been enjoying Microsoft's Game Room on the XBox360 now.  Konami is one of the main contributors to the service and I've been having a good time collecting old Konami arcade games on it.  They've got some staple franchises on it, like Mr. Goemon and Twinbee.  But I think there's a decent chance Haunted Castle might show up one day.  It'd fit well there.  Well, its another thing to watch out for, anyways.  $3 would be a nice price tag too.  

[JR]

I'd like to see it, but I'm not counting on it. Game Room hasn't seen an update since last year, has it?

I liked the service, even though selling Venetian Blinds was a joke, and the whole Sunsetriders fiasco got my hopes up.

[Reinhart77]

i really hope they're just taking a break in the game release schedule then.  wikipedia says they promise "at least 1000 virtual arcade cabinets over the next three years", but doesn't list any future games other than Sunset Riders.  they need more companies though, as I'm not really interested in Atari, ActiVision, or InteliVision games. 

[JR]

I hope it makes a return, too. I had heard that Krome had shut down, so hopefully the delay has just been due to finding a new developer. I heard a rumor (from GDC, I think?) that Game Room isn't dead yet, so I hope this turns out to be true.

If it doesn't have any more updates, I could see why, though. $3-across-the-board pricing is kind of crazy. Some games are a steal at this price, but there's a lot of stuff that shouldn't have sold for more than a buck. And from what I've read at different places, Sunsetriders not being in update 013 really pissed a lot of people off.

[DoctaMario]

I wouldn't bet on it. As much as I like Haunted Castle, I bet Konami's not going to let a game that elicits that kind of reaction from people out of the bag unless it's remade somehow, at least in terms of the challenge level. Still, it would be nice to see an arrange version of the game, as it was a pretty good early CV game, it just needs a few tweaks.